| Title: | VAX and Alpha VMS |
| Notice: | This is a new VMSnotes, please read note 2.1 |
| Moderator: | VAXAXP::BERNARDO |
| Created: | Wed Jan 22 1997 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 703 |
| Total number of notes: | 3722 |
I have a customer with a VAX running 6.2 and an Alpha running 7.0 in
a cluster. He would like to upgrade the Alpha to 7.1 and leave the VAX
at 6.2. He has read the release notes that tell him that a
compatibility kit should be installed when mixing these versions of VMS
in a cluster. Is says "required", but if you read through the
documentation on this kit, it keeps saying "enhancements". My customer
has taken this to mean that it could be optional. I am looking for a
definitive, "if you do not install this kit, this will break" or "if
you do not install this kit, performance will suffer". Bottom line -
will the cluster run without the kit? The cluster SPD talks to the
support for the cluster mixed versions, but not to the "compatibility
kit". I'm sure this issue will come up again and again as customers
continue to receive the latest distribution and apply it to their
cluster. Thanks for your help.
Karen
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| 89.1 | Install the Kit, It _Is_ Required | XDELTA::HOFFMAN | Steve, OpenVMS Engineering | Mon Jan 27 1997 09:44 | 4 |
MOUNT and several other "low-level" components of OpenVMS were changed
for V7.1, and this kit keeps mixed-version configurations working.
You will want to install the kit. "Required" means "required".
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| 89.2 | Some of the impact | EVMS::MARION | So many fish ... | Mon Jan 27 1997 12:00 | 8 |
Ditto what Steve said. Without the compatibility kit, write-logging
for shadowing will be turned off. Also, the compat kit contains a
really important locking fix (which is also available in TIMA form).
There are also potential SCSI device naming issues.
It's required.
Karen.
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| 89.3 | reload required? | KAHLUA::KBERRY | Kathleen Berry, dtn 225-5190 | Wed Mar 05 1997 10:50 | 10 |
The readme is not clear about whether a reload of the V6.2 systems
is required or not after installing this kit.
Would someone please clarify for me?
Thanks,
Kathleen
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| 89.4 | Reboot required after install; rolling upgrade possible | XDELTA::HOFFMAN | Steve, OpenVMS Engineering | Wed Mar 05 1997 11:15 | 5 |
: The readme is not clear about whether a reload of the V6.2 systems : is required or not after installing this kit. A reboot -- I assume that's what you mean by `reload' -- is required. | |||||
| 89.5 | thanks... | KAHLUA::KBERRY | Kathleen Berry, dtn 225-5190 | Wed Mar 05 1997 11:31 | 6 |
Yep - that's what I meant...
thanks,
Kathleen
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