How to use the VxHF.exe tool to install, uninstall and verify what hotfixes are installed on Storage Foundation for Windows, Storage Foundation for Windows High Availability and Veritas Cluster Server version 5.1

Article:TECH73446  |  Created: 2009-01-12  |  Updated: 2009-01-12  |  Article URL http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH73446
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Environment

Problem



How to use the VxHF.exe tool to install, uninstall and verify what hotfixes are installed on Storage Foundation for Windows, Storage Foundation for Windows High Availability and Veritas Cluster Server version 5.1

Solution



The Veritas Hotfix Installer, VxHF, is a utility designed to automatically install, or uninstall, private / hotfixes released by Symantec Technical Services. This utility is included with all private / hotfixes that are provided by Symantec Technical Services.

The default location of where this tool is extracted to are:

on 32-bit system: "%CommonProgramFiles%\Veritas Shared\WxRTPrivates\Private_Number
on 64-bit system: "%CommonProgramFiles(x86)%\Veritas Shared\WxRTPrivates\Private_Number


The different Syntax options for this tool are :

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Veritas Shared\WxRTPrivates\Private_Number>vxhf.exe

Syntax:

       VxHF.exe /install:<PrivateNumber> [/silent]
       VxHF.exe /install:<PrivateNumber> [/silent] [/forcerestart]
       VxHF.exe /install:<PrivateNumber> [/skipTasks]
       VxHF.exe /install:<PrivateNumber> [/verbose]
       VxHF.exe /uninstall:<PrivateNumber> [/silent]
       VxHF.exe /uninstall:<PrivateNumber> [/silent] [/forcerestart]
       VxHF.exe /uninstall:<PrivateNumber> [/skipTasks]
       VxHF.exe /uninstall:<PrivateNumber> [/verbose]
       VxHF.exe /list
       VxHF.exe /display:<PrivateNumber>

Hotfix installer creates and stores log file (VxHF.TXT)at %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\Veritas\VxHF.





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