Installation of non-default VxFS and VxVM software version on HP-UX 11i v3 March 2014 Operating Environment Update Release

Technical white paper | Vx FS a n d Vx VM

NOTE:

• Copy only one version of VxFS or VxVM into the SD depot. Do not copy multiple or mixed versions of VxFS or

VxVM into the depot. This can lead to unsupported configurations during Ignition.

• Ensure to copy the required patches of the respective versions of VxFS or VxVM so that all of them can be

installed in one reboot.

4. Install or update the system from the depot created in step 3.

• To cold-install VxVM wit h VxFS, manually select the VxVM wit h VxFS environment (in the Ignite-UX Basic tab) and

manually select the respective VxFS and VxVM bundles in the Soft ware tab for install.

You MUST explicitly select the “VxVM with VxFS environment” and the VxVM bundle. If not, the Ignite-UX

procedure fails with the following message:

ERROR: The system has VxVM configured, but the VERITAS Volume Manager software was not selected for

loading. You are required to load it in order for the installation to succeed. Use the software selection screen

to mark the appropriate VxVM software for loading.

• To update HP-UX 11i v2 or HP-UX 11i v3 systems, use the following command:

CASE A: For VxFS/ VxVM 4.1

# update-ux –s <source_location> Base-VXFS Base-VXVM

CASE B: For VxFS/ VxVM 5.0

# update-ux –s <source_location> Base-VxFS-50 Base-VxTools-50 Base-VxVM-50

CASE C: For VxFS/ VxVM 5.0.1

# update-ux –s <source_location> Base-VxFS-501 Base-VxTools-501 Base-VxVM-501

NOTE:

If you have OnlineJFS, Full-VxVM, CVM, SMO, or SMS bundles installed, ensure that you copy the respective version

4.1 or 5.0 or 5.0.1 license bundles into the destination SD depot and select the same during cold-install or upgrade.

Co l d -Installing HP-UX 11i v3 March 2014 OEUR with VxFS and VxVM version

4.1 or 5.0 or 5.0.1 from an Ignite-UX Server

This section describes the process to cold-install a system with HP-UX 11i v3, with Veritas VxFS and VxVM version 4.1 or

5.0 or 5.0.1, using an Ignite-UX server. It is assumed that some depot servers must have been set up containing two

depots, one with the HP-UX 11i v3 March 2014 Operating Environment (OE) containing VxFS 5.1 SP1 and VxVM 5.1 SP1,

and one with the Veritas VxFS/VxVM 4.1 or 5.0 or 5.0.1 software. Note that Veritas VxVM 5.1 SP1 and VxFS 5.1 SP1 are

included in the 11i v3 OE starting in March 2014 OEUR and VxFS/VxVM 4.1 or 5.0 or 5.0.1 needs to be copied from an

Independent media set.

NOTE:

Ensure to copy the needed patches of the respective versions of VxFS or VxVM into the depot containing VxFS and

VxVM version 4.1 or 5.0 or 5.0.1 so that all of them can be installed in one reboot.

Preparing the Ignite-UX Server

To prepare the Ignite-UX server:

1. Enter the swinstall command to install Ignite-UX version C.7.18.63 (with the HP-UX 11i v3 Ma r c h 2 0 1 4 Operating

Environment) or later on an Ignite-UX server. You can confirm the Ignite software version:

swlist | grep –i ign, or by viewing the contents of the /opt/ignite/Version

file.

2. Copy the March 2014 11i v3 OEUR and later OE into a SD depot.

3. Delete the VxFS and VxVM version 5.1 SP1 bundles from the depot (created in step 2):