HP-UX 11i v3 Installation and Update Guide, March 2009 (Update 4 Release)
C Installing VxFS and VxVM
Previous HP-UX 11i v3 Operating Environment Update Releases (OEURs) included
the 4.1 version of VxFS and VxVM. Starting with the September 2008 OEUR, the
following software is included:
• VxFS 4.1 (Base-VXFS bundle) — required installed in all OEs
• OnlineJFS 4.1 (B3929EA bundle) — recommended (default) installed in DC-OE,
VSE-OE, and HA-OE
• VxFS 5.0 (Base-VxFS-50 bundle) — optional in all OEs
• OnlineJFS 5.0 (B3929FB bundle) — optional in DC-OE, VSE-OE, and HA-OE
• VxVM 5.0 (Base-VxVM-50 bundle) — optional in all OEs
Logical Volume Manager (LVM) is also present in all OEs and is recommended software
(installed by default). This means that, starting in the September 2008 OEUR, the default
install selection for all systems is VxFS 4.1 + LVM.
NOTE:
VxFS 4.1 Considerations If your system has the minimum amount of memory, you
may need to manually set VxFS tunables for optimal performance after cold-installing
or updating to HP-UX 11i v3. For more information about these tunables, see
Appendix B (page 127).
If VxFS 5.0 has been used to create file systems with disk layout version 7, those disks
will not be readable by the VxFS 4.1 that ships with HP-UX 11i v3. If you plan to update
to 11i v3 with VxFS 4.1, before updating to HP-UX 11i v3, copy data from your DLV 7
file systems and onto file systems created at layout version 5 or 6. This step is not
required if you plan to update to HP-UX 11i v3 with VxFS 5.0, because the 11i v3 VxFS
5.0 can read DLV 7 file systems.
NOTE:
VxVM 4.1 Replaced by VxVM 5.0 Starting with the September 2008 release, VxVM
4.1 is not included in the OEUR or AR media. It has been replaced by VxVM 5.0.
However, in the September 2008 OEUR and beyond, VxVM is not installed by default
as it was in past OEURs. Explicit selection of VxVM 5.0 in the Ignite-UX tool is required
to install VxVM.
All configurations, including VxVM installations, are achievable with proper selections
in the Ignite-UX tool. The following sections describe the steps required to get to each
possible configuration.
• “VxVM and VxFS Installation through Cold-Install” (page 130)
• “VxVM and VxFS Installation with Update-UX” (page 130)
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