Installing Mirroring Software on HP-UX 10.20

[Jim Druce]

Hi All

Could someone please tell me how you install HP-UX mirroring software on a 10.20 environment from CD.

Thanks
JD

[John Palmer]

Hi Jim,

First you'll need to obtain a codeword from HP in order to unlock the software.

Then having mounted the CD at say /cdrom you:-
swinstall -s /cdrom
to options and select Add new codeword
Fill in the codeword details, swinstall will update the software visible on the CD.
Select the Mirrordisk software and tab to options, select 'Mark for install'.
Tab to options and select 'Install (analysis)'
Follow the prompts and swinstall should do the rest (including a reboot).

You should then install the latest LVM patches as Mirrordisk installs a new version of LVM which will not be patched.

Regards,
John

[Cheryl Griffin]

After the install, you want to reinstall the cumulative LVM commands patch and other relevant LVM patches.

[James R. Ferguson]

Jim:

After the installation via swinstall you can read about setting up mirrored disks in the System Administration Tasks manual (viz. charper-7):

http://docs.hp.com/hpux/onlinedocs/B2355-90672/B2355-90672.html

...JRF...

[Elizabeth_2]

The Software itself is available on the Application CD
Sets (DARTS) but it is codeword protected. It is
typically located on CD #1 of the set.

For series 800 machines at 10.20 it is:
B2491BA B.10.20 MirrorDisk/UX

For series 700 machines at 10.20 it is:
B5403BA B.10.20 MirrorDisk/UX

If you have not purchased a license and would wish to
do so, you should contact your salesperson or our HP
Advantage Center at: (800) 637-7748

If you have purchased the license, but do not have the
codeword to unlock the product off the Applications CD
then you should contact our Codewords Dept at
(800) 538-1733

Once you have the codeword, you will need to:

1) Mount the appropriate applications CD.

2) Start-up the interactive version of swinstall
# swinstall

3) Specify the Source Type as "Local CD ROM" and point
the Depot Path to where the CD is mounted.

4) Choose the "Add Codeword" option from the "Actions"
pull-down menu.

5) Mark the software selection and then choose "Install
Analysis" from the "Actions" menu to install.

As far as system downtime, please allow enough time in order
to reboot your system.

Note:
MirrorDisk/UX installs a non-patched verison of the lvm commands,
which overwrites the patched binaries. swlist still shows the
lvm patches as applied, but what(1) shows non-patched versions.
Please re-apply any lvm command patches are after loading
MirrorDisk/UX