Installation Guide

2 System Requirements
This chapter discusses the various system requirements for the Veritas 5.1 SP1 suite of products.
This chapter addresses the following topics:
• Software Dependency
• OS Version
• Patch Requirements
• Required Packages for VEA
• Software Depot Content
• License Bundles
• Disk Space Requirements
Software Dependency
• VxFS 5.1 SP1 works with both HP LVM and VxVM 5.1 SP1 on HP-UX 11i v3
• VxVM 5.1 SP1 works only when VxFS 5.1 SP1 is installed
OS Version
This release can only be installed on a system running the HP-UX 11i v3 March 2011 Operating
Environment Upgrade Release (OEUR) or later on the PA-RISC or Itanium platforms.
To verify the operating system version, use the swlist command as follows:
# swlist | grep HPUX11i
HPUX11i-DC-OE B.11.31.1103 HP-UX Data Center Operating Environment
Patch Requirements
VxFS 5.1 SP1 and VxVM 5.1 SP1 for HP-UX 11i v3 require certain patches to function correctly.
In addition, certain patches are recommended for all installations.
Table 3 lists all the required and recommended patches for VxFS 5.1 SP1 and VxVM 5.1 SP1 for
HP-UX 11i v3. You can obtain all these patches from http://itrc.hp.com. However, some of these
patches may already be available to you in the HP-UX11i v3 OEUR. Table 3 lists each patch and
mentions if the patch or a superseding patch is already included in a given OEUR. If the OEUR
does not contain a particular patch, you must download the patch accordingly.
Table 3 Required and Recommended Patches
Available in HP-UX 11i v3 March 2011 OEURPatch
Required Patches
YesPHKL_38651
YesPHKL_38952
YesPHKL_40944
YesPHKL_41086
YesPHSS_39898
Recommended Patches
NoPHCO_41903
NoPHKL_40130
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