We've been using it and haven't had any problems either.

Tim Pittson
tpittson AT himail.hcc DOT com

>----------
>From:  HOUSEN Patrick[SMTP:housenp AT GOD.BEL.ALCATEL DOT BE]
>Sent:  Thursday, May 15, 1997 1:47 AM
>To:    ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>Subject:       Re: HPUX 10 and VXFS
>
>> From owner-adsm-l AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU Wed May 14 22:29 MET 1997
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>> Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 16:19:17 -0400
>> From: "Brown, Steven M" <smbrown AT AMP DOT COM>
>> Subject: Re: HPUX 10 and VXFS
>> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>>
>> It looks like (from Ken's attachment (thank you)) that ADSM probably
>> *DOES* support Online JFS for HP-UX... but can anyone give an absolute
>> YES or NO?  Is anyone currently running ADSM on an HP-UX box with Online
>> JFS?... Thanks!
>>
>
>We are using it, and it works.
>
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>> - Steve
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Steve Brown
>> AMP Incorporated, Factory Systems Unit
>> MS 26-57
>> PO Box 3608
>> Harrisburg PA 17105-3608
>>
>> Phone:  717.592.5135
>> Fax:       717.592.3318
>>
>>
>> >----------
>> >From:  Ken Hannigan[SMTP:hannigan AT US.IBM DOT COM]
>> >Sent:  Thursday, May 08, 1997 1:28 PM
>> >To:    ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>> >Subject:       Re: HPUX 10 and VXFS (Ken, Please clear the water...)
>> >
>> >Steve,
>> >
>> >I don't know.  I'll have to check.
>> >
>> >For the record, the reason I've jumped into this is that there were
>>several
>> >people saying that they would not be able to use ADSM at all if it did not
>> >support VxFS.  I wanted to point out that it's not an all or nothing
>> >situation
>> >-- many people (most?) probably use the basic JFS supplied with HP-UX 10
>>and
>> >will be able to use ADSM to manage their data.
>> >
>> >Finally, here's the text of Markus' original post.  I'm not sure if it
>> >clarifies things any more, but I thought I'd include it just in case:
>> >
>> >> I want to clarify what kind of file system the ADSM Client
>> >> for HP/UX 10 supports.
>> >> HP introduced the VXFS file system with UX 10. This is the
>> >> HP implementation of a "Journal File System".
>> >> This FS is  ** NOT **  the Veritas FS.
>> >> ADSM does support THIS VXFS.
>> >>
>> >> Unfortunately the VERITAS FS is also listed as "VXFS" in /etc/mnttab.
>> >> But the VERITAS FS is known as DCFS (Distributed Computing FS) by ADSM.
>> >> Currently we do not support this kind of FS.
>> >> (
>> >>  We have plans to support this FS in the future,
>> >> but this is not a commitment,
>> >>  and we have no official date for this.
>> >> )
>> >>
>> >
>> >Ken Hannigan
>> >ADSM Server Development
>> >
>> >----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >To: ADSM-L @ VM.MARIST.EDU @ internet
>> >cc:
>> >Subject: Re: HPUX 10 and VXFS (Ken, Please clear the water...)
>> >
>> >Ken,
>> >
>> >Appreciate the input, but am still not clear on this:
>> >
>> >Are you referring to HP's optional product called 'Online JFS' which is
>> >purchased (from HP) separately from base JFS which comes standard with
>> >HP-UX 10.x?  HP's Online JFS product supports On-line volume resizing as
>> >well as other features not supported by base JFS.
>> >
>> >Or is there a (similar) product for HP-UX which can be purchased
>> >directly from Veritas that you are referring to?
>> >
>> >Bottom line:  Will ADSM support any JFS (VXFS) file system that comes
>> >with HP-UX or that can be purchased from HP?
>> >
>> >Thanks!
>> >
>> >- Steve
>> >---------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >Steve Brown
>> >AMP Incorporated, Factory Systems Unit
>> >MS 26-57
>> >PO Box 3608
>> >Harrisburg PA 17105-3608
>> >
>> >Phone:  717.592.5135
>> >Fax:       717.592.3318
>> >
>> >
>> >>----------
>> >>From:  Ken Hannigan[SMTP:hannigan AT US.IBM DOT COM]
>> >>Sent:  Wednesday, May 07, 1997 3:51 PM
>> >>To:    ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>> >>Subject:       Re: HPUX 10 and VXFS
>> >>
>> >>Classification:
>> >>
>> >>Markus Fehling posted a comment on this a couple weeks ago.   There are
>>two
>> >>flavors of VxFS, one supplied with HP-UX and one that must be purchased
>>from
>> >>Veritas.  The version that is distributed with HP-UX is HP's
>>implementation
>> >>of
>> >>JFS, and is supported by ADSM.  The version from Veritas is not
>>supported,
>> >>although there are plans to support it in the future.
>> >>
>> >>Ken Hannigan
>> >>ADSM Server Development
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>        ADSM-L @ VM.MARIST.EDU
>> >>        05-07-97 12:32 AM
>> >>Please respond to ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU @ internet
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>To: ADSM-L @ VM.MARIST.EDU @ internet
>> >>cc:
>> >>Subject: HPUX 10 and VXFS
>> >>
>> >>Hello
>> >>
>> >>I am after information on how ADSM customers are backing up VXFS
>>filesystems
>> >>on
>> >>HPUX 10 machines.
>> >>
>> >>The ADSM documentation states that VXFS filesystems are NOT supported.
>> >>
>> >>According to our IBM ADSM rep support is not going to be available until
>> >>1Q98.
>> >>
>> >>We are testing the backup and restore of VXFS filesystems using the
>>latest
>> >>ADSM
>> >>HPUX 10 client and have found some problems, but because VXFS is not
>> >>supported,
>> >>we can not report it to IBM.
>> >>
>> >>1. Has anyone else had problems backing up and restoring VXFS filesystems
>> >>2. Is anyone using ADSM with VXFS filesystems
>> >>3. Is anyone concerned that support for this filesystem is a long time in
>> >>coming.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>TIA
>> >>
>> >>Gavin
>> >>
>> >
>