RMALOUF@CCMAIL.SUNYSB.EDU (Rob Malouf) (06/24/88)
Hello,
Is there any way to make a non-HSC tape drive available to an entire
cluster? We have a TU81+ tape drive on our VAX 8530, and we would like people
to be able to access the tape drives from the workstations we have LAVCed to
it. Our disk drives are served to the cluster using MSCP, and work perfectly.
The tape drive shows up on the 8530 as a clusterish device (i.e., a device name
of SBMS01$MUA0:, where SBMS01 is the node name of our 8530), but doesn't show
up on any of the other nodes at all. According to SHOW DEVICE/FULL, the tape
drive is "available to cluster", but I can't seem to get at it. This isn't a
major problem, since users can always SET HOST into the 8530 from the
workstations, but would prefer not to have to do that. I have been studying
the manuals, but I can't seem to find any mention of cluster-wide non-HSC
tape drives. What have I missed? Thanks in advance.
Rob Malouf
Marine Sciences Research Center
State University of New York
Stony Brook, NY 11794-5000
RMALOUF@SBCCMAIL.BITNETrrk@byuvax.bitnet (06/30/88)
You need the "downgrade kit" (which we had to have our DEC hardware person install) which converts a TU81+ into a TA81 which hooks to the HSC.
nagy%warner.hepnet@LBL.GOV (Frank J. Nagy, VAX Wizard & Guru) (07/08/88)
> Is there any way to make a non-HSC tape drive available to an entire > cluster? No. There have been rumors from time to time that Digital is working on a TMSCP Server to make local tape drives available cluster-wide like the current MSCP server handles disk drives. However, Digital has never committed to this and I've not heard the rumor lately. = Frank J. Nagy "VAX Guru & Wizard" = Fermilab Research Division EED/Controls = HEPNET: WARNER::NAGY (43198::NAGY) or FNAL::NAGY (43009::NAGY) = BitNet: NAGY@FNAL = USnail: Fermilab POB 500 MS/220 Batavia, IL 60510
thompson@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Steve Thompson) (07/09/88)
In article <8807081710.AA19233@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> RMALOUF@CCMAIL.SUNYSB.EDU (Rob Malouf) writes: > Is there any way to make a non-HSC tape drive available to an entire >cluster? [stuff deleted] >... What have I missed? Thanks in advance. You haven't missed anything; it can't be done. I have seen all sorts of wierd and wonderful DCL procedures that attempt to access tape drives using DECnet, but they all have problems of one sort or another. You will have to wait for V5.?? (not V5.0) for DEC to put support for tape devices in the MSCP server. -steve
dave@wsccs.UUCP (Dave E Martin "VAX Headroom") (07/16/88)
In article <8807081146.AA14114@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, RMALOUF@CCMAIL.SUNYSB.EDU (Rob Malouf) writes: > Hello, > > Is there any way to make a non-HSC tape drive available to an entire > cluster? We have a TU81+ tape drive on our VAX 8530, and we would like people Why does this message keep getting POSTED OVER & OVER????? This is about the 20th time I've seen this message! +----------------Keyklik has got to go, this is non-negotiable----------------+ | | Dave E Martin | DISCLAIMER: Been Cancelled | | /\ | "...between the streets of | $ opinion/mine/noUinTech | | / \ . /\ | Dallas, and the beaches of |----------------------------| | / \/ \/\/ \ | Miami ... THIS was Max | ...!ihnp4!utah-cs!utah-gr! | | / U i n T e c h \ | Headroom's finest hour." | uplherc!sp7040!obie! | | | --Max Headroom | wsccs!net23.dnet!dave | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
simpson@xenon.UUCP (Charles Simpson) (07/21/88)
In article <8807081405.AA16323@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, RMALOUF@CCMAIL.SUNYSB.EDU (Rob Malouf) writes: > Hello, > > Is there any way to make a non-HSC tape drive available to an entire > cluster? We have a TU81+ tape drive on our VAX 8530, and we would like people > to be able to access the tape drives from the workstations we have LAVCed to > it. Our disk drives are served to the cluster using MSCP, and work perfectly. > The tape drive shows up on the 8530 as a clusterish device (i.e., a device name > of SBMS01$MUA0:, where SBMS01 is the node name of our 8530), but doesn't show > up on any of the other nodes at all. According to SHOW DEVICE/FULL, the tape > drive is "available to cluster", but I can't seem to get at it. This isn't a > major problem, since users can always SET HOST into the 8530 from the > workstations, but would prefer not to have to do that. I have been studying > the manuals, but I can't seem to find any mention of cluster-wide non-HSC > tape drives. What have I missed? Thanks in advance. > > Rob Malouf > Marine Sciences Research Center > State University of New York > Stony Brook, NY 11794-5000 > RMALOUF@SBCCMAIL.BITNET Sorry but I have just taken a VAXCluster System Manager class and there is no way to serve a local tape subsystem to the cluster. The only way to access your tape subsystem on your 8530, is to login to the 8530. According to the instructor, there are efforts to get this problem fixed. I am not holding my breath. The class is for VAX/VMS 5.0 clusters. These thoughts are my own. Charles Simpson Sr. Sys. Eng. Intergraph Corporation Huntsville, Al. uunet.b11.ingr.xenon.simpson