So I'm getting back into dabbling with VMS, what with all the talk surrounding the end of the hobbyist program. Got my final PAK, got 8.4 set up on an Alpha workstation I got as a rescue, got the basics configured...but now I'm wracking my brain trying to remember how to set up a spanned filesystem, which I swear I had going on my VAXStation last time I was puttering around with this.
Basically, I really would like to have the system treating the two hard disks as one uniform storage space and spanning files across them transparently, since the only compatible disks I have on hand are in the 1-2 GB range and I'd like to get some more software installed...only problem is, when I went to look at the documentation for volume sets, one of the first things it says is *not* to include the system disk in a volume set. I swear I had this set up on my VAXStation, but it's been some years since I was last digging into this, and I never was super familiar with it...*is* there a way to do this?
Image backup of bound volume:
backup/image disk1: tape1:bound.bck/sav/label=bound/rewind
Image restore of bound volume:
init disk1: vol1
init disk2: vol2
mount/bind=vol disk1:,disk2: vol1,vol2 user$data
dismount disk1:
dismount disk2:
mount/for disk1
mount/for disk2:
mount/for tape1:
backup tape1:bound.sav/sav disk1:,disk2:/noinit
dismount tape1:
dismount disk1:
dismount disk2:
remounting restored bound data volume:
mount/system disk1: vol1
mount/system disk2: vol2
(mounting them one at a time allows for not having to modify your mount script)
(but you should do mount/system/bind=vol disk1:,disk2: vol1, vol2 user$data)
One benefit is that smaller disks bound together use the same cluster size for each of the disks so you don't loose space if it was one large disk. On the down side, if these disks are served out by an HSx raid controller, all you can do is add a mirror for each individual disk where it would have been better to raid them all for one large volume and live with the larger cluster size that is unless you were running 7.x, then you could specify a smaller cluster size.
malmberg August 04 2022 No more VAX hobbyist licenses. Community licenses for Alpha/IA64/X86_64 VMS Software Inc. Commercial VMS software licenses for VAX available from HPE.
ozboomer July 20 2022 Just re-visiting.. No more hobbyist licenses? Is that from vmssoftware.com, no 'community' licenses?
valdirfranco July 01 2022 No more hobbyist license...sad
mister_wavey February 12 2022 I recall that the disks failed on the public access VMS systems that included Fafner
parwezw January 03 2022 Anyone know what happened to FAFNER.DYNDS.ORG? I had a hobbyist account here but can longer access the site.
gtackett October 27 2021 Make that DECdfs _2.1A_ for Vax
gtackett October 27 2021 I'm looking for DECdfs V2.4A kit for VAX. Asking here just in case anyone is still listening.
MarkRLV September 17 2021 At one time, didn't this web site have a job board? I would love to use my legacy skills one last time in my career.
malmberg January 18 2021 New Hobbyist PAKs for VAX/VMS are no longer available according to reports. Only commercial licenses are reported to be for sale from HPE
dfilip January 16 2021 Can someone please point me to hobbyist license pak? I'm looking for VAX/VMS 7.1, DECnet Phase IV, and UCX/TCPIP ... have the 7.1 media, need the license paks ... thanks!
