HP-UX 11.11 & JFS 3.3

[Jeffrey F. Goldsmith]

I have a test server that currently has HP-UX 11.11 installed on it. This server is strictly a test server so I don’t have any problem if/when I mess it up. I just do an Ignite restore to vg00 and start over.

I am in the process of purchasing a new server that will have HP-UX 11i v2 and plan on installing Online JFS 3.5 when it gets here.

Here is my question. I don’t know very much about JFS 3.3 or Online JFS 3.5 and wanted to see if I could install JFS 3.3 onto my test server so I can get some hands on training with it before the new server arrives. From what I have read, JFS 3.3 comes with HP-UX 11i but I don’t know how to check to see if it has been installed or if I need to install the program from CD. Once it is installed how do I use it?

I have downloaded “JFS Tuning and Performance” paper by Mark Ray for some light reading.

Thanks for all help.

[Florian Heigl (new acc)]

JFS 3.3 is really in the OS, 3.5 and 4.1 are extra downloads at hp.

Ummm, on the system I look at right now, not even OnlineJFS is listed in swlist, probably because it's included in our base HP-UX install.

Or maybe it's just too late in the night now :)

look at the fstyp -v /dev/vg00/lvol3 command for now, this is a first indication. I'll come back with some more reasonable ideas tomorrow, I hope.

[Jeffrey F. Goldsmith]

root: /sbin/fs/vxfs ==> fstyp -v /dev/vg00/lvol3
vxfs
version: 4
f_bsize: 8192
f_frsize: 8192
f_blocks: 17920
f_bfree: 6132
f_bavail: 6132
f_files: 5152
f_ffree: 2139030336
f_favail: 2139030336
f_fsid: 1073741827
f_basetype: vxfs
f_namemax: 254
f_magic: a501fcf5
f_featurebits: 0
f_flag: 0
f_fsindex: 7
f_size: 17920
root: /sbin/fs/vxfs ==>

[Tim Nelson]

swlist -l product|grep -i JFS

I would expect you would see the base JFS that is part of the OS.

Online JFS is a extra purchased product and unless you have a purchased codeword and specifically installed it yourself I doubt it is there.

Once you get the codeword, Online JFS is on one of the application CDs. Install and test away.

[Blofeld]

Jeffrey
When you perform the command swlist -l product| grep -i JFS
You should see something like this
OnlineJFS B.11.11

Also depending on the OS disk, are you using the Enterprise or Crit version of HPUX these come with Online JFS.

[Jeffrey F. Goldsmith]

This is what I found:

root: /sbin/fs/vxfs ==> swlist -l product|grep -i JFS
JFS B.11.11 The Base VxFS File System
PHKL_24026 1.0 JFS Filesystem swap corruption
PHKL_28512 1.0 Fix for POSIX_AIO in JFS3.3
root: /sbin/fs/vxfs ==>


I see that JFS is installed on my server. How do I go about using it? I know that I have to purchase Online JFS and then use the code word to get installed. Is there anything I can do with JFS 3.3 right now? I am more familiar with LVM.

[Florian Heigl (new acc)]

JFS and OnlineJFS are two products, so You can upgrade JFS like You planned without requiring OnlineJFS for that. On the other hand, on a 'real' system You definitely want OnlineJFS installed, it saves for 99 percent of possible headaches.