Problem mounting DVD drive with NFS and need tips on upgrading HP-UX 11.0 to 11.23

[krishnaswamy]

Hi Guys,

I am a SOLARIS Admin,I have recently got a project in HP-UX which is kind of new to me.
I want help from you guys.

MY first project is upgrading HP-UX from 11.0 to 11.23.I had to do a NFS mount DVD drive from another HP-UX box to do this upgrade.I had problems in mounting the DVD drive with NFS (ACCESS DENIED).Can you guys please help me mounting the DVD drive?

And also can you guys please give me tips or procedures if you have on upgrading HP-UX from 11.0 to 11.23?

Appreciate any kind of help in solving this problem.

Thanks
Krishna

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Hi Krishna,

Ugrading from 11.0 to 11i V2 (11.23) is not possible.

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=785958

Regards,
Robert-Jan

[Torsten.]

Since you have to upgrade from 11.00 to 11.11 in order to upgrade to 11.23, it would be reasonable to do a cold install.
You'll need a local CD/DVD drive or an ignite server to do this.

[Steven E. Protter]

To use upgrade-ux you would have to go to 11i v1 first.

The chances of anything working right after two conversions is practically nill.

The best way to upgrade is to not and do a cold install.

If your hardware supports 11i v2 then you can rebuild from a clean, stable install.

SEP

[krishnaswamy]

Guys,

Thanks for your replies,I appreciate that.Can someone please give me procedures for upgrading HP-UX 11.11 to 11.23.

I also need tips on NFS mounting a DVD drive.

Thanks

Krishna

[Arunvijai_4]

Hi Krishna,

Please take a look at this doc,
http://docs.hp.com/en/5991-0792/index.html
[HP-UX 11i version 2 Installation and Update Guide]

Also, go through these threads,
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=887274
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=773761

-Arun

[krishnaswamy]

Guys,

I have problem NFS mounting a DVD drive .Any help is appreciated.

When i exportfs on the NFS SERVER i get a error "exportfs error: /dvdrom: Read-only file system"

Thanks
Krishna

[Torsten.]

You need to use the read-only option while exporting:

# /usr/bin/vi /etc/exports
/exported_dir -ro,anon=2

# /usr/sbin/exportfs â av

If you wish to use swinstall with the DVD source, it's also a good idea to swcopy the software to a depot and use the network option for swinstall.

[krishnaswamy]

Guys

I succesfully NFS mounted the DVD drive,Now i have problem updating the HP_UX with this command " /usr/sbin/update-ux â s /dvdrom HPUX11i-OE-Ent ".
Can you please advice if i am using the correct command

Thanks
Krishna

[krishnaswamy]

Guys

I need to increase my root filesytem by 220 mb,can u guys please give me procedures for extending root filesystem?

Thanks
Krishna

# bdf
Filesystem kbytes used avail %used Mounted on
/dev/vg00/lvol3 143360 20624 115124 15% /
/dev/vg00/lvol1 295024 16936 248584 6% /stand
/dev/vg00/lvol8 528384 516339 11484 98% /var
/dev/vg00/lvol7 512000 418534 87643 83% /usr
/dev/vg00/lvol4 65536 1198 60384 2% /tmp
/dev/vg00/lvol6 376832 78945 279325 22% /opt
/dev/vg00/lvol5 20480 1109 18168 6% /home


# vgdisplay -v
--- Volume groups ---
VG Name /dev/vg00
VG Write Access read/write
VG Status available
Max LV 255
Cur LV 8
Open LV 8
Max PV 16
Cur PV 1
Act PV 1
Max PE per PV 4350
VGDA 2
PE Size (Mbytes) 4
Total PE 4340
Alloc PE 733
Free PE 3607
Total PVG 0
Total Spare PVs 0
Total Spare PVs in use 0

--- Logical volumes ---
LV Name /dev/vg00/lvol1
LV Status available/syncd
LV Size (Mbytes) 300
Current LE 75
Allocated PE 75
Used PV 1
LV Name /dev/vg00/lvol2
LV Status available/syncd
LV Size (Mbytes) 1024
Current LE 256
Allocated PE 256
Used PV 1
LV Name /dev/vg00/lvol3
LV Status available/syncd
LV Size (Mbytes) 140
Current LE 35
Allocated PE 35
Used PV 1
LV Name /dev/vg00/lvol4
LV Status available/syncd
LV Size (Mbytes) 64
Current LE 16
Allocated PE 16
Used PV 1
LV Name /dev/vg00/lvol5
LV Status available/syncd
LV Size (Mbytes) 20
Current LE 5
Allocated PE 5
Used PV 1
LV Name /dev/vg00/lvol6
LV Status available/syncd
LV Size (Mbytes) 368
Current LE 92
Allocated PE 92
Used PV 1
LV Name /dev/vg00/lvol7
LV Status available/syncd
LV Size (Mbytes) 500
Current LE 125
Allocated PE 125
Used PV 1
LV Name /dev/vg00/lvol8
LV Status available/syncd
LV Size (Mbytes) 516
Current LE 129
Allocated PE 129
Used PV 1

--- Physical volumes ---
PV Name /dev/dsk/c1t6d0
PV Status available
Total PE 4340
Free PE 3607
Autoswitch On


# vgdisplay
--- Volume groups ---
VG Name /dev/vg00
VG Write Access read/write
VG Status available
Max LV 255
Cur LV 8
Open LV 8
Max PV 16
Cur PV 1
Act PV 1
Max PE per PV 4350
VGDA 2
PE Size (Mbytes) 4
Total PE 4340
Alloc PE 733
Free PE 3607
Total PVG 0
Total Spare PVs 0
Total Spare PVs in use 0


# ioscan -fnC disk
Class I H/W Path Driver S/W State H/W Type Description
=====================================================================
disk 1 0/0/2/0.6.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE SEAGATE ST318203LC
/dev/dsk/c1t6d0 /dev/rdsk/c1t6d0
disk 2 0/0/2/1.6.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE SEAGATE ST318203LC
/dev/dsk/c2t6d0 /dev/rdsk/c2t6d0

[Bill Hassell]

Yet another reason NOT to try to upgrade from 11.0 to 11.23. You cannot extend / because it must remain contiguous (no gaps), so you have to first run make_tape_recovery to save vg00, then reinstall from the tape but change the size of /. Lots of luck with all the problems you'll see in this upgrade. A cold install will be successful.

[krishnaswamy]

Guys,

With this existing free space ( 20624 ) in /,is it possible for me to upgrade from 11.0 to 11.23?

Please advice
Krishna



# bdf
Filesystem kbytes used avail %used Mounted on
/dev/vg00/lvol3 143360 20624 115124 15% /
/dev/vg00/lvol1 295024 16936 248584 6% /stand
/dev/vg00/lvol8 528384 516339 11484 98% /var
/dev/vg00/lvol7 512000 418534 87643 83% /usr
/dev/vg00/lvol4 65536 1198 60384 2% /tmp
/dev/vg00/lvol6 376832 78945 279325 22% /opt
/dev/vg00/lvol5 20480 1109 18168 6% /home