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

To Upgrade from VxVM 4.1 on HP-UX 11i v3 to VxVM 5.0 on HP-UX 11i v3
To upgrade from VxVM 4.1 on HP-UX 11i v3 to VxVM 5.0 on HP-UX 11i v3, complete the
following steps:
1. Stop activity to all VxVM volumes. For example, stop applications such as databases that
access the volumes, and unmount any file systems that have been created on the volumes.
2. If patches to VxVM 5.0 for HP-UX 11i v3 are required, the patches must be applied prior to
upgrading the product.
3. Install the VRTSvxvm 5.0 package.
# swinstall –x autoreboot=true Base-VxVM-50
After this procedure, VxVM 4.1 is replaced by VxVM 5.0. Disk groups created in VxVM 4.1 will
be accessible after you upgrade to VxVM 5.0. For information on upgrading a disk group to
version 140, see Upgrading VxVM disk group versions.
Upgrading from VxVM 5.0 on HP-UX 11i v2 to VxVM 5.0 on HP-UX 11i
v3
You must consider the following guideline prior to upgrading to VxVM 5.0 on HP-UX 11i v3:
• All disk group versions supported by VxVM 5.0 (90, 110, 120, and 140) on HP-UX 11i v2 are
also supported by VxVM 5.0 on HP-UX 11i v3.
To Upgrade from VxVM 5.0 on HP-UX 11i v2 to VxVM 5.0 on HP-UX 11i v3
To upgrade from VxVM 5.0 on HP-UX 11i v2 to VxVM 5.0 on HP-UX 11i v3, complete the
following steps:
1. Stop activity to all VxVM volumes. For example, stop applications such as databases that
access the volumes, and unmount any file systems that have been created on the volumes.
2. Convert the VxVM root device volumes into LVM root device volumes.
3. Upgrade from HP-UX 11i v2 to HP-UX 11i v3. For more information on upgrading to HP-UX
11i v3, see the HP-UX 11i v3 Installation and Update Guide at: http://www.docs.hp.com.
When you upgrade to HP-UX 11i v3, VxVM 5.0 is removed and Base-VXVM 4.1 for HP-UX
11i v3 will remain as the default VxVM software available in the system. Therefore, after
the upgrade procedure, any disk groups including 5.0 (HP-UX 11i v2) disk groups with 140
disk group versions will not be accessible. Disk groups and volume manager objects can be
accessed only after you install Base-VXVM 5.0 for HP-UX 11i v3.
4. If patches to VxVM 5.0 on HP-UX 11i v3 are required, the patches must be applied prior to
upgrading the product.
5. Install the VRTSvxvm 5.0 package.
# swinstall –x autoreboot=true Base-VxVM-50
Upon successful completion of the upgrade, VxVM 5.0 (for HP-UX 11i v2) is replaced by VxVM
5.0 (for HP-UX 11i v3). Disk groups created in VxVM 5.0 for HP-UX 11i v2 are accessible after
the upgrade. If you have converted the VxVM root volumes into LVM root devices, then you
must convert them back into VxVM root volumes.
48 Upgrading to VxVM 5.0