19 May
1999
19 May
'99
12:04 a.m.
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 @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 :-).
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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