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How to use the VxHF.exe utility to install, uninstall, and verify hotfixes for InfoScale Windows

Article: 100021736
Last Published: 2023-10-27
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Product(s): InfoScale & Storage Foundation

Problem

How to use the VxHF.exe utility to install, uninstall, and verify hotfixes for InfoScale Windows

Solution

The Veritas Hotfix Installer, VxHF, provides command line options to install, uninstall, and list the private/hotfixes for InfoScale Windows. This utility is included with all the private/hotfixes and is extracted at the following location:

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

Syntax options:
The VxHF.exe has the following options:

       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

Log location:     
The installer creates and stores a log file (VxHF.TXT) at the following location: %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\Veritas\VxHF

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