VxVM on HP10 and 11

[Rebecca Callan]

Hi,

I know this forum is probably supposed to be for HP's LVM but I was hoping that someone might be able to tell me what versions of veritas vxvm for HP-UX are available/supported. Basically I am writting an application that needs to know abit about any volume groups and I need to support both LVM and vxvm (on HP10 and HP11) I just don't know which versions of vxvm are supported on HP. (there was a big change between vxvm 1.2 and subsequent vxvm version - ie 2.0 + I am hoping that 1.2 is not supported on HP10 and 11)

Thanks alot,
Rebecca

[Vincenzo Restuccia]

See http://docs.hp.com/cgi-bin/fsearch/framedisplay?top=/hpux/onlinedocs/B7961-90002/B7961-90002_top.html&con=/hpux/onlinedocs/B7961-90002/00/00/31-con.html&toc=/hpux/onlinedocs/B7961-90002/00/00/31-toc.html&searchterms=vxvm&queryid=20010606-220545

[Vincenzo Restuccia]

Also http://docs.hp.com/cgi-bin/fsearch/framedisplay?top=/hpux/onlinedocs/B7961-90012/B7961-90012_top.html&con=/hpux/onlinedocs/B7961-90012/00/00/6-con.html&toc=/hpux/onlinedocs/B7961-90012/00/00/6-toc.html&searchterms=vxvm&queryid=20010606-220851

[Michael Tully]

Hi Rebecca,

We have recently installed Veritas
Volume Manager 3.1. There is also
a patch required for 3.1 as well.
this is on HP-UX 11. I am assuming
that the same version is for 10.20
as well.

regards
Michael

[Matthew Cherry]

VxVM is only supported at 11i (11.11), currently it is not supported on either 10.20 or 11.00. I'll see if i can find a link to back this up.

Sorry

Matt

[Bill McNAMARA_1]

The latest is 3.10.06 for 11i.. or HP-UX11.11

Later,
Bill

[Rebecca Callan]

Thanks for you help so far. What I really want to know is whether the older version of vxvm (ie 1.2, 2.0 etc) were ever or are still supported/available on HP-UX. know the latest is 3.1 but if there are people out there who may still be using 1.2 or 2.0 I will need to support these old versions as well.

Thanks alot,
Rebecca

[Denver Osborn]

HP's release of VxVM will be supported at HP-UX 11i by HP.

If you aquire VxVM from veritas, you'll have to contact Veritas for support issues dealing with their version of VxVM.

Here's a paragraph from the HP VxVM release notes at http://www.docs.hp.com//hpux/onlinedocs/B7961-90012/00/00/5-con.html

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Supported Migration Scenarios

HP VERITAS Volume Manager 3.1 is the first HP release of the VERITAS Volume Manager on HP-UX. There is no OS upgrade path from HP-UX 11.00 with VERITAS Volume Manager 3.x (sold by VERITAS) to HP-UX 11i. If you are using VERITAS Volume Manager 3.x on HP-UX 11.00 and you want to use Base HP VERITAS Volume Manager or HP VERITAS Volume Manager 3.1 on HP-UX 11i, you should back up your data, remove VxVM from the HP-UX 11.00 system, upgrade your system from HP-UX 11.00 to 11i, then install HP VERITAS Volume Manager 3.1 as described in this document, recreate the disk groups, and restore your data from backup.
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Hope this helps
-denver