according to the specs - mixed clusters aren't supported. But - being curios - if tried to cluster a SIMH emulated VAX-VMS system with the X86 92. version.
Running as always @sys$manager:cluster_config.
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Interesting:
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View of Cluster from system ID 1026 node: VAX2 5-MAY-2023 2┌───────────────────┬─────────┐
│ SYSTEMS │ MEMBERS │
├────────┬──────────┼─────────┤
│ NODE │ SOFTWARE │ STATUS │
├────────┼──────────┼─────────┤
│ VAX2 │ VMS V7.3 │ MEMBER │
│ X861 │ VMS E9.2 │ MEMBER │
└────────┴──────────┴─────────┘
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$ sho dev d
Device Device Error Volume Free Trans Mnt
Name Status Count Label Blocks Count Cnt
DNFS0: Online 0
X861$DKA0: Online wrtlck 0
X861$DKA100: Mounted 0 VMS92 61194096 223 1
X861$DKA200: Mounted 0 DATA 26229855 1 1
X861$DKA300: Mounted 0 DATA2 56594992 1 1
X861$DKA400: Mounted 0 DATA3 563088324 1 1
X861$DKA500: Online 0
X861$DMM0: Offline 0
$2$DUA0: (VAX2) Online 0
$2$DUA1: (VAX2) Online 0
$2$DUA2: (VAX2) Mounted 0 (remote mount) 1
$2$DUA3: (VAX2) Online 0
$2$DUB0: (VAX2) Online 0
$2$DUB1: (VAX2) Online 0
$2$DUB2: (VAX2) Online 0
$2$DUB3: (VAX2) Online 0
$ mount/system/cluster dka300: data2
%MOUNT-I-MOUNTED, DATA2 mounted on _X861$DKA300:
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$ sho dev d
Device Device Error Volume Free Trans Mnt
Name Status Count Label Blocks Count Cnt
X861$DKA0: Online 0
X861$DKA100: Mounted 0 (remote mount) 1
X861$DKA200: Mounted 0 (remote mount) 1
X861$DKA300: Mounted 0 DATA2 56594991 1 2
X861$DKA400: Mounted 0 (remote mount) 1
X861$DKA500: Online 0
$2$DUA0: (VAX2) Online 0
$2$DUA1: (VAX2) Online 0
$2$DUA2: (VAX2) Mounted 0 VAX2_73_DISK 1876230 182 1
$2$DUA3: (VAX2) Online 0
$2$DUB0: (VAX2) Online 0
$2$DUB1: (VAX2) Online 0
$2$DUB2: (VAX2) Online 0
$2$DUB3: (VAX2) Online 0
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$ dir
Directory X861$DKA300:<000000>
000000.DIR;1 ALTEMAIL.BCK;1 APACHE.DIR;1 A_TEST.DIR;1
BACKUP.DIR;1 BACKUP.SYS;1 BADBLK.SYS;1 BADLOG.SYS;1
BITMAP.SYS;1 BUILD_KITS.DIR;1 CLUSTER.DIR;1 CONTIN.SYS;1
CORIMG.SYS;1 DATA.DIR;1 DATABASE.DIR;1 DATENBANK.DIR;1
DFG.COM;1 DOMAIN.DIR;1 DOWNLOADS.DIR;1 ENTWICKLUNG.DIR;1
GPT.SYS;1 INDEXF.SYS;1 SECURITY.SYS;1 SWSVE.DAT;1
SYSEXE.DIR;1 TEST.TXT;2 TEST.TXT;1 VOLSET.SYS;1
Total of 28 files.
$ type test.txt
Test-Text created on X86
Added data on VAX
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and some more testing with cluster wide tables:
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$ create/name_table/parent=lnm$syscluster_table onvax
$ define/table=onvax Value1 Created_on_Vax
$ show log value1/cluster
%DCL-W-IVQUAL, unrecognized qualifier - check validity, spelling, and placement
\CLUSTER\
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$ create/name_table/parent=lnm$syscluster_table cluster_wide_test
$ define/table=cluster_wide_test Value1 ABCDEFG
$ show log value1/cluster
"VALUE1" = "ABCDEFG" (CLUSTER_WIDE_TEST)
"VALUE1" = "CREATED_ON_VAX" (ONVAX)
But it is obvious - not to work really stable
On Field Test The brave Vax is giving its best, but
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MONITOR> mon clus
%MONITOR-I-ESTABCON, establishing connection to remote node(s)...
%MONITOR-E-SRVMISMATCH, MONITOR server on remote node is an incompatible version
%MONITOR-I-CONT, continuing....