SFM Release Notes for HP-UX 11i v3 September 2012 web release

upgraded from prior to September 2012 release to September 2012 web release and later,
the postgres data needs to be migrated to 8.4.8 format. Data migration involves backup in
7.4.2 version using the pg_dumpall and restore in 8.4.8 version using the psql operations.
Both of these operations requires a running postgres service. But in the DRD environment there
is a limitation that no service can be run on the cloned disk when products are either installed
or upgraded. This limits diagnostics product upgrade steps from taking the backup of the
postgres 7.4.2 data. As a result, the data such as events, error records, and subscriptions
(created using Evweb) is lost during such circumstances.
Workaround: You can select any of the following two alternatives:
1. To install the product on the DRD cloned disk as a normal upgrade scenario. The scenario
will be same as fresh installation and user may refer to event.log for historical event data.
Also, the user has to recreate the user defined subscriptions (created using Evweb) at the
end of the installation.
2. To have a seamless migration of the data from postgres 7.4.2 version. In this case, the
user is required to perform the manual steps listed in the Installation scenarios of Postgres
8.4.8 guide at www.hp.com/go/hpux-diagnostics-sfm-docs.
Product documentation
For more information on SFM, see the following documents at:
www.hp.com/go/hpux-diagnostics-sfm-docs
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
• Administrator's and User's Guide for SFM HP-UX 11i v3
• SFM Provider Data Sheets
• SFM Tables of Versions
• SFM Patch Descriptions
• SFM Event Descriptions
Software and documentation availability in native languages
SFM software and documents are available only in the English language.
Product structure
The SFM product, consisting of SFM providers and EVWEB, is installed as part of the
SysFaultMgmt bundle.
Following are the commands you must use to obtain the bundle, product, sub-product, and the
fileset information about the SysFaultMgmt depot. The generated output are examples from HP
9000 systems:
• Bundle
$ swlist -s <SysFaultMgmt Depot Location>
# SysFaultMgmt C.07.09.02.03 HPUX System Fault Management
SysFaultMgmt.SFM-CORE C.07.09.02 HPUX System Fault Management
SysFaultMgmt.SFMDB C.07.09.02 HP System Management Database (SFMDB)
• Product(s)
$ swlist -l product -s <SysFaultMgmt Depot Location>
# SysFaultMgmt C.07.09.02.03 HPUX System Fault Management
SysFaultMgmt.SFM-CORE C.07.09.02 HPUX System Fault Management
SysFaultMgmt.SFMDB C.07.09.02 HP System Management Database (SFMDB)
• Sub-product(s)
$ swlist -l subproduct -s <SysFaultMgmt Depot Location>
# SysFaultMgmt C.07.09.02.03 HPUX System Fault Management
# SysFaultMgmt.SFM-CORE C.07.09.02 HPUX System Fault Management
SysFaultMgmt.SFM-CORE.ERROR-MGMT Error Management Technology
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