Installing Alpha-VMS from VAX-VMS
- From: JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 05:50:39 -0400
And they said it couldn't be done :-)
EUREKA !!!!
DO TRY THIS AT HOME ! (this is for hobbyists, after all :-)
lets assume the new node will be called BIKE2 (DS10L alpha)
lets assume the VAX node is called VELO (VAX 4000-600)
Step 1: friend deposits an image of ODS2 Alpha-VMS install disk onto
my system
Step 2: use the LD driver (from freeware) to map that file to a virtual disk
Step 3: BACKUP/IMAGE/INIT from the LDAx: device to a spare disk on your
system (lets call it $DISK5:)
Step 4: MOUNT the $DISK5, perform an ANA/DISK/REPAIR. (you may get
messages of wrongly allocated blocks)
Step 5: Fix ALPHA's SYSGEN parameters from the VAX
MC SYSGEN
USE $DISK5:[SYS0.SYSEXE]ALPHAVMSSYS.PAR
SET VAXCLUSTER 2
SET SCSSYSTEMID xxxx
SET SCSNODE "YYYYYY"
SET MSCP_LOAD 2
WRITE $DISK5:[SYS0.SYSEXE]ALPHAVMSSYS.PAR
(the original install CD doesn't have clustering enabled, but you need
this enabled for the alpha to access the Alpha-VMS boot disk served by
the VAX.
Step 6: @SYS$MANAGER:CLUSTER_CONFIG
Just assume you are adding a VAX satellite with 0 votes,
Tell it to use LANCP
tell it to use some unused VAX system root (you can delete it later)
Give it the right SCSNODE and SCSSYSTEMID values (or decnet node numbers)
Step 7: Fix LANCP
MC LANCP
DEFINE NODE BIKE2 /FILE=APB.EXE /ROOT=$DISK5:<SYS0.> /BOOT_TYPE=ALPHA_SATELLITE
SET NODE BIKE2/PERM (makes the above active)
LANCP> list node bike2
Node Listing, permanent database:
BIKE2 (08-00-2B-87-3D-64):
MOP DLL: Load file: APB.EXE
Load root: $DISK5:<SYS0.>
Boot type: Alpha satellite
(note: in my case, instead of $DISK5, I used actual device name)
Step 8: Copy APB.EXE from $DISk5:[VMS$COMMON.SYSEXE] to your VAX's
[VMS$COMMON.SYSEXE]
(LANCP seems to insist it be in the SYS$SYSTEM of the node responding
to the MOP request)
Step 9: from the alpha >>> B EWA0
Voila ! You get APB which then points to that $DISk5 Alpha system disk
(the install disk) where you tweaked the sysgen parameters to enable
clustering. During the boot, you get warning messages about certain
SYSGEN parameters no longer being used (probably because you use the VAX
version of SYSGEN to update the parameter file), and then the Alpha
joins the cluster and you get the automatic system installation menu.
(I am up to getting my hobbyst licences now, I didn't expect this to
work so quickly !
View of Cluster from system ID 1031 node: VELO
27-SEP-2006 05:46:57
+----------------------------------------------------+---------+
| SYSTEMS | MEMBERS |
+--------+--------------------------------+----------+---------+
| NODE | HW_TYPE | SOFTWARE | STATUS |
+--------+--------------------------------+----------+---------+
| VELO | VAX 4000-600A | VMS V7.2 | MEMBER |
| DISK45 | RF72 | RFX V256 | |
| TAPE | TF85 | TFX V002 | |
| WHEEL | VAX 4000-200 | VMS V7.2 | MEMBER |
| DISK44 | RF73 | RFX T392 | |
| DISK41 | RF73 | RFX T324 | |
| DISK42 | RF73 | RFX T392 | |
| DISK43 | RF73 | RFX T392 | |
| DISK1 | RF36 | RFX V427 | |
| BIKE | VAXstation 3100/SPX | VMS V7.2 | MEMBER |
| BIKE2 | AlphaServer DS10L 466 MHz | VMS V8.2 | MEMBER |
+--------+--------------------------------+----------+---------+
(and I am only at the point where it asks if I have my licences ready in
the VMS install !)
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