Veritas 5.0 Installation Guide, HP-UX 11i v3, First Edition, May 2008

During pass 4, fsck displays several error messages that require a yes response to complete
the conversion process.
8. VxFS file systems with disk layout 4 can still be mounted with VxFS 5.0. However, to upgrade
to disk layout versions 5, 6, or 7, use vxupgrade, as follows:
a. To upgrade a mounted VxFS file system from disk layout 4 to disk layout 5, enter the
following command:
# vxupgrade -n 5 <mount_point>
b. To upgrade a mounted VxFS file system from disk layout 4 to disk layout 6, enter the
following command:
# vxupgrade -n 5 <mount_point>
# vxupgrade -n 6 <mount_point>
c. To upgrade a mounted VxFS file system from disk layout 4 to disk layout 7, enter the
following commands:
# vxupgrade -n 5 <mount_point>
# vxupgrade -n 6 <mount_point>
# vxupgrade -n 7 <mount_point>
9. To verify the conversion, enter the following command:
# fstyp -v <vol_name>
VxFS 3.5 on HP-UX 11i v2 to VxFS 5.0 on HP-UX 11i v3
To upgrade from VxFS 3.5 on HP-UX 11i v2 to VxFS 5.0 on HP-UX 11i v3, complete the following
steps:
1. To determine the volume names, enter the following command:
# bdf
2. To determine the current disk layout version for system partitions, enter the following
command:
# fstyp -v <vol_name>
3. To upgrade file systems with DLV 2 or 3, before installing 5.0, complete the following steps:
NOTE: You cannot upgrade from DLV 2 to DLV 4 directly. DLV4 is the lowest disk layout
that is supported by VxFS 5.0.
a. To upgrade a mounted VxFS file system from DLV 2 to DLV 3, enter the following
command:
# vxupgrade -n 3 <dir_name>
b. To upgrade a mounted VxFS file system from DLV 3 to DLV 4, enter the following
command:
# vxupgrade -n 4 <dir_name>
4. Upgrade to HP-UX 11i v3. For more information on upgrading, see the HP-UX 11i v3
Installation and Update Guide at: http://docs.hp.com.
5. Install VxFS 5.0. For more information on installing VxFS 5.0, see Chapter 3 (page 27).
6. To convert any non-vxfs file system on your system to a vxfs file system, and upgrade the
DLV from 2 and 3 to 7, enter the following command:
# /opt/VRTS/bin/vxfsconvert <vol_name>
44 VxFS Upgrade Paths