topic Re: the problem about update-ux in Operating System - HP-UX

the problem about update-ux

Kevin.Wang — Thu, 26 May 2005 21:47:33 GMT

After I received the dvd kits (hpux11.23 for 9000 series), i did it as follow,
#mount /dev/dsk/c3t2d0 /cdrom
#update-ux -s /cdrom HPUX11i-OE
...
...
# swlist|grep HPUX
HPUX11i-OE B.11.23.0409 HP-UX Foundation Operating Environment Component
HPUXBaseAux B.11.23.0409 HP-UX Base OS Auxiliary
HPUXBaseOS B.11.23 HP-UX Base OS
OnlineDiag B.11.23.03.16 HPUX 11.23 Support Tools

But when it completed, I found the Mirrordisk has been removed by system. so I decide to downgrade the OS to 11.11
how shall i do?

Re: the problem about update-ux

Patrick Wallek — Thu, 26 May 2005 22:11:10 GMT

Well, if you just have the Base OE licensed, then Mirror Disk is NOT part of that automatically. You should have also gotten an Applications DVD or set of Applications CDs and codewords which should have all of your software that you can install separately. That is assuming of course that you have a software maintenance agreement.

If you do have software maintenance and did not get those then call HP and request them.

Now if you must go back to 11.11, your best bet would be to restore via an Ignite/UX backup of sort (either tape or network).

If you didn't do either of those I'm not sure what options, if any, you have.

Re: the problem about update-ux

Kevin.Wang — Thu, 26 May 2005 22:16:23 GMT

oh, I haven't software maintenance agreement,I want to go back to 11.11,but i haven't ignite backup, can I remove the 11.23?

Re: the problem about update-ux

Kevin.Wang — Thu, 26 May 2005 22:25:45 GMT

the mirrordisk has been removed.
# lvdisplay -v /dev/vg00/lvol3 |more
--- Logical volumes ---
LV Name /dev/vg00/lvol3
VG Name /dev/vg00
LV Permission read/write
LV Status available/stale
Mirror copies 1
Consistency Recovery MWC
Schedule parallel
LV Size (Mbytes) 400
Current LE 100
Allocated PE 200
Stripes 0
Stripe Size (Kbytes) 0
Bad block off
Allocation strict/contiguous
IO Timeout (Seconds) default

--- Distribution of logical volume ---
PV Name LE on PV PE on PV
/dev/dsk/c1t0d0 100 100
/dev/dsk/c2t0d0 100 100

--- Logical extents ---
LE PV1 PE1 Status 1 PV2 PE2 Status 2
00000 /dev/dsk/c1t0d0 00587 stale /dev/dsk/c2t0d0 00587 current
00001 /dev/dsk/c1t0d0 00588 stale /dev/dsk/c2t0d0 00588 current
00002 /dev/dsk/c1t0d0 00589 stale /dev/dsk/c2t0d0 00589 current
00003 /dev/dsk/c1t0d0 00590 stale /dev/dsk/c2t0d0 00590 current
00004 /dev/dsk/c1t0d0 00591 stale /dev/dsk/c2t0d0 00591 current
00005 /dev/dsk/c1t0d0 00592 stale /dev/dsk/c2t0d0 00592 current
00006 /dev/dsk/c1t0d0 00593 stale /dev/dsk/c2t0d0 00593 current
00007 /dev/dsk/c1t0d0 00594 stale /dev/dsk/c2t0d0 00594 current
00008 /dev/dsk/c1t0d0 00595 stale /dev/dsk/c2t0d0 00595 current
00009 /dev/dsk/c1t0d0 00596 stale /dev/dsk/c2t0d0 00596 current
00010 /dev/dsk/c1t0d0 00597 stale /dev/dsk/c2t0d0 00597 current
00011 /dev/dsk/c1t0d0 00598 stale /dev/dsk/c2t0d0 00598 current
00012 /dev/dsk/c1t0d0 00599 stale /dev/dsk/c2t0d0 00599 current
00013 /dev/dsk/c1t0d0 00600 stale /dev/dsk/c2t0d0 00600 current
00014 /dev/dsk/c1t0d0 00601 stale /dev/dsk/c2t0d0 00601 current
00015 /dev/dsk/c1t0d0 00602 stale /dev/dsk/c2t0d0 00602 current
00016 /dev/dsk/c1t0d0 00603 stale /dev/dsk/c2t0d0 00603 current
# bdf /
Filesystem kbytes used avail %used Mounted on
/dev/vg00/lvol3 409600 203581 193209 51% /

Re: the problem about update-ux

Steven E. Protter — Thu, 26 May 2005 23:00:24 GMT

You may have found a bug.

If mirror disk is installed and properly licensed, then update/ux should mirgrate the lvm configuration, including the mirrored volumes.

It is also possible that there was a problem with the installation of mirror/ux and update/ux was unable to migrate the configuration.

In my opinion, update/ux should have taken one of the following actions:

1) Error out and stop the upgrade.
2) Prompt the user for new codewords.

Your mirror/ux licenses should be good with 11.23. I had to get codewords but I didn't have to spend any additonal money when I migrated my former employer from 11.00 to 11.11.

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