On Wed, Nov 05, 2008 at 10:05:20AM -0500, norm.raphael@metso.com wrote:
> Ramon Jimenez wrote on 11/05/2008 03:09:30 AM:
>
> >
> > > The best method to achieve this type of configuration is to create an
> > > OpenVMS cluster.
> >
> > Bob,
> >
> > I fully agree, the best method is a cluster, but someone has
> > decided not to use. So I must find an alternate way.
> >
> > So, without the cluster option. Is there another way than copying
> > sysuaf.dat and rights.dat files?
> >
> > If I need to switch over can I merge sysuaf files so I do not need
> > a reboot? or would it be better to reboot the machine and replace the
> > sysuaf file?
> >
> > Regards
>
> Some time ago I merged a separate system disk as a root on another
> existing system disk.
> It was not trivial. There was a DSNLINK article at one time on how to
> merge two SYSUAF.DAT
> and respective RIGHTSLIST.DAT files. Someone here may have a pointer to
> an achive of
> those articles. It involved sort/merge and eliminating duplicates and
> convert.
>
> Extra care is needed that the IDENTIFIERS on the two systems are
> identical, especially if they
> were created over time on each system; this needs to be checked carefully.
> Use of ACL's
> and IDENTIFIERS complicates things.
>
>
> IIRC you need to reboot to get the system to recognize the newest
> RIGHTSLIST.DAT.
> Depending on your activity level, if you start even, I would write
> something to update each
> independently and compare the results. No reliable tools exist AFAIK.

refer also to section 5.22 "Can I copy SYSUAF to another version? To VAX? To
Alpha?" of the FAQ manual, and to App. B of the OpenVMS Cluster Systems
manual.

anton

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