On Wed, 19 May 1999 CLASSICCMP_at_trailing-edge.com wrote:
> >This seems to leave using the MicroVAX as a satellite unit to the
> >VAXStation as the only alternative. Tried this, and MicroVAX tried to
> >boot from ESA0 while cabled to the VAXStation, but no-joy. Is the
> >problem that of not having things set up for cluster operation?
>
> Right. There are databases that have to be built on the node the
> satellites boot from, and the right software needs to be installed
> there in the first place.
>
> > If so,
> >how do I do that?
>
> If the VAXcluster software is installed, you log in as SYSTEM,
> type _at_CLUSTER_CONFIG, and answer a few simple questions.
>
> >Keep it rather basic, please. I am pretty ignorant about all this.
>
> It's pretty easy. CLUSTER_CONFIG is a very friendly program, prompting
> you along the way. You'll need to know the Ethernet address of each
> satellite and establish some DECNET numbering scheme for your satellites.
> The hardest part is thinking up six-character node names for each node :-).
Got passed some of those wickets, but was stumped on an acceptable
password. Everything I tried was classed as 'invalid password'. Could
this be an indication of lack of license or installed software?
- don
> Running a VMSCluster is very easy - it's only slightly more difficult
> to administrate a cluster of several hundred nodes than one node. Compare
> this with running a few hundred Linux or Windows boxes, a task that
> takes an army of administrators.
>
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Received on Wed May 19 1999 - 19:34:42 BST