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I thought that I had an x86_64 system clustered (briefly) with my
main IA64 system, but now that I've installed (upgrade not allowed)
(the Community) E9.2-1, the systems seem not to notice each other.
I suspect a mismatched CLUSTER_AUTHORIZATION PASSWORD, but I'm not
sure if I'm looking at the right stuff on the x86_64 system.
Pre-x86_64, CLUSTER_AUTHORIZE.DAT was just a file, but now it's a
symlink to some exotic thing (which I'm afraid to touch):
V87 $ dire /acl sys$system:cluster_authorize.dat
Directory SYS$COMMON:[SYSEXE]
CLUSTER_AUTHORIZE.DAT;1 ->
/SYS$MD23108222540A/VMS$COMMON/SYSEXE/CLUSTER_AUTHORIZE.DAT
But I did rediscover my group number and password, and used SYSMAN
CONFIGURATION SET CLUSTER_AUTHORIZATION to (try to) ensure that everyone
matches.
DUMP /BYTE /WIDTH=80 on SYS$SYSTEM:CLUSTER_AUTHORIZE.DAT shows the
same stuff on the IA64 system and the x86_64 system, but it's not clear
to me that this is what's actually used when the x86_64 system starts.
SYS$LOADABLE_IMAGES:SYS$MEMORYDISK.DAT does mention
SYS$SYSTEM:CLUSTER_AUTHORIZE.DAT, but I seem to recall reading firm
instructions not to fiddle with SYS$UPDATE:SYS$MD.COM unless someone at
VSI told me to, so I'm afraid to wreck something.
So, is DUMP SYS$SYSTEM:CLUSTER_AUTHORIZE.DAT good enough to ensure
compatibility on all systems, or do I need to do more on the x86_64
system? (What?)
Is this all documented someplace? Or, is there some BOOTMGR
diagnostic which would reveal what it's actually using for these
parameters (PROGRESS?)?
The V9.2 Release Notes doc says:
2.1.15. OpenVMS Clusters on Virtual Machines
VSI OpenVMS x86-64 V9.2 supports VirtualBox, KVM, and VMware
virtual machines in OpenVMS clusters. However, shared disk access
on virtual machines is not supported. Note that this means no
shared data disks or cluster common system disks.
Which sounds to me as if my VMware Fusion couldn't access the
QMAN$MASTER directory on a disk on the IA64 system. So am I wasting my
time trying to cluster these things? Or is E9.2-1 better?