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What you want to do should work -- the 8.5 GB limit is per volume, and
not per volume set. (See VMSZOO::RMS_OPENVMS note 2824.*, and see the
OpenVMS Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) monthly posting (available at
ftp://ftp.digital.com/pub/Digital/dec-faq/vms, among other places);
the FAQ contains the answer to this and many other questions. Also
become familiar with COMET (http://comet.alf.dec.com/) and the other
support search engines...
Personally, I would upgrade to a more recent OpenVMS release (V7.1 is
current, and releases V6.0 and later can handle individual volumes up
to 1 TB in size), and I would tend to use disk striping in preference
to using a volume set.
Caviets:
o One cannot use a volume set as a system disk, and one must
avoid exceeding the system disk capacity limits imposed by
some system consoles. The VAXstation 3100, for instance.
o Be aware that there are potentially applicable RMS patches
for the V5.5-2-vintage releases. Get and apply these from
http://www.service.digital.com/html/patch_public.html.
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