Required Software |
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Since LVM is installed with the HP-UX 11i v3 operating environment, there are no software requirements beyond the requirements of the HP-UX 11i v3 operating system.
MirrorDisk/UX requires the BaseLVM™ product.
Required Patches |
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For each of the following subsystems, you can download patches from the following website:
http://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/mainPage.do
Mass Storage Critical Resource Analysis
The Mass Storage Critical Resource Analysis (MS CRA) tool checks for a maximum of two mirror copies of a logical volume. However, Version 2.0 volume groups allow up to five mirror copies. To enable MS CRA to check for a maximum of five mirror copies of a volume, you must install the following patch:
The mkfs and mkboot commands check whether a specified disk device is being used by LVM; if so, they display an error message. For these commands to correctly check whether a device is part of a Version 2.0 volume group, you must install the following patches:
These patches are delivered in the FEATURE11i bundle.
To support Version 2.0 volume groups, Serviceguard 11.18 requires the following patch:
Several VxVM 4.1 commands check whether a specified disk device is being used by LVM before overwriting it. For these commands to correctly check whether a device is part of a Version 2.0 volume group, you must install the following patch:
Required Disk Space |
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Since LVM is installed with the HP-UX 11i v3 operating environment, it consumes no additional disk space.
MirrorDisk/UX consumes no additional disk space aside from a license key.