VERITAS File System™ 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5) Release Notes HP-UX 11i v1 Third Edition Manufacturing Part Number : B3929-90015 December 2003 United States © Copyright 2003 Hewlett-Packard Development Company L.P. All rights reserved.
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Contents 1. VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5) Release Notes What is VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5)?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 New and Changed Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Online Manual Pages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5) Release Notes What is VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5)? 1 VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5) Release Notes What is VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5)? The VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP Onlin eJFS/JFS 3.5) product is an extent-based, intent-logging file system. This product is particularly designed for UNIX environments, which require high performance and availability to deal with large volumes of data.
VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5) Release Notes What is VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5)? If you do choose to upgrade to VERITAS File System (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5), please note the following considerations: 8 • Functionality of VERITAS File System3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5) is basically equivalent to the HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.3 version. • The VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.
VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5) Release Notes New and Changed Features New and Changed Features The VERITAS File System3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5) release contains the following new and changed features: • New and/or Enhanced Tunable Parameters — hsm_write_prealloc - Preallocates uninitialized space in a managed region of a file to improve performance while using the hierarchical storage management (HSM) applications with the base/full VxFS 3.5.
VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5) Release Notes New and Changed Features See the mkfs (1M) manual page for more information. • API for Obtaining VxFS Inode Field Offsets For open source utilities, such as LSOF, to support VxFS 3.5 file systems, the library vxfsutil was introduced. The library provides an API for accessing base/full VxFS 3.5 header file information because the header files are no longer public. See the vxfsu_get_ioffsets(3) manual page for details.
VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5) Release Notes New and Changed Features Storage Checkpoints serve as the enabling technology for two other VERITAS features: Block-Level Incremental Backups and Storage Rollback, which are used extensively for backing up databases. (Storage Checkpoints are licensed only with VERITAS FlashSnap or with VERITAS Editions products. For information on how to obtain these products, contact your VERITAS sales representative).
VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5) Release Notes New and Changed Features Where new and changed features are found Obsoleted Tunables The new and changed features described in this section are supported in the base and full versions of VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.
VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5) Release Notes Online Manual Pages Online Manual Pages This release includes the following online manual pages as part of the VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5) product. The swinstall command installs base/full VxFS manual pages in the /usr/share/man/fs/vxfs3.5 directory, and symbolic links to the VxFS manual pages in the /opt/VRTS/man directory. The /usr/share/man/fs/vxfs3.5 directory is automatically added to /etc/MANPATH when base/full VxFS 3.
VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5) Release Notes Online Manual Pages Table 1-1 14 Manual Pages (Continued) qlogattach2,4 Attaches a previously formatted QuickLog volume to a QuickLog device. qlogck2,4 Recovers QuickLog devices during the boot process. qlogdb2,4 QuickLog debugging tool. qlogdetach2,4 Detaches a QuickLog volume from a QuickLog device. qlogdisable2,4 Remounts a VxFS file system with QuickLog logging disabled.
VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5) Release Notes Online Manual Pages Table 1-1 Manual Pages (Continued) tunefstab VxFS file system tuning parameters table. Section 7 Description qlog2 VERITAS QuickLog device driver. vxfsio VxFS file system control functions. 1 Functionality available only with VERITAS Quick I/O for Databases feature. 2 Functionality available only with VERITAS QuickLog feature. 3Functionality 4New Chapter 1 available only with VERITAS Cluster File System product.
VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5) Release Notes Command Summary Command Summary Symbolic links to all VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5) command executables are installed in the /opt/VRTS/bin directory. Add this directory to the end of your PATH environment variable to access the commands. NOTE The base/full VxFS 3.5 vxtunefs command is installed in the /sbin/fs/vxfs3.5/bin directory. This directory is automatically added to /etc/PATH when base/full VxFS 3.5 is installed.
VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5) Release Notes Command Summary Table 1-2 VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5) Commands Command Chapter 1 Description qlogattach2,4 Attaches a previously formatted QuickLog volume to a QuickLog device. qlogck2,4 Recovers QuickLog devices during the boot process. qlogclustadm2,4 Cluster QuickLog device administrative utility. qlogdb2,4 QuickLog debugging tool. qlogdetach4 Detaches a QuickLog volume from a QuickLog device.
VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5) Release Notes Command Summary Table 1-2 VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5) Commands Command 1Functionality available only with VERITAS Quick I/O for Databases feature 2Functionality available only with VERITAS QuickLog feature 3Functionality available only with VERITAS Cluster File System product 4New 18 Description in VxFS 3.
VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5) Release Notes Where to Find Information Where to Find Information For detailed information about the VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5) product, see the following: • The VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5) Manual Pages. See “Online Manual Pages” on page 13 for descriptions. • The VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5) documentation at the HP Documentation web site, http://docs.hp.
VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5) Release Notes Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements Supported Operating System The HP-UX 11i 64-bit versions are the only operating systems supported by VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5) product. The September 2002 HP-UX 11i (or later) release is the required operating system configuration. Supported Migration Scenarios The VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.
VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5) Release Notes Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements Required Patches The VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5) release operates only on HP-UX 11i 64-bit operating systems with the September 2002 HP-UX 11i (or later) release installed. To avoid system hangs, please install patch PHKL_27825 (Cumulative VM, Processor Sets, Preemption, PRM) and PHKL_28785 (VxFS 3.5-ga15 Kernel Cumulative Patch 02).
VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5) Release Notes HP Online JFS 3.5 (Full License) Product Licensing and Purchase Information HP Online JFS 3.5 (Full License) Product Licensing and Purchase Information Hewlett-Packard provides the HP OnlineJFS 3.5 (B3929DA) product as part of the HP-UX 11i v1 Operating Environments December 2003 Application Release. A standard HP-UX 11i v1 Operating Environment installation sets up the HP-UX filesystem with JFS 3.3. To add VxFS 3.5 (OnlineJFS 3.
VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5) Release Notes Installing HP OnlineJFS 3.5 (Full License Software) Installing HP OnlineJFS 3.5 (Full License Software) You can install the HP OnlineJFS 3.5 (Full License Software) either from the December 2003 Application Release CD-ROM or from the Software Depot. Installing From the December 2003 Application Release CD-ROM Step 1. Review the “Product Licensing and Purchase Information” on Page 19. Step 2. Login as root. Step 3.
VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5) Release Notes Installing HP OnlineJFS 3.5 (Full License Software) Step 6. Follow the instructions to download VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5) into the /tmp directory. Step 7. Verify that the source depot file has downloaded correctly using swlist. Note that swlist and swinstall require you to specify the full path name to the location of the source depot file: swlist -d @ /tmp/B3929DA.depot # Initializing... # Contacting target "localhost"...
VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5) Release Notes Installing HP OnlineJFS 3.5 (Full License Software) Removing VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5) Product IMPORTANT Because VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5) makes changes to the HP-UX kernel when it is installed, the product may not remove completely using the following procedure. If you experience any problems with removing the VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.
VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5) Release Notes Installing HP OnlineJFS 3.5 (Full License Software) Deinstalling VERITAS File System Software * [120087] Software selections: [120086] B3929DA,r=3.5-ga15,a=HP-UX_B.11.11_64,v=HP [120086] FSDOC.FS-DOC,l=/,r=3.5-ga15,a=HP-UX_B.11.11_32/64,v=HP,fr=3.5-ga15,fa=HP-UX _B.11.11_32/64 [120086] PHCO_27120.CORE-ENG-A-MAN,l=/,r=1.0,a=HP-UX_B.11.11_32/64,v=HP,fr=1.0,fa=HP -UX_B.11.11_32/64 [120086] PHCO_27120.UX-CORE,l=/,r=1.0,a=HP-UX_B.11.
VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5) Release Notes Installing HP OnlineJFS 3.5 (Full License Software) * [120116] The execution phase succeeded for "ngrant:/". * [120021] Execution succeeded. Step 4. Manually remove all device file entries for the QuickLog driver: rm -rf /dev/qlog Step 5. Check that the VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5) products were removed from the system: swlist | grep B3929DA If any B3929DA products are listed then VxFS 3.
VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS 3.5) Release Notes Installing HP OnlineJFS 3.
