Patch Name: PHCO_17455 Patch Description: s700_800 11.00 mkfs_vxfs VxVM coexistence patch Creation Date: 99/02/18 Post Date: 99/05/07 Hardware Platforms - OS Releases: s700: 11.00 s800: 11.00 Products: N/A Filesets: JournalFS.VXFS-BASE-RUN,fr=B.11.00,fa=HP-UX_B.11.00_32/64,v=HP Automatic Reboot?: No Status: General Release Critical: No Category Tags: enhancement general_release Path Name: /hp-ux_patches/s700_800/11.X/PHCO_17455 Symptoms: PHCO_17455: When the VERITAS Volume Manager (VxVM) feature is made available on HP-UX 11.0, invocation of the mkfs_vxfs(1m) command will incorrectly succeed on a disk already configured as a VxVM disk. Defect Description: PHCO_17455: With the imminent availability of the VERITAS Volume Manager (VxVM) feature on HP-UX 11.0, the mkfs_vxfs(1m) command needs to be enhanced to fail when attempted on disk media already configured as a VxVM disk. Resolution: This is an enhancement for coexistence with VxVM. SR: 4701424556 Patch Files: JournalFS.VXFS-BASE-RUN,fr=B.11.00,fa=HP-UX_B.11.00_32/64, v=HP: /sbin/fs/vxfs/mkfs what(1) Output: JournalFS.VXFS-BASE-RUN,fr=B.11.00,fa=HP-UX_B.11.00_32/64, v=HP: /sbin/fs/vxfs/mkfs: CUPROS_IC23B //1 /ux/core/libs/libc/archive_pa1/libc.a_ID Oct 21 1997 13:07:38 cksum(1) Output: JournalFS.VXFS-BASE-RUN,fr=B.11.00,fa=HP-UX_B.11.00_32/64, v=HP: 3937374218 282624 /sbin/fs/vxfs/mkfs Patch Conflicts: None Patch Dependencies: None Hardware Dependencies: None Other Dependencies: None Supersedes: None Equivalent Patches: None Patch Package Size: 300 KBytes Installation Instructions: Please review all instructions and the Hewlett-Packard SupportLine User Guide or your Hewlett-Packard support terms and conditions for precautions, scope of license, restrictions, and, limitation of liability and warranties, before installing this patch. ------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Back up your system before installing a patch. 2. Login as root. 3. Copy the patch to the /tmp directory. 4. Move to the /tmp directory and unshar the patch: cd /tmp sh PHCO_17455 5. Run swinstall to install the patch: swinstall -x autoreboot=true -x patch_match_target=true \ -s /tmp/PHCO_17455.depot By default swinstall will archive the original software in /var/adm/sw/save/PHCO_17455. If you do not wish to retain a copy of the original software, use the patch_save_files option: swinstall -x autoreboot=true -x patch_match_target=true \ -x patch_save_files=false -s /tmp/PHCO_17455.depot WARNING: If patch_save_files is false when a patch is installed, the patch cannot be deinstalled. Please be careful when using this feature. For future reference, the contents of the PHCO_17455.text file is available in the product readme: swlist -l product -a readme -d @ /tmp/PHCO_17455.depot To put this patch on a magnetic tape and install from the tape drive, use the command: dd if=/tmp/PHCO_17455.depot of=/dev/rmt/0m bs=2k Special Installation Instructions: None