How do I know what I'm licensed to do with VxVM ?

[Stuart Abramson_2]

I'm having a terrible time getting started with VxVM.

When I do a swlist, here is what I get:

# swlist | grep -i vx
Base-VXVM B.03.50.5 Base VERITAS Volume Manager Bundle 3.5 for HP-UX

I don't have B9116AA or any other B-products.

When I do vxlicense -p, I get:

saroot@wcshps07:/etc/rc.config.d# vxlicense -p

vrts:vxlicense: INFO: Feature name: HP_OnlineJFS [50]
vrts:vxlicense: INFO: Number of licenses: 1 (non-floating)
vrts:vxlicense: INFO: Expiration date: Sun Jun 24 04:00:00 2007 (1377.5 days from now)
vrts:vxlicense: INFO: Release Level: 22
vrts:vxlicense: INFO: Machine Class: All
vrts:vxlicense: INFO: Site ID: 0

So what does that mean?

When "ps -ef | grep vx", I get:

# psg vx
root 41 0 0 Sep 9 ? 22:13 vxfsd
root 1477 1 0 Sep 9 ? 0:14 /opt/VRTSob/bin/vxsvc -r /etc/vx/isis/Registry

So, I have some daemons running.

When I try to "add" with vxdiskadm, I get:

Select disk devices to add: [,all,list,q,?] list
vxvm:vxdisk: ERROR: IPC failure: Configuration daemon is not accessible

When I try to start the "vea" gui, it starts, but asks me for an ID and password that I don't know, and then fails to connect with a error message.

Is there a manual that I'm missing?

[Jeff Schussele]

Hi Stuart,

You can use the
vxlicrep
command to ge a somewhat "friendlier" license output.

The key daemon not running is vxconfigd
From a ps -ef | grep vx
command it would look like
/usr/sbin/vxconfigd -k -m enable
You should be able to just run that command, BUT you should probably run
vxinstall
first to define the rootdg Disk Group as that's where all the definitions of Disk Groups are kept.
Don't worry about entering a Veritas license as you don't need it. Just be prepared to designate a disk device to be used for the rootdg DG.

HTH,
Jeff

[Stuart Abramson_2]

Jeff:

That's great! I'm on my way.

Stuart