Upgrading HP-UX
If you need to upgrade the HP-UX operating system, do so before installing the VERITAS Storage Foundation or VERITAS Storage Foundation for Oracle software. See the flowchart for the recommended sequence of steps for all VERITAS Storage Foundation products:
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Removing the 3.5 VERITAS Software
Before upgrading the OS, you must remove all 3.5-level VERITAS software, except VERITAS Volume Manager.
Removing Patches
Before removing the base 3.5 software, you must remove any VERITAS File System, VERITAS Database Edition for Oracle, or VERITAS Enterprise Administrator patches you may have installed with Update 1, Update 2, or Update 3.
To remove the VERITAS patches
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Log in as superuser.
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Stop the VEA service:
# /opt/VRTSob/bin/vxsvcctrl stop
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Remove the following file:
# rm -f /var/vx/isis/vxisis.lock
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To remove the patches, enter:
# swremove -x autoreboot=true patch_name patch_name \
patch_name ...
For a list of patches, see 3.5 Patches.
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After removing the patches, restart the VEA service:
# /opt/VRTSob/bin/vxsvcctrl start
3.5 Patches | VERITAS Product | Patches To Be Removed | Availability |
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VERITAS File System | PHKL_28503 PHCO_28504 PHKL_28785 PHKL_29212 PHCO_30689 PHKL_31983 | Update 1 Update 2 Update 2 Update 2 Update 3 Update 3 | |
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VERITAS Database Edition | PVCO_03604 PVCO_03606 PVKL_03609 PVCO_03633 PVCO_03634 PVKL_03635 | Update 2 Update 2 Update 2 Update 3 Update 3 Update 3 |
Note VERITAS Database Edition for Oracle is now VERITAS Storage Foundation for Oracle.
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VERITAS Enterprise Administrator | PHCO_28651 PHCO_28656 PHCO_28692 PHCO_28693 PHCO_30730 PHCO_30731 PHCO_30700 PHCO_31203 | Update 1 Update 1 Update 2 Update 2 Update 3 Update 3 Update 3 Update 3 |
Removing Packages
Refer to the appropriate set of steps to either remove VERITAS Database Edition 3.5 for Oracle or VERITAS File System 3.5.
Note
If you have VERITAS Database Edition 3.5 for Oracle installed, the removeDBED script will remove VERITAS File System 3.5. You do not need to remove VERITAS File System separately.
To remove the VERITAS Database Edition 3.5 for Oracle packages
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Shut down VERITAS Volume Manager. Use the vxdctl and vxiod commands as follows:
# vxdctl stop
# vxiod -f set 0
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Run the removeDBED script as follows:
# /opt/VRTSdbed/bin/removeDBED
To remove the VERITAS File System 3.5 software
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Check /etc/vx/tunefstab and remove any VxFS 3.5 tunable settings.
Note
Three tunables, hsm_write_prealloc, read_ahead, and write_throttle were added in VxFS 3.5. The JFS/OnLineJFS 3.3 vxtunefs command does not recognize the VxFS 3.5 tunables and will fail if it tries to access them.
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To remove all the VERITAS File System packages, enter:
# swremove -x autoreboot=true VRTSvxfs VRTSfsdoc VRTSvlic
 Caution
Do not remove the VRTSvlic package if there are any other VERITAS products running on your system.
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Manually remove all device file entries for the QuickLog driver:
# rm -rf /dev/qlog
Installation Notes for the VERITAS 4.1 Software
- You cannot install the 4.1 VERITAS software on an HP-UX OS other than the September 2004 HP-UX 11i version 2.0 release.
- When upgrading your OS, you must remove all 3.5 VERITAS software, except for VERITAS Volume Manager.
- When you install VERITAS Volume Manager 4.1, the installation will overwrite the 3.5 version of the software that came bundled with the OS.
- When you install VERITAS File System 4.1, the installation will install the 4.1 version of the software in a different location. Both the 3.5- and 4.1-level software can coexist.
- Other packages, such as the database packages, will install normally.
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