Online JFS 3.3

[MikeL_4]

On my application cd there are two product codes for JFS 3.3: B3929CA and B5118CA, and
both have the same description: JFS 3.3 Filesystem for 11.00

What is the difference between these ??

[Pete Randall]

Mike,

B3929CA is Online JFS. If you have a codeword for it, that's the one you want.


Pete

[Pete Randall]

B5118CA is Online JFS for workstations.


Pete

[Sridhar Bhaskarla]

Hi,

All I can say is that they are the same. They contain the same filesets JFS and OnlineJFS. In fact both point to the same content in the depot.

My understanding is that B5118CA is the new product code for OnlineJFS. B3929A is traditionally known as OnlineJFS product. So, it is for trasitional purpose only unless HP says something different.

-Sri

[Steven E. Protter]

JFS filesystem is the actual filesystem, vxfs. That upgrade is part of the base OS and does not require a codeword.

OnlineJFS obvious is a pay for product and requires the codeword.

I am doing an rfp right now for Online JFS

B3929CA is the product number I have for that.

SEP

[MikeL_4]

Thanks, perhaps you can answer this for me also:

I have the cd mounted and if I go into swinstall with the GUI I can select and run through the analysis for B3929CA
However, since I have a license key to enter I've entered:
swinstall -p -x ask=true -s /cdrom/B3929CA

and it still pulls up the GUI and then says it can't find the depot...

[MikeL_4]

sorry, found my stupid mistake, forgot the \* at the end of the command ...

[Sridhar Bhaskarla]

Hi,

Use "-x codeword=" option not ask.

-Sri

[MikeL_4]

Thanks, but when am I prompted to enter the licence information then ??

[Sridhar Bhaskarla]

No - Actually you will need to type in the codeword after codeword=blablabla. If the codeword here is wrong, then the GUI will prompt for you for codeword.

There are couple more easy ways of doing this. Use the swinstall GUI, go to actions and select Add the new codeword. This is my preferred method.

Alternatively, add the codewords into /var/adm/sw/.codewords file.

-Sri

[MikeL_4]

I already have the codeword for the cd setup in the .codewords file, otherwise I wouldn't even see the product when I run swinstall with the GUI.
I was told I had to run swinstall from the command line with "-x ask=true" due to the fact that I need to set the licence key which I was given for this product, and that can only be done via the swinstall on the command line ???

When I run via the command line I get following results:
[uxas02] [/] # swinstall -p -x ask=true -s /cdrom/B3929CA \*

======= 09/17/03 16:01:37 EDT BEGIN swinstall SESSION
(non-interactive)
* Session started for user "root@uxas02".
* Beginning Selection
* Target connection succeeded for "uxas02:/".
ERROR: There is currently no depot software on host "uxas02" at
location "/cdrom/B3929CA". Make sure that an absolute pathname
is specified for location (beginning with "/").
* Source connection failed for "uxas02:/cdrom/B3929CA".
WARNING: More information may be found in the daemon logfile on this
target (default location is uxas02:/var/adm/sw/swagentd.log).
* Selection had errors.
======= 09/17/03 16:01:40 EDT END swinstall SESSION (non-interactive)

[Murgesh_2]

Online JFS requires codeword, where in JFS comes free you dont need codeword

Enjoy
Murgesh

[T G Manikandan]

The best way would be to act as Sri suggested

1.swinstall
GUI opens
2.select CDROM in the "select depot target"
3.Actions-->add codeword
Enter the codeword
4.Online JFs would be visible with the CD contents
5.mark and install


Thanks

[Pete Randall · Accepted solution]

Mike,

In case you don't have them, here are the install instructions from the release notes (they do support your "ask=true" syntax). Maybe you can find something you've overlooked:

http://www.docs.hp.com/cgi-bin/onlinedocs.py?mpn=B3929-90007&service=hpux&path=../B3929-90007/00/00/1&title=HP%20JFS%203.3%20and%20HP%20OnLineJFS%203.3%20Release%20Notes


Pete

[MikeL_4]

What can I look for on the servers to determine which have just JFS installed and which have OnlineJFS ??

[Jeff Schussele]

Hi Mike,

Run
swlist | grep -i online
Those servers that return OnLineJFS have - those that don't have it won't return it.

Rgds,
Jeff

[T G Manikandan]

to find OnlineJFS

#swlist |grep -i OnlineJFS