UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

system:
HP-UX 10.20 with HFS mounted.

How can I convert the HFS to VxFS without an ignite server ?

Is this possible ?

thanks

simon2000

On our server i use Ignite/UX (1.59) if you have Ignite then you need to use 'make_recovery -A' to make a bootable tape of your current setup. And, in addition, if you have more than one volume group, you need to make a complete backup with the aid of the backup utility in 'sam'.

Once this is done, insert the bootable tape (the one created in
the 'make_recovery' step) and boot from it. Interrupt the
automatic booting from the tape, and choose 'Advanced Options'.
The interface lets you change from HFS to VxFs (and other things
too; now is the time to change the sizes of the different partitions
if you want to do that!). After the files are read back,
you will have a system with VxFs instead of HFS. Note, however,
that the '/stand' partiotion *MUST* be HFS.

This is how we tried but never try utils other then Ignite so far. Perhaps any others have suggestion.

IMHO, I suggest to do a fresh install. Since you are revamping your filesystems' sizes and types, this is what I would recommend. It may be a few more steps, but this way you can start fresh and not have to be concerned about altering existing filesystems.

Save all your data via tar or some other method. Copy all of your config files and startup files via tar as well, /etc/* & /sbin/init.d/* & /etc/rc.config.d/* and any other places you have config files.

If you are going to the trouble of recreating filesystems, changing their file types, and increasing their sizes, which I recommend. Then do a new install overwriting the current OS.

Here are some recommendations from my Install group.

Filesystem ... ... ... Size (mb)

/stand ... ... ... 200 HFS
/ ... ... ... ... ... 252
/opt ... ... ... 1,400
/usr ... ... ... 1,400
/var ... ... ... 1,600

These should be big enough when you decide to upgrade to 11.x.

Here is what my 11.i box looks like.

# bdf |grep vg00
/dev/vg00/root ...... 258048 58901 186743 24% /
/dev/vg00/stand .... 199381 74886 104556 42% /stand
/dev/vg00/var ....... 1638400 679455 900468 43% /var
/dev/vg00/usr ....... 1638400 937617 657031 59% /usr
/dev/vg00/opt ....... 1024000 876008 138786 86% /opt
/dev/vg00/openv ... 2048000 309687 1629746 16% /opt/openv

I agree with fresh install idea, but I wouldn't do a fresh install 10.20 now and upgrade to 11.x later. I would do a fresh install with 11.x now. 10.20 is getting to be a little bit old.

I also agree with Perderabo that 11.x is a much better idea. However, I was only going on what they had shown as their plan for this work at hand.

I would also hope they would be upgrading to 11.x soon because 10.20 will be supported for only another year or two.