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11-04-2004 07:24 AM
11-04-2004 07:24 AM
http://docs.hp.com/cgi-bin/fsearch/framedisplay?top=/hpux/onlinedocs/5187-3614/5187-3614_top.html&con=/hpux/onlinedocs/5187-3614/00/00/21-con.html&toc=/hpux/onlinedocs/5187-3614/00/00/21-toc.html&searchterms=stand%7cincrease&queryid=20041104-125330
it says this:
"Increasing /stand
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Increasing the /stand partition requires reformatting your root disk. You will need to cold-install HP-UX 11i v1 on your system.
Before you begin this step, back up your system. See Back up Your System!.
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In some cases, you will need to increase the size of /stand prior to completing a successful update to HP-UX 11i v1. If the update-ux command fails with a message indicating that /stand is too small, follow these steps to increase the size of /stand.
To increase /stand, you'll first have to create a larger /swap."
These statements seem contradictory. In the beginning, it says I have to cold install 11.11. At the end, it gives the instructions for just increasing /stand.
Which path do I need to take? Can I just increase /stand, follwing the directions at the bottom of the link? Or do I have to do a new install of 11.11?
Thanks,
Nate
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11-04-2004 07:41 AM
11-04-2004 07:41 AM
Re: Increasing /stand for the 11 to 11.11 upgrade
Trying to increase /stand directly is tricky and can easily lead to an unbootable system. In which case you will have hopefully create a recovery tape from which to restore your system.
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11-04-2004 07:50 AM
11-04-2004 07:50 AM
SolutionYes, not very easy to understand. In any case you can increase the /stand and upgrade HP-UX (not need a cold install).
- Perform a ignite backup of the system.
- Reboot the system from the Ignite tape or Ignite server.
- Reconfigure the volume(s).
- Recover the system from Ignite.
Now you can upgrade the system with new volume sizes.
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11-04-2004 07:57 AM
11-04-2004 07:57 AM
Re: Increasing /stand for the 11 to 11.11 upgrade
You could, shrink your primary swap, then increase stand from "lvm maintenance mode"....I have done that in the past - but tricky....
Best to use make_tape_recovery
Rgds...Geoff
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11-04-2004 09:01 AM
11-04-2004 09:01 AM
Re: Increasing /stand for the 11 to 11.11 upgrade
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=4996
Size of /dev/vg00/lvol1 is A (boot or /stand or /dev/vg00/lvol1)
Size of /dev/vg00/lvol2 is B (swap or /dev/vg00/lvol2)
You wanna increase size of lvol1 from A to A+X (where X is not more than B - "physical memory installed in your machine")
Basically we have to decrease size of swap to increase boot as they are contigous.
Now Extending /stand is an easy job which can be performed in 10-15 minutes.
Steps
01. Boot your machine in LVM maintenance mode
(hpux -lm at ISL>)
#rm /etc/mnttab
#vgchange -a y /dev/vg00
#lvrmboot -r /dev/vg00
#lvremove /dev/vg00/lvol2
#lvextend -L "A+X" /dev/vg00/lvol1
#extendfs /dev/vg00/rlvol1
#lvcreate -L "B-(X+10)" -C y -r n -n lvol2 /dev/vg00
#lvlnboot -b /dev/vg00/lvol1
#lvlnboot -r /dev/vg00/lvol3
#lvlnboot -s /dev/vg00/lvol2
#lvlnboot -d /dev/vg00/lvol2
#reboot -r
You have your /stand extended now
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11-04-2004 09:08 AM
11-04-2004 09:08 AM
Re: Increasing /stand for the 11 to 11.11 upgrade
This gives up something to ponder. And worse case, if we try the resize-without-restore way, like in Geoff's post, and things go bad, we can just restore out ignite tape and do it that way.
Thanks again!
Nate
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11-04-2004 07:38 PM
11-04-2004 07:38 PM
Re: Increasing /stand for the 11 to 11.11 upgrade
just some additional information from my upgrade experience:
if you read the required file system sizes recommended for the upgrade to 11.11 I strongly suggest you *add* some safety margin.
make / and /stand at least 150MB total with 80MB free space
for a Base-OE upgrade make sure you have roughly 1GB free in /usr /opt and /var
then you should be safe.
If you have trouble due to overall space
of 9GB boot disks, cut an ignite tape, cleanup patches, cleanup /var, maybe reduce primary swap if you can add secondary swap on other disks.
Regards,
Bernhard