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тАО07-23-2008 03:45 AM
тАО07-23-2008 03:45 AM
Re: Satellite boot Alpha V6.2-1H3 from Alpha 7.2-1
Wim
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тАО07-23-2008 04:00 AM
тАО07-23-2008 04:00 AM
Re: Satellite boot Alpha V6.2-1H3 from Alpha 7.2-1
I rebooted the whole cluster to solve it (all down, all up again).
Wim
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тАО07-23-2008 04:09 AM
тАО07-23-2008 04:09 AM
Re: Satellite boot Alpha V6.2-1H3 from Alpha 7.2-1
CLUSTER_AUTHORIZE files are identical on both system disks.
I don't think we are getting as far as trying to form the cluster, as dev003 is waiting form a connection to the v6.2 system disk served by dev004.
Adrian.
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тАО07-23-2008 04:44 AM
тАО07-23-2008 04:44 AM
Re: Satellite boot Alpha V6.2-1H3 from Alpha 7.2-1
Wim
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тАО07-23-2008 06:28 AM
тАО07-23-2008 06:28 AM
Re: Satellite boot Alpha V6.2-1H3 from Alpha 7.2-1
From what I see, V7.2-1 and V6.2-1H3 don't appear to be a migration pair, per a contemporary SPD. Which means you're in relatively uncharted territory.
Here's some little detail on the cluster protocol version span:
http://64.223.189.234/node/412
I don't know if your current pairing is inside that range.
And you'll want to ensure that CLUSIO and other "current" and mandatory ECOs are loaded on your V6.2-1H3 box, if you really want to try this mixed-version cluster. This CLUSIO ECO kit was needed for V6.2 (and its close friends, the Ghost, Zombie and Goblin releases) when V7.1 arrived.
Stephen Hoffman
HoffmanLabs LLC
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тАО07-23-2008 10:14 AM
тАО07-23-2008 10:14 AM
Re: Satellite boot Alpha V6.2-1H3 from Alpha 7.2-1
I logged a call and within a few days VMS support gave me a fix - a new version of APB.EXE (Alpha Primary Bootstrap image). But my fix was never included in a VMS 6.2 ECO.
Since it might be difficult to get this fix from VMS support today, I have attached my APB.EXE as a ZIP file attachment to this
post.
After unzipping it you need to do this:
$ BACKUP APB.EXE SYS$SYSDEVICE:[VMS$COMMON.SYSEXE]/NEW/OWNER=ORIGINAL
$ DIRECTORY/FULL SYS$SYSDEVICE:[VMS$COMMON.SYSEXE]APB.EXE;
$!Verify the file still has "Contiguous" and "MoveFile disabled" attributes.
$ MCR WRITEBOOT
Update VAX portion of boot block (default is Y) : N
Update AXP portion of boot block (default is Y) : Y
Enter AXP boot file : SYS$SYSDEVICE:[VMS$COMMON.SYSEXE]APB.EXE
And hopefully that will solve you problem. Note: I know this APB.EXE works for network and non-network boots on a VMS 6.2-1H3 AS 4100. I have not attempted to use it on any other hardware.
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тАО07-24-2008 03:33 AM
тАО07-24-2008 03:33 AM
Re: Satellite boot Alpha V6.2-1H3 from Alpha 7.2-1
Many thanks for the file - We can not get to a SYSBOOT prompt, but now get the console output shown in the attachment:
OpenVMS (TM) Alpha Operating System, Version V6.2-1H3
%VMScluster-I-SYSDISK, Satellite system disk is _$255$DKA100:
%VMScluster-I-SYSROOT, Satellite system root is
%VMScluster-I-BUSONLINE, LAN adapter is now running 08-00-2B-C5-C2-23
%VMScluster-W-PROTOCOL_TIMEOUT, NISCA protocol timeout
%VMScluster-I-REINIT_WAIT, Waiting for access to the system disk server
%VMScluster-I-BUSONLINE, LAN adapter is now running 08-00-2B-C5-C2-23
%VMScluster-W-PROTOCOL_TIMEOUT, NISCA protocol timeout
%VMScluster-I-REINIT_WAIT, Waiting for access to the system disk server
Repeats until ^P
Any idea as to what is causing the Protocol Timeout?
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тАО07-24-2008 12:58 PM
тАО07-24-2008 12:58 PM
Re: Satellite boot Alpha V6.2-1H3 from Alpha 7.2-1
How much is it worth to be able to boot this without any directly attached storage? Are you 100% sure that the Alphaserver 800 5/500 is supported by 6.2-1H3 (I didn't look).
If it is supported, my next step would be to put a local disk on the box and boot from that. That will probably be cheaper than calling in help to try and get the box to boot as a satellite.
Jon
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тАО07-24-2008 11:05 PM
тАО07-24-2008 11:05 PM
Re: Satellite boot Alpha V6.2-1H3 from Alpha 7.2-1
We are trying to source local storage for the 4100. The reason behind trying the satellite boot was because there is no local storage atm.
Thanks for all the help so far.
Rgds,
Adrian.
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тАО07-28-2008 02:42 AM
тАО07-28-2008 02:42 AM
Re: Satellite boot Alpha V6.2-1H3 from Alpha 7.2-1
Wim