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Subject: RE: My most common installation question....
From: "Daniel C. Newman" <dan@innosoft.com>
Date: 27 Jan 1993 12:49:42 -0700 (PDT)
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>I swear I ask somebody this question every time I install PMDF.  What's the
>answer this release (v4.1)?
>
>        I have a completely homogenous cluster, per the definition on page 1-4
>        of the v4.1 Installation guide, first paragraph in section 1.3.2.
>
>        Can I simply do *one* VMSINSTAL run, on the primary member of the
>        cluster, or must I run VMSINTAL on that primary member (a VAX9420),
>        then do the same thing all over again on our VAX6420, our VAXStation
>        3100, and all eleven of our VAXStation 4000 VLC's?

Yes, just do one install on one machine for the entire cluster.  This will
give you one PMDF directory tree.  You can install on top of the existing
PMDF directory tree or start another one.


If you start another one then you have to copy the queue subdirectories and
their contents from pmdf_root:[queue...] as well as the configuration files
from the old table directory.  After copying over the queue subdirectories
(and contents), run PMDF_ROOT:[EXE]SYNCH_CACHE to synchronize the queue
cache database.

>        I know I'll still have to stop PMDF and all other network mail
>        operations on all cluster members, then reinstall/restart using
>        SYS$STARTUP:PMDF_STARTUP.COM on each cluster member, after the
>        VMSINTAL and post-installation tasks.  I'm not worried about that;
>        I just think it's silly and a significant waste of time to run
>        VMSINTAL 14 times with the same results each time -- or *are* they
>        really the same results each time (construction of the PMDF_ROOT:[...]
>        directory tree)?

There was no need to run it more than once.

>        If I sound really dense on this, I'll quote from, again, page 1-4
>        of the Installation guide, first paragraph in section 1.3.2:
>
>                "If you have a completely homogenous VAXcluster, ...,
>                installing PMDF is essentially the same as on a single
>                node.  All individual host names are essentially aliases
>                for a single host, and should be rewritten to the local
>                host name."
>
>        It *sounds* to me like all I need to do is *one* VMSINTAL, followed
>        by taking care to include all my post-installation tasks (running
>        CONFIGURE, editing PMDF.CNF, etc.).  But given that JNET needs to
>        be VMSINTAL'd on every node, and I clearly remember doing the same
>        for PMDF back when we only had the 9420 and 6420 (as well as PMDF
>        v3.1), I don't want to make the mistake, while doing this in the
middle
>        of the night on a weekend when nobody @innosoft is able to answer
>        the phones and I have myself screwed....;-{

Unlike Jnet, once for the entire cluster is enough for PMDF.

Dan