VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 Installation Guide (September 2004)

Before You Start

Installation and Upgrade Requirements

Chapter 1

To ensure that the operating system is running at release level 11i v2, use the following command on a

64-bit machine:

# swlist -l bundle HPUXBaseOS

The output must contain:

HPUXBaseOS B.11.23 HP-UX Base OS

On a 32-bit machine, use the following command:

# swlist -l bundle HPUXBase32

The output must contain:

HPUXBase32 B.11.11HP-UX 32-bit Base OS

NOTE If your system is running at a release level earlier than HP-UX 11i v2, you must upgrade to HP-UX

11.22 before upgrading to HP-UX 1i v2. If your system is running HP-UX 11i v2, you can just install

HP-UX 11i v2.

Install HP-UX Operating System Patches

The following table shows all patches required for VxVM, and indicates which patches are mandatory

and which are optional. Optional patches can provide functionality without which VxVM does not

operate correctly. Lack of these patches does not harm your system in any way; however, the lack of

mandatory patches does cause harm. To ensure maximum system efficiency, install all patches. VxVM

may also require updates to the HP-UX operating environment in order for VxVM rootability to work

properly. These updates are available as patches through standard HP-UX patch distribution facilities

on the HP patch distribution sites.

NOTE The required VxVM rootability patches are installed by default with the HP-UX 0902 Operating

Environment Update Release.

The following table shows all patches required for VxVM 3.5.:

Table 1-5Required Patches

Patch Number Description

Mandatory/Option

PHKL_26452 scsi3/disc30 patch (includes passthru ioctl) Mandatory

PHKL_26519 scsi IO Subystem cumulative patch 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)