Ignite update

[Larry Basford]

I want to update to the new Ignite-UX Revision 3.2
I put it on one server to test.
needed to update the pax from PHCO_16885 to PHCO_20416 this required dependencies PHKL_19991 which was superceeded by PHKL_22677
which needed to reboot.
Did I patch everything? NO. Do you guys really install all the patchs ? The whole bundle then watch for recalls ?
Now if that's all right

Do I need to use make_recovery to be able to do a check_recovery or should I just do the make_tape_recovery and how do you check to see if you need to update the tape.

Thanks "sorry, I need to vent a little."

[James R. Ferguson · Accepted solution]

Hi Larry:

Ignite versions 3.2 or the newer 3.3 check to make sure that the patch level of 'pax' is "sufficient".

As for patches, in general, that's a whole philosophy of its own running from "if it ain't broke..." to "...the latest and greatest is the best...". I personally like to refresh my servers with the General Release (GR) bundles every 6-12 months.

As for the newer versions of Ignite, plan to use 'make_tape_recovery'. It replaces the older 'make_recovery' which is not nearly as robost. The following command will create a recovery tape for vg00:

# make_tape_recovery -x inc_entire=vg00 -I -v -a /dev/rmt/0mn

I believe that 'check_recovery' is destined to go away. I don't run it, but rather periodically, unconditionally make recovery tapes. The creation of a tape for vg00 only takes about 45-minutes.

...JRF...

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi Larry (again):

For an interesting discussion of differing patch philosophies, see these for starters:

http://my1.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,1150,0x899c0559ff7cd4118fef0090279cd0f9!0,00.html

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,1150,0x79f4f841489fd4118fef0090279cd0f9,00.html

...JRF...

[Larry Basford]

Thanks James,
I did download the Ignite-UX B.3.3.116
I think I'll put the (GR) from March on first then add the new Ignite.
I made the mistake of putting on
ignite11_11.00.tar since I have only 11.0
But had installed 11_all before. The system dosn't like that. Guess I'll remove the old version first.
Thanks again you've convinced me to make the changes.