disk usage

[yendenos]

how can i tell how much space is required and on what filesystems for installing a patch.
without using swinstall -p

[G. Vrijhoeven]

Hi,

Read the patch description.

Gideon

[Pete Randall]

I think you can look at the .depot file and examine the "size" field:

size 72473

The first size field should be the total for the entire package. Subsequent sizes would be for individual components.


Pete

[yendenos]

The patch description file for patch PHKL_24518 only has the patch package size unless I have missed it !

John.

[Helen French]

Once you start your 'swinstall' screen, the analysis phase will tell you how much space is needed on which file system.

You can check this by checking the log file and if that's okay, you can proceed with your patch installation.

[Uday_S_Ankolekar]

While you run swinstall before installing the patch system will 'analyze' the installation. You will see how much space it's going to utilize it. If you think space is going to be less then you can stop patch installation at that point.

-USA..

[yendenos]

as i said in my question im looking to find the disk usage without using swinstall and not the package size, surely there must be available info somewhere !

thanks everyone for your help so far

[Hazem Mahmoud_3]

I think a simple "bdf" would work, unless I misinterpreted the question.

-Hazem

[Hazem Mahmoud_3]

Sorry, I misinterpreted the question:) You want to know how much space is required for a patch. I think that is usually stated in the documentation of the patch.

-Hazem

[Pete Randall]

John,

I really think you're going to have to examine the contents of the PHKL_24518.depot file. All the information is in there, it's just a matter of recognizing and retrieving it.


Pete

[yendenos]

Pete

why do you call me John ?

I have now downloaded one of the patches onto the dreaded server and untarred it. I subsequently ran the create depot script and it created a file PHNE_28760.depot ( yes I know this is not the one i started out with )
this file is not an ascii file so how do i retrieve it. Im really lookinf for a way of getting diskusage without having to put the patches onto the boxes.

will the disk usage be the same across different platforms ?

thanks

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Try it wit tar.

# tar tvf PHNE_28760.depot | more

Regards,
Robert-Jan

[yendenos]

Robert

tar just tells you the content of the file ie which files are in the archive not the disk usage.

[Bruno Ganino]

info patch phkl_24518
http://www5.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/patchDetail.do?patchid=PHKL_24518&admit=552267591+1071159878041+28353475

[Mister_Z]

the mentioned patch modifies the file
/usr/conf/lib/libhp-ux.a(ufs_vm.o)

whose size is 10652 bytes.

Regards,

[Bruno Ganino]

also... patch info
http://support.openview.hp.com/patches/patch_disk.jsp

[A. Clay Stephenson]

Bear in mind that a few patches or installs builds files and new kernels "on the fly" so that the answer very much depends upon the particular platform. What you are asking is impossible without running swinstall -p.

[Mister_Z]

Bruno, I think that yendenos wants to know how the size of the fs are affected after the patch installation rather than the space needed to install it. Correct?

[yendenos]

I give in i shall use the swinstall preview i dont have time to go further with this but a big thanks to all who worked the call.

[Bruno Ganino]

Jendenos, why can not use "swinstall" ???
I am courious
Bruno

[Pete Randall]

I referred to you as John because it appeared that you signed your second post that way. Apparently I was confused. No offense!


Pete

[Geoff Wild]

One way to see this would be to go to "Patch Database Home":

http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/crumbRequest.do?crumb=patch.breadcrumb.main&BC=

Search for the patch you want.

Example: PHNE_28982

Click on the patch name, then select "patch files" - that will tell you with file(s) (with full path) will get patched.

There is a "patch package size" as well...

Rgds...Geoff

[Paula J Frazer-Campbell]

Hi yendenos

Your "I give in comment" is not appreciated.

Be aware that the people who tried to assist you are giving up their own time freely to help.

This forum is NOT a HP call centre but is populated by very helpful people assist other sysadmins and unix users out of the goodness of their hearts.

If you think I am Flaming you then you are correct.

Paula

[Geoff Wild]

Whoa - what happened to my post and Paula's??????


See attached...

Rgds...Geoff

[Paula J Frazer-Campbell]

Sorry Geoff

I must have hit return toooo hard.

Paula