VxVM and VxFS Installation with Update-UX

All of the configurations described in “VxVM and VxFS Installation through Cold-Install” can also be achieved during OEUR updates using update-ux. Just like cold-install, the update process will default to VxFS 4.1 with LVM. To install the VxFS 5.0 and VxVM 5.0 configurations noted in the previous section, simply make sure that the desired bundles are selected in update-ux. To do so, use the following command:

update-ux -s <depot_path> Base-VxFS-50 Base-VxVM-50




	NOTE: VxVM Considerations As with other installs, updates to September 2008 OEUR will not install VxVM by default. You must explicitly select VxVM 5.0 in the update-ux command line to install VxVM. If VxVM is not selected for installation during update and VxVM is currently not in use, update scripts built into the September 2008 OEUR will automatically remove any unused older versions of VxVM from your system.




	NOTE: Unsupported System Configurations Many different configurations are selectable at update time, but not all of them would result in supported system configurations. For this reason, pre-update scripts built into the September 2008 OEUR will block certain updates before they start, to prevent updates into unstable configurations. The scripts will print an error message, and the error can be resolved by restarting the update with different software selections. For example, if an existing 11i v3 system has VxFS 4.1 and VxVM 4.1 configured, and an update is attempted to the September 2008 OEUR with only VxFS 5.0 selected, the OEUR scripts will block the update. This is done because this update would result in a system that has VxFS 5.0 and VxVM 4.1 installed—an unsupported combination of versions. To resolve this error, simply restart the update after selecting both VxFS 5.0 and VxVM 5.0 in update-ux, so that the update results in matching 11i v3 versions of VxFS and VxVM. Other unsupported paths will also be blocked by the September 2008 OEUR’s scripts and can be resolved in similar ways. (The other most common blocked update occurs when 11i v2 VxVM is in use on a system but you forget to select VxVM 5.0 at update time.)

Updates from HP-UX 11i v2 with OnlineJFS 4.1 to HP-UX 11i v3 with OnlineJFS 5.0

To update HP-UX 11i v2 systems that are already installed with HP-UX 11i v2 OnlineJFS 4.1 and that you want to update to HP-UX 11i v3 with OnlineJFS 5.0 (B3929FB), you must deselect HP-UX 11i v3 OnLineJFS 4.1 (B3929EA) during the update. This can be done in the update-ux command line as follows:

update-ux -s source_location !B3929EA B3929FB

The !B3929EA entry on the command line ensures that 11i v3 OnLineJFS 4.1 is not installed from the depot during the update.




	NOTE: Known Problem: When OnLineJFS 5.0 (`B3929FB`) is selected in the scenario above, the following selection time warning from update-ux may be seen: `WARNING: The following was found while selecting software:` `- There are new revisions of SW available in the source that would update SW already installed on the system. The newer revisions are not selected for installation. This could leave the incompatible old revision of SW on the system. The affected SW is:` `- OnlineJFS.VXFS41-AD-RN,r=B.11.31 replaces OnlineJFS01.VXFS41-AD-RN,r=4.1.004` What To Do This warning can be safely ignored. The update will complete successfully despite this warning. This known problem is also listed in Appendix A.

Updates to HP-UX 11i v3 with VxVM 4.1

To update HP-UX 11i v2 systems and remain at VxVM 4.1 in HP-UX 11i v3, please consult this white paper (at http://docs.hp.com) for detailed instructions:

Installation of VxFS and VxVM 4.1 on HP-UX 11i v3 September 2008 Operating Environment Update Release

To update 11i v3 systems that are already installed with VxVM 4.1 and that you want to remain at VxVM 4.1 after the update, simply use the default upgrade selections. The September 2008 OEUR will select only VxFS 4.1 by default, so that the previously installed version of 11i v3 VxVM 4.1 will remain unchanged (and still usable) on the system.

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