topic Re: SuperDome in Operating System - HP-UX

SuperDome

Chris Knight_1 — Mon, 15 Oct 2001 02:20:24 GMT

Hi again.
We built ours with "HFS" file systems. We don't have any qualified software to run on the JFS. I would like to get us moving on this..is it pretty easy to convert the file system, or should be best just to re-ignite the box? Tks. You guys are incredible!

Re: SuperDome

Sanjay_6 — Mon, 15 Oct 2001 02:41:07 GMT

Hi Chris,

If you wish to convert your root filesystem from hfs to jfs, you will have to use ignite to do a make_recovery and reinstall the os using the recovery tape. For Non-root filesystems you will have to take a backup and then recreate the filesystem as vxfs, doesn't look like there is an easy way out from this.

wonder how you landed with hfs, you don't need qualified applications for jfs. All hfs applications are compliant and vxfs is faster.

Here is a thread for more info.

http://us-support.external.hp.com/cki/bin/doc.pl/sid=55c2714e17c5d03954/screen=ckiDisplayDocument?docId=400000000088267

Hope this helps.

thanks

Re: SuperDome

Michael Tully — Mon, 15 Oct 2001 03:19:24 GMT

Hi Chris,

Your best option is to just re-ignite the box.
You will save yourself a lot of time and energy
by doing this. In regards to other filesystems
that are not part of the /dev/vg00 volume group, you would need to take a backup and then recreate the filesystem.

# newfs -F vxfs /dev/yourvg/ryourlv

I have never seen any piece of software that
won't run on a JFS filesystem as opposed to HFS.

HTH
-Michael

Re: SuperDome

Bill McNAMARA_1 — Mon, 15 Oct 2001 07:25:04 GMT

>I have never seen any piece
>of software that
>won't run on a JFS
>filesystem as opposed to HFS.
How's about hpux? the bootstrap!

What has this got to do with the superdome in any case.

Ignite is your safest, supported, bet.

Bill

Re: SuperDome

Chris Knight_1 — Mon, 15 Oct 2001 23:55:13 GMT

Tks Sanjay, Michael, and Mill! Re-ignite it is. When I say "qualified", it's just an internal reference to our production software, not ref COTS products. Slow and steady we forge ahead hey...cheers, tks again!.

Re: SuperDome

Chris Knight_1 — Mon, 15 Oct 2001 23:59:54 GMT

sorry Bill--Mill doesn't sound that bad hey. Tks.