rossperr@sud509.ed.ray.com (Fred Ross-Perry) (11/16/90)
I have a mixed-interconnect VAX cluster with 8800, 785, 6240 and
VAXStation 3100s. The disks are connect to the star coupler with
two HSC 70-s, all dual-ported. VMS version is 5.3-1. A few tape
drives, too.
I want to know if I can add another 785 to the star coupler, and a
disk to the HSCs, and run ULTRIX on it? If so exactly how do I
go about it, making sure that the existing VMS cluster does not
get confused.
There is no requirement that the VMS and ULTRIX systems actually share
disks. They will be on the same ethernet.
HELP!
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Sudbury, MA 01776
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fredrp@mar.ed.ray.com Equipment Division
(508) 440-4481 528 Boston Post Road
Sudbury, MA 01776
**********************************************bbraden@mesrx.UUCP (Bill Braden) (11/20/90)
> I have a mixed-interconnect VAX cluster with 8800, 785, 6240 and > VAXStation 3100s. The disks are connect to the star coupler with > two HSC 70-s, all dual-ported. VMS version is 5.3-1. A few tape > drives, too. I have not tried a CI cluster with VMS and ULTRIX but we did operate for some time with multiple VMS clusters on the same CI. We found the hard way that disks could become corrupt just by mounting them on two indpendent clusters at the same time. It was not necessary for any transactions to occure on either system. If I were going to attempt VMS and ULTRIX on the same CI, I think I would set the ULTRIX device /noavaliable on the VMS system and remove the device special files for the VMS disks from the ULTRIX system. --Bill Braden (Measurex Inc.) Onward Through the Fog!