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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">I’m not sure that asymmetric is the co</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">rrect description but I can’t think of a better term. I am using SIMH and I have a two node cluster (with a quorum disk)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">the two nodes have a common system disk. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">The two nodes are RODNEL</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">(1.1) booting from SYS0 and ADV2 (1.3) booting from SYS2. Both are running DECnet Plus</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> both are running Multinet for the IP stack. At one time there was also a node (never</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">actually a member of the cluster called HCBVAX (1.2) it booted from SYS1 but it no longer exists</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">The nodes are connected over an Ethernet and the MAC addresses are the ones that I would expect AA-</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">00-04-00-01-04 (1.1) and AA-00-04-00-03-04 (1.3) HCBVAX was</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">AA-00-04-00-02-04 (1.2)</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">I can login to RODNEL and</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">“set host adv2” with no problem, I can login to ADV2 and “set host rondel” with no problem.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">On each of the nodes I can “show cluster” and I see what I expect to see with no error</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">s. While logged in to RODNEL the command</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">“moni cluster” works fine</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">. While logged in</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> to ADV2 the wheels seem to fall off the bus</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> – “show cluster” is fine but “moni cluster” isn’t</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> Any help would be appreciated. This is the information that I have gathered so far</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> (I am not happy with the forwarding address in the error message from “moni proc” on ADV2 wh</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">ich seems to arise from RODNEL </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">--Dave</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">View of Cluster from system ID 1027 node: ADV2 22-APR-2018 22:24:50</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">+-----------------------------+</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">¦ SYSTEMS ¦ MEMBERS ¦</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">+-------------------+---------¦</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">¦ NODE ¦ SOFTWARE ¦ STATUS ¦</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">+--------+----------+---------¦</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">¦ ADV2 ¦ VMS V7.3 ¦ MEMBER ¦</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">¦ RODNEL ¦ VMS V7.3 ¦ MEMBER ¦</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">+-----------------------------+</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">^Z</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">$</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">$ moni cluster</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">%MONITOR-I-ESTABCON, establishing connection to remote node(s)...</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">%%%%%%%%%%% OPCOM 22-APR-2018 22:24:56.75 %%%%%%%%%%%</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Message from user SYSTEM on RODNEL</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Event: Address Unreachable PDU Discard from: Node LOCAL:.RODNEL Routing,</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New"> at: 2018-04-22-23:24:56.740-04:00Iinf</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New"> Discard Reason=Destination Addrs Unknown,</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New"> Source Address=49::00-01:AA-00-04-00-03-04:21,</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New"> Forwarding Address=49::00-01:AA-00-04-00-02-04:21</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New"> eventUid FC95D640-467B-11E8-99E1-AA0004000104</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New"> entityUid 5683CC80-467B-11E8-8004-AA0004000104</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New"> streamUid 5A113900-467B-11E8-8004-AA0004000104</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Still on ADV2</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> -</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">NCP</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> is odd as well:</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">$ mcr ncp</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">NCP>sho exec char</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Node Volatile Characteristics as of 22-APR-2018 22:31:17</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Executor node = 1.3 (ADV2)</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Identification = DECnet-OSI for OpenVMS</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Management version = V4.0.0</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Incoming timer = 0</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Outgoing timer = 0</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">NSP version = V4.1.0</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Maximum links = 0</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Delay factor = 0</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Delay weight = 0</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Inactivity timer = 0</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Retransmit factor = 0</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Routing version = V2.0.0</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Type = nonrouting IV</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Routing timer = 0</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Subaddresses = 0</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Broadcast routing timer = 0</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Maximum address = 0</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Maximum circuits = 0</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Maximum cost = 0</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Maximum hops = 0</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Maximum visits = 0</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Maximum area = 0</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Max broadcast nonrouters = 0</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Max broadcast routers = 0</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Maximum path splits = 0</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Area maximum cost = 0</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Area maximum hops = 0</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Maximum buffers = 0</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Segment buffer size = 0</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Buffer size = 0</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Pipeline quota = 0</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Alias maximum links = 0</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Path split policy = Normal</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Maximum Declared Objects = 0</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">NCP>show know nodes</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Known Node Volatile Summary as of 22-APR-2018 22:31:29</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Executor node = 1.3 (ADV2)</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">State = on</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Identification = DECnet-OSI for OpenVMS</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">NCP>def node rodnel</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Node address (1.1-63.1023): 1.1</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Node name (1-6 characters): rodnel</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">NCP>set node rodnel all</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">%NCP-W-UNRCMP, Unrecognized component</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">NCP>set node rodnel</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Node address (1.1-63.1023): 1.1</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Node name (1-6 characters): rodnel</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">%NCP-W-UNRCMP, Unrecognized component , Node</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">NCP>exit</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Whereas RODNEL seems happier:</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">NCP>sho exec char</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Node Volatile Characteristics as of 22-APR-2018 20:15:29</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Executor node = 1.1 (RODNEL)</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Identification = DECnet-OSI for OpenVMS</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Management version = V4.0.0</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Incoming timer = 0</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Outgoing timer = 0</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">NSP version = V4.1.0</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Maximum links = 0</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Delay factor = 0</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Delay weight = 0</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Inactivity timer = 0</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Retransmit factor = 0</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Routing version = V2.0.0</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Type = nonrouting IV</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Routing timer = 0</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Subaddresses = 0</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Broadcast routing timer = 0</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Maximum address = 0</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Maximum circuits = 0</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Maximum cost = 0</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Maximum hops = 0</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Maximum visits = 0</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Maximum area = 0</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Max broadcast nonrouters = 0</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Max broadcast routers = 0</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Maximum path splits = 0</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Area maximum cost = 0</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Area maximum hops = 0</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Maximum buffers = 0</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Segment buffer size = 0</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Buffer size = 0</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Pipeline quota = 0</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Alias maximum links = 0</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Path split policy = Normal</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Maximum Declared Objects = 0</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">NCP>sho kno node</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Known Node Volatile Summary as of 22-APR-2018 20:15:37</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Executor node = 1.1 (RODNEL)</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">State = on</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Identification = DECnet-OSI for OpenVMS</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New"> Node State Active Delay Circuit Next node</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New"> Links</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New"> 1.3 (ADV2) 1.1 (RODNEL)</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">NCP>sho node adv2 char</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Node Volatile Characteristics as of 22-APR-2018 20:16:02</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Remote node = 1.3 (ADV2)</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Courier New">Service password = 0000000000000000</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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