topic Re: NFS mount as quorum disk in Operating System - OpenVMS https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-openvms/nfs-mount-as-quorum-disk/m-p/5146228#M94648 Fernando,<BR /><BR />As far as I can see, no.<BR /><BR />Quorum is checked very early in the startup sequence, far before TCP/IP services can be started.<BR /><BR />Analytically, even if one were to have NFS working, one needs RMS to start NFS, but RMS uses locking, which requires quorum to be established first (which is circular).<BR /><BR />The quorum disk needs to be accessible directly (it cannot be only accessible via MSCP serving).<BR /><BR />- Bob Gezelter, <A href="http://www.rlgsc.com" target="_blank">http://www.rlgsc.com</A> Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:36:24 GMT Robert Gezelter 2008-12-12T21:36:24Z NFS mount as quorum disk https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-openvms/nfs-mount-as-quorum-disk/m-p/5146227#M94647 Guys, simple question: can I use a nfs mount as a quorum disk in an openvms cluster? Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:19:20 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-openvms/nfs-mount-as-quorum-disk/m-p/5146227#M94647 Fernando Mühe 2008-12-12T21:19:20Z Re: NFS mount as quorum disk https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-openvms/nfs-mount-as-quorum-disk/m-p/5146228#M94648 Fernando,<BR /><BR />As far as I can see, no.<BR /><BR />Quorum is checked very early in the startup sequence, far before TCP/IP services can be started.<BR /><BR />Analytically, even if one were to have NFS working, one needs RMS to start NFS, but RMS uses locking, which requires quorum to be established first (which is circular).<BR /><BR />The quorum disk needs to be accessible directly (it cannot be only accessible via MSCP serving).<BR /><BR />- Bob Gezelter, <A href="http://www.rlgsc.com" target="_blank">http://www.rlgsc.com</A> Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:36:24 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-openvms/nfs-mount-as-quorum-disk/m-p/5146228#M94648 Robert Gezelter 2008-12-12T21:36:24Z Re: NFS mount as quorum disk https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-openvms/nfs-mount-as-quorum-disk/m-p/5146229#M94649 Tks. Fri, 22 May 2009 18:20:54 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-openvms/nfs-mount-as-quorum-disk/m-p/5146229#M94649 Fernando Mühe 2009-05-22T18:20:54Z