resizing /usr without online jfs

[Ravi Vyas]

Hi,
I need some space on /usr for installing mySQL. Currently, i have 704 MB on /usr
I allocated (using lvextend) 1200 MB for the logical volume on which /usr is mounted... forgetting the fact that it's pretty difficult to take /usr offline, I do not have vxfs, etc.
Is there a way out (single-user mode, copying the required files etc)? Please help. And please don't tell me to reinstall the core, it's too much of a headache...

[DCE]

You could try single user mode

other options
make an mount point under /usr (/usr/myspace??)

make an ignite image of the system, and boot off of the tape and do an interactive restore - this will allow you to change the size of any/all mount points

[A. Clay Stephenson]

Since you have already run lvextend the rest is rather simple. Shutdown and bring the system up in single user mode by interrupting the normal boot.

At the firmware monitor/BCH prompt, enter:
BOOT PRI
Interact with ISL/IPL? Y
At the ISL/IPL prompt, enter
hpux -is

This will bring you up in single-user mode with only / and /stand mount. You will execute /sbin/extendfs to extend the /usr filesystem. Man extendfs sould you need to before shutting down as multi-user if you need to examine the options.

After running extendfs, shutdown and allow the box to boot up normally.

[Laurent Menase]

singe user is a way,

else the old fashion
the other is if you have the new size you need available.
Then you create a new lvol, then mount it to some /tmp/usr2
and then copy from one to the other
with some cd /usr ;find . | cpio -pd /tmp/usr2
modify fstab to point to the new lvol for usr,
reboot

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

I don't know where you are getting mysql, but the version prepared by HP as part of Internet Express installs in the /opt filesystem.

Otherwise single user mode is the only way out of this situation.

SEP

[Jollyjet]

Ravi,

take a ignite backup and boot your system with single user mode and extend your file system
extendfs -F vxfs /dev/vg00/rlovl

then reboot your system.

[Raj D.]

Ravi,
You have 2 option,

1. Try Single User--> extendfs /usr
2. or Ignite backup , while resoring specify a diffenrelt size for /usr.


Cheers,
Raj.

[Raj D.]

Ravi,
You have 2 option,

1. Try Single User--> extendfs /usr
2. or Ignite backup , while resoring specify a different size for /usr.


Cheers,
Raj.

[Ravi Vyas]

First of all, thanks for all the replies. However, my problem seems to be quite deep.

1. The OS is HP-UX 11.00 (2-User Degrade).
2. Online JFS is absent. (I have the CD, but no codeword.)
3. Ignite-UX has not been installed. I have downloaded the depot, but I'm not sure if it needs to install into /, which is quite small (only 144 MB). The root filesystem can't be touched.
4. I need to install either Oracle or mySQL. I have the binaries for Oracle and also the recomended patches.

So, my idea is to get Oracle installed and working. I know it is not easy. I have the CDs for HP-UX 11i, but I don't have the codeword or customer ID or anything - just the original CDs in their packing. Can't even access it because I don't have the codeword...

Please help.