layout version for VxFS 4.1 is 6. If your system wll be running VxFS 3.5 you should not choose layout version 6, as VxFS 3.5 cannot read VxFS version 6 file systems.

With Ignite-UX version C.6.9 (released September 2006) on HP-UX 11.23 you have the choice of making a VxFS file system version 7. You must be careful when doing this as VxFS version 7 file systems require you to be running VxVM/VxFS 5.0. Although Ignite-UX will allow you to set the VxFS version to 7, it cannot detect if you are using VxVM/VxFS 5.0. A VxFS version 7 file system when you are running VxVM/VxFS 4.1 or below will not be mountable. If you choose to create a file system with VxFS version 7, you will see the following warning message during installation or recovery:

WARNING: The version keyword for the VxFS file system "/home" is set to "7". This requires loading the 5.0

Base-VXFS bundle onto your system. You must ensure this is present otherwise your system will not boot successfully.

On Itanium-based servers running HP-UX 11.23 you must be very careful using vxupgrade to upgrade the VxFS version of a file system. The bootloader on Itanium-based servers does not understand VxFS version 6 file systems; upgrading the boot file system to VxFS version 6 will render the system unable to boot. Ignite-UX will refuse to make the boot volume (usually /stand) VxFS layout version 6 during a recovery - it will be forced to version 5 regardless of any configuration. If you accidentally upgrade the VxFS version of the boot file system to version 6, you will need to create a recovery archive and recover the system.

Except as noted above during a recovery, if you created a recovery archive with Ignite-UX version C.6.3 or above and you are running HP-UX 11.23 or later, Ignite-UX can preserve the VxFS file system version. To preserve the VxFS file system version use the version keyword. This keyword must be associated with only a VxFS file system, and accepts a number as an valid value. The version keyword does not accept default as a valid value. If you wish to use the default VxFS version for a file system do not use the version keyword.

How do I…

There are many times when questions arise regarding the use of Ignite-UX and the many utilities provided by the product. This section provides the answers to some of the more common questions that can occur.

How do I remove the warning message that occurs when compiling a kernel on PA-RISC systems?

When compiling a kernel in Ignite-UX on PA-RISC systems, it is likely that the following message from the linker, when it is linking the kernel, will appear:

/usr/ccs/bin/ld: (Warning) Linker features were used that may not be supported in future releases. The +vallcompatwarnings option can be used to display more details, and the ld(1) man page contains additional information. This warning can be suppressed with the +vnocompatwarnings option.

You can prevent this warning by adding the following to your custom configuration:

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