topic MULTINET_COMMON_ROOT on shared disk, when MULTINET_ROOTs are on non-shared system disks? in Operating System - OpenVMS

MULTINET_COMMON_ROOT on shared disk, when MULTINET_ROOTs are on non-shared system disks?

MichelleP_1 — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 03:19:06 GMT

Greetings,

We have two clusters on which OpenVMS (v8.4) and Multinet (v5.3) are installed to per-node system disks (on BL860c i2s) that are not shared. Common OpenVMS files have been moved to a shared disk. Is there a supported way to redefine/move MULTINET_COMMON_ROOT to that shared disk as well?

I've looked through the documentation and page 3-2 (146) of the Messages manual (http://www.process.com/tcpip/mndocs53/multinet_messages.pdf)says that the logical is defined in START_MULTINET.COM and should not be modified. So far, I haven't found any postings through here, Google, or Process Software's site that address this situation exactly.

Thanks in advance for any insight,

Michelle

Re: MULTINET_COMMON_ROOT on shared disk, when MULTINET_ROOTs are on non-shared system disks?

Hoff — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:10:27 GMT

There's no information readily obvious in the Mutinet manuals around configuring that product for heterogeneous clustering; this sharing would appear undocumented and unsupported.

Process Software has a support-related mailing list available, per the Multinet Support Web Page, and a mailing list which would be a more direct resource than asking on a third-party forum.

Or assuming that you have Multinet support, call the Process folks directly and ask.

Re: MULTINET_COMMON_ROOT on shared disk, when MULTINET_ROOTs are on non-shared system disks?

MichelleP_1 — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:23:27 GMT

Update: I just called Process Software and the answer to my question is yes, it is possible to move MULTINET_COMMON_ROOT to a disk other than the installation disk. They are sending me the instructions for doing so.

It may have been one of the fastest support calls from hello to solution that I've made to anyone.

Re: MULTINET_COMMON_ROOT on shared disk, when MULTINET_ROOTs are on non-shared system disks?

MichelleP_1 — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:02:09 GMT

I stand corrected... the instructions received were for moving the installation to another disk, not for putting the common area on a different disk than the installation disk.

So, for now at least, the answer to my original question appears to be "no", after all.