I run into the Jun 24 issue with onlinejfs where it was reporting that the license is expired. I have since obtained a new license from HP and upon update I am having the the same error when i try to run fsadm even though vxlicense -p indicates i don't have the problem anymore. The instruction indicated a reboot is not required hoeever when i rebooted one of my servers the problem went away and now i am able to extend my filesystem. I have another server that i cannot reboot since it is my production server. Is there a daemon or process that i can stop and start to make the license active?
Are you trying to extend using sam? We have had multiple occurances when OnlineJFS would NOT work under sam, but worked fine when you issued the commands outside of sam.
There are several license reporting tools, some work with older versions, some with newer versions. The real test is to simply extend a test lvol using lvextend followed by fsadm -b. If the license doesn't work, fsadm will report that condition.
VxFS is the standard file system (directories and files) for HP-UX. OnlineJFS allows for online resizing a VxFS file system without dismounting the file system.
VxVM is like LVM in that it partitions one or more disks. Both VxVM and LVM are available for supported versions of HP-UX.
A little more explanative
The "Base VxFS" does not need a separate license and that is included to the price of the basic HP-UX license.
For HP-UX 11.00, the Base VxFS version was 3.1. But we already have a more advanced version which is OnlineJFS 3.3.
In HP-UX 11.11, the version 3.3 became the basic version and still the OnlineJFS need to be purchased separately. The next advanced version of Base VxFS is 3.5 and again the OnlineJFS need to be purchased separately.
When HP-UX 11.23 was released version 3.5 became the new basic version and the new advanced version is 4.1. But in September 2006 HP made the decision to ship all new 11.23 OE media with 4.1 as the basic one.
xxx has three HP-UX 11.23 servers listed below with JFS version B.11.23 (which is Base VxFS version 3.5) and OnlineJFS version B.11.23.0512 (0512 stands for December 2005). HP's OnlineJFS is always a purchased product.
OnlineJFS license expiration problem is only with media kit of Jun 2005 or older. Our HP-UX 11.23 hosts won├Г┬в├В ├В t be affected as we are just on the safe side. Also i had already tested the OnlineJFS function which is working fine as expected.
Vxlicense was the old license reporting tool prior to the version 3.5 and vxlicrep is the new reporting tool. So vxlicrep is the right tool for HP-UX 11.23 servers. .
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