JFS 3.3

[Troyan Krastev]

Hi all,

I am trying to install OnlineJFS on HP-UX 11.00. There are two products in the depot file I downloaded:
B3929CA B.03.03 JFS 3.3 Filesystem For 11.00
B3929CA-fndation B.11.00 Foundation Patch Bundle for JFS 3.3
From B3929CA-fndation it installed only one fileset and nothing from B3929CA. swinstall claims that " Another fileset or filesets which supersedes this fileset is already installed on the target." for all other filesets.

How can I figure out which VxFS version is active on that box?

Thanks,
Troy.

[Stefan Farrelly · Accepted solution]

When you install JFS 3.3 it must go hand-in-hand with a certain patch bundle - the foundation patch bundle you listed - which fixes bugs in the product. If however, you have regularly been installing say the General release patch bundles then you probably have superceeded this foundation patch bundle, so, you need to do;

1. find all the newer patches you have installed and remove them all. This may take a few reboots to remove them all.
2. Install JFS 3.3, it will take the Foundation patch bundle as a dependency and install it too.
3. Install the latest General release patch bundle (or the individual latest patches you just removed before) to get your patch level back an uptodate level.

We just had to do this recently also, long tough job.

To help you, the patch which is probably causing your problem is the one described as; LVM commands cumulative patch. There is a version of this patch in the Foundation patch bundle (PHCO_20054), so remove your LVM commands patch (probably numbered around 2100/2200) and keep removing them until you get back to 20054 or earlier, then when you install JFS it will install the foundation bundle aok, then reinstall the latest LVM commands patch you had before (eg. were using PHCO_21630.

[Troyan Krastev]

Thanks Stefan,

:-(.

Troy.