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Warranted support combinations with OpenVMS Integrity servers Version 8.4 and OpenVMS
Alpha Version 8.4 are shown in Table 2-2.
Table 2-2 Warranted Cluster Support with OpenVMS Version 8.4
Warranted in combination withOperating system
OpenVMS Integrity servers Version 8.4OpenVMS Alpha Version 8.4
OpenVMS Integrity servers Version 8.4
OpenVMS Alpha Version 8.4
OpenVMS Integrity servers Version 8.4
Additional warranted combinations are included in the following list. This list does not show
same platform and version combinations. OpenVMS systems of the same platform and version
are always warranted.
• OpenVMS Alpha V8.3 and OpenVMS Integrity servers V8.3 or V8.3-1H1
• OpenVMS Alpha V8.2 and OpenVMS Integrity servers V8.2-1
• OpenVMS Alpha V7.3-2 and OpenVMS Integrity servers V8.2-1
• OpenVMS Alpha V8.2 and OpenVMS Alpha V7.3-2
• OpenVMS VAX V7.3 and any version of OpenVMS Alpha, V7.3-2 and later
OpenVMS VAX systems are not supported with OpenVMS Integrity server systems in the
same cluster.
NOTE: Only two architectures are supported in the same OpenVMS Cluster.
System disks are architecture specific and can be shared only by systems of the same architecture.
An Alpha and Integrity servers system, or an Alpha and VAX system, cannot boot from the same
system disk. However, cross-architecture satellite booting is supported between an Alpha and
VAX system. When you configure an OpenVMS Cluster to take advantage of cross-architecture
booting, make sure that at least one system from each architecture is configured with a disk that
can be used for installations and upgrades. For more information, see the Guidelines for OpenVMS
Cluster Configurations and HP OpenVMS Cluster Systems.
Table 2-3 shows the supported migration pairs.
Table 2-3 Supported Migration Pairing with Version 8.4 OpenVMS Alpha or Integrity servers
Supported with either of these migrating to OpenVMS
Alpha Version 8.4
Supported with either of these migrating to OpenVMS
Integrity servers Version 8.4
OpenVMS Alpha Version 8.3
OpenVMS Alpha Version 8.2
OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.3-2
OpenVMS Integrity servers Version 8.3-1H1
OpenVMS Integrity servers Version 8.3
OpenVMS Integrity servers Version 8.2-1
For more information, see the OpenVMS Technical Software Support Service website at:
http://www.hp.com/go/openvms/support
In addition, see the OpenVMS Operating System Support Chart at:
http://www.hp.com/go/openvms/supportchart
Before introducing an OpenVMS Version 8.4 system into an existing OpenVMS Cluster, you
might need to install certain patch kits (also known as remedial kits) on cluster members running
earlier versions of OpenVMS. For a complete list of required patch kits, see the HP OpenVMS
Version 8.4 Release Notes.
For information about supporting the TDC_RT software in OpenVMS Clusters, see Section 7.9.9.5
(page 149).
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