If you do consider a 'SET SYSTEMID' command, please have both a virtual and a
real version of the command so that an authorized user can reset the
system-wide systemid and a general user can reset their own systemid for their
own purposes.
/Tom Kern
--- Alan Altmark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ...snipped...
> I do not propose to eliminate the current capabilities of "{nodeid,
> rscsid} = f(cpuid)". But, rather, to add "{nodeid, rscsid} = f(systemid)"
> and a default of "{nodeid, rscsid} = {systemid, RSCS}".
>
> And maybe, just maybe, we could have SET SYSTEMID just as we do SET CPUID,
> eh? How many times have people requested to be able to change the
> systemid seen in the lower right-hand corner? :-)
>
> But the real objective is to (a) not require any configuration of SYSTEM
> NETID where none is needed, and (b) eliminate one of the annoying
> pain-points during migrations. It doesn't necessarily mean making the
> ability to change your nodeid and rscsid to something other than the
> default any easier. (But it would be nice.)
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