Installing HP OnlineJFS from 11iv1 Sep 2008 Application CD into Sep 2004 11.23 OS

[Mehmet KADIOGLU]

Hi,
My current OS is running Sep 2004 HP-UX 11.23. I need to resize my partition using fsadm, lvreduce etc but the onlineJFS software has expired in 2007. Can I install the latest released onlineJFS (from Sep 2009 Application CD) into the Sep 2004 HP-UX. Would there be any compatibility issue? I need to preserve the Sep 2004 OS due to application support requirement.

Thank you.

[Jozef_Novak]

Hello,

Sep 2009 Application CD ? This is likely a typo. Anyway, which Online JFS version is on the application DVD that you want to install from ? Post a swlist output.

J.

[Duncan Edmonstone]

Your post title seems to suggest you are trying to use a 11iv1 app CD to install onto a 11iv2 system.

That will not work. You will need a set of 11iv2 app DVDs, plus the appropriate codeword. As you obviously believe you are licensed to use Online JFS, obtaining what you require through your HP support contacts, or through Software Update Manager should not be a problem.

HTH

Duncan

[Mehmet KADIOGLU]

Hi,
Thank you for your response.

Just to correct a typo. It is the onlineJFS from HPUX 11.23 Sep 2008 Application CD set.

I am having
B3929DA B.11.23 HP OnLineJFS (Server)
as shown on the swlist.
But it has expired in 2007 due to a 'bug' and the question is whether I can install a newer version say B3929EA into my existing HPUX version which is 11.23 Sep 2004 release.

Thank you again.

[Dennis Handly · Accepted solution]

>whether I can install a newer version say B3929EA into my existing HP-UX version which is 11.23 Sep 2004 release.

You should. If you can't, it should tell you want you need.
If you think there may be a problem you can preview the change:
# swinstall -p ...

[kevin_m]

It sounds like you just need to install the updated license file which is located on newer media (roughly 2006 or later). This link has the details plus the swinstall options.

http://www.hp.com/softwarereleases/releases-media2/notices/mc-edited_21.pdf

- Kevin

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

There are some systems administration issues that come up in this situation.

You have a system that was installed on the initial release of HP-UX 11.23 and never received a QPK.

This is a dangerous and poor systems administration practice.

Twice a year HP releases bi-annual patch sets for the OS that if installed brings the OS up the binary equivalent of having installed the newer OS release that is released the same time cold.

A good analogy is it works by different means like updating a red hat machine with the latest update. The OS stamp left behind is the latest.

So if you install the September 2008 QPK into your September 2004 HP-UX 11.23 system your system will report itself to be on the Core OS level September 2008. To do so is good systems administration practice.

I will assume since its April 2009 that your 2009 references are in error.

SEP

[Avinash20]

swinstall â x autoselect_dependencies=false â x enforce_dependencies=false â s

[Patrick Wallek]

>>swinstall -x autoselect_dependencies=false -x enforce_dependencies=false -s

That sounds like a good command to use if you want to risk system problems......

Not selecting dependencies and not enforcing dependencies is a really bad idea, at least in my opinion!