Multinet ECOs

[Malcolm Smeaton]

Whoops! Wrong list - sorry.

The right list this time I hope.

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From: Malcolm Smeaton
Sent: Wednesday, 25 June 2008 1:36 p.m.
To: 'Info-***@process.com'
Subject: Multinet ECOs

I'm confused. We have a mixed Alpha and Itanium VMS cluster. They use the same off-system disk for the Multinet distribution. When I look at the Multinet ECO page I see a whole lot of ECOs that do not appear to be specific to either Alpha or Itanium.

Question 1.

Does this mean that I can install an ECO on EITHER an Alpha server OR an Itanium server and it will install the ECO on BOTH Alpha AND Itanium?

Or do I have to apply the same ECO to each system individually?

Question 2.

Just to confuse things further SOME ECOs look like they ARE platform specific. For example:

ssh-031_a052-axp.zip
ssh-031_a052-i64.zip

Does this mean I should install ssh-031_a052-axp.zip ONLY on an Alpha server AND install ssh-031_a052-i64.zip ONLY on an Itanium server?

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Regards
Malcolm

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[Hunter Goatley]

Post by Malcolm Smeaton
Does this mean that I can install an ECO on EITHER an Alpha server
OR an Itanium server and it will install the ECO on BOTH Alpha AND
Itanium?
Or do I have to apply the same ECO to each system individually?

The same ECO has to be applied to each type of system individually.
The ECO contains the binaries for all platforms, but only the binaries
for the installing platform are installed.

Post by Malcolm Smeaton
Just to confuse things further SOME ECOs look like they ARE platform
ssh-031_a052-axp.zip
ssh-031_a052-i64.zip

That's only because of the size of the SSH kit---it's broken up into
platform-specific Zip files to minimize the download time for sites
only needing one platform kit.

Post by Malcolm Smeaton
Does this mean I should install ssh-031_a052-axp.zip ONLY on an
Alpha server AND install ssh-031_a052-i64.zip ONLY on an Itanium
server?

Yes.

Hunter
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