VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 Release Notes (August 2002)

Chapter 1

VERITAS Volume Manager™ Release Notes

Patches and Fixes in This Version

This section describes patches that are required and defects that have been ﬁxed in VERITAS Volume

Manager 3.5 for HP-UX.

Support for the HP Process Resource Manager

VxVM 3.5 for HP-UX now supports the HP Process Resource Manager (PRM) product. A HP OS patch is

required to be able to gather statistics on disks managed by VxVM. The patch number was not known at the

time this document was published. See “Finding the Latest Patches” on page 20 for instructions on ﬁnding

the latest patches.

Required and Recommended Patches

The following table lists patches required or recommended for Version 3.5 of VERITAS Volume Manager for

HP-UX. This list is subject to change without notice. Patches can be superseded or withdrawn at any time, so

always be sure to check the status of a patch before downloading it. Patch numbers for some VERITAS

Volume Manager for HP-UX ﬁxes were not known at the time this document was published.

Finding the Latest Patches

For the latest information about available patches, see the IT Resource Center,

http://ITresourcecenter.hp.com.

• If you have a support contract, select Browse Support Info By Product.

• If you do not have a support contract, select Individual Patches to search the Patch Database. Then select

HP-UX Patches, select 11.11 as the OS version, and search for the keyword “VxVM” to get a list of

VERITAS Volume Manager for HP-UX patches.

NOTE You must register with the IT Resource Center to search the patch database.

Patch

Number

Description Mandatory/Optional

PHKL_26452 scsi3/disc30 patch (includes passthru ioctl) Mandatory

PHKL_26519 s700_800 11.11 SCSI IO Subsystem Cumulative Patch.

This ﬁxes a SCSI problem that resulted in bad disks

causing long delays in initialization and startup.

Mandatory

PHKL_19246 vm_superpage ﬁx Mandatory

PHKL_27096 Patch for VxVM rootability changes to HP-UX Kernel Mandatory (needed for

VxVM 3.5 installation)

PHCO_27100 Patch for VxVM rootability changes to HFS mkfs

command

Optional

PHCO_27101 Patch for VxVM rootability changes to mkboot

commands

Mandatory (needed for

VxVM 3.5 installation)