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VMS Help Sys Parameters, MSCP_SERVE_ALL *Conan The Librarian |
MSCP_SERVE_ALL is a bit mask that controls disk serving in an
OpenVMS Cluster. A disk is served regardless of its allocation
class unless bit 3 has a value of 1.
Starting with OpenVMS Version 7.2, the serving types are
implemented as a bit mask. To specify the type of serving your
system will perform, locate the type you want in the following
table and specify its value. For some systems, you may want to
specify two serving types, such as serving the system disk and
serving locally attached disks. To specify such a combination,
add the values of each type, and specify the sum.
In a mixed-version cluster that includes any systems running
OpenVMS Version 7.1-x or earlier, serving all available disks
is restricted to serving all disks except those whose allocation
class does not match the system's node allocation class (prior
to Version 7.2). To specify this type of serving, use the value 9
(which sets bit 0 and bit 3).
The following table describes the serving type controlled by each
bit and its decimal value:
Bit and
Value
When Set Description
Bit 0 (1) Serve all available disks (locally attached and
those connected to HSx and DSSI controllers).
Disks with allocation classes that differ from
the system's allocation class (set by the ALLOCLASS
parameter) are also served if bit 3 is not set.
Bit 1 (2) Serve locally attached (non-HSx and DSSI) disks.
Bit 2 (4) Serve the system disk. This is the default setting.
This setting is important when other nodes in the
cluster rely on this system being able to serve
its system disk. This setting prevents obscure
contention problems that can occur when a system
attempts to complete I/O to a remote system disk
whose system has failed.
Bit 3 (8) Restrict the serving specified by bit 0. All disks
except those with allocation classes that differ
from the system's allocation class (set by the
ALLOCLASS parameter) are served.
This is pre-Version 7.2 behavior. If your cluster
includes systems running OpenVMS 7.1-x or earlier,
and you want to serve all available disks, you must
specify 9, the result of setting this bit and bit
0.
Although the serving types are now implemented as a bit mask, the
values of 0, 1, and 2, specified by bit 0 and bit 1, retain their
original meanings:
0 - Do not serve any disks (the default for earlier versions
of OpenVMS).
1 - Serve all available disks.
2 - Serve only locally attached (non-HSx and non-DSSI) disks.
If the MSCP_LOAD system parameter is 0, MSCP_SERVE_ALL is
ignored.
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