Veritas 5.0 Installation Guide (September 2006)

Setting Up VxFS 5.0 and VxVM 5.0
Chapter 536
NOTE When you use the swinstall command to install the VRTSfsman package, the
VxFS 5.0 manpages are installed in the /opt/VRTS/vxfs5.0/man directory, and
symbolic links to these manpages are created in the /opt/VRTS/man directory.
When VxFS 5.0 is installed, the /opt/VRTS/vxfs5.0/man directory is
automatically added to the /etc/MANPATH. Ensure that
/opt/VRTS/vxfs5.0/man appears before /usr/share/man in your MANPATH
environment variable to display the latest version of the VxFS 5.0 manpages.
Upgrading the VxFS Disk Layout
VxFS 5.0 enables you to mount the following file system disk layouts:
• Disk Layout Version 4
• Disk Layout Version 5
• Disk Layout Version 6
• Disk Layout Version 7
The default layout for VxFS 5.0 is Disk Layout Version 7. Any new file system created using
the VxFS 5.0 mkfs command has Disk Layout Version 7, unless explicitly specified. See
Chapter 3, Upgrading to VxFS 5.0,.0
NOTE You must not convert directories / and /stand to Disk Layout Version 6 or
Disk Layout Version 7 because the HP-UX bootloader does not support the Disk
Layout Version 6 or Disk Layout 7.
If you have converted the other system volumes (/usr,/var,/opt, etc.) to Disk
Layout Version 7, you must not remove VxFS 5.0 and revert to VxFS 4.1
because this will leave the system in an unbootable state.
Setting Up VxVM 5.0
You can use the vxinstall procedure to initialize VxVM. The vxinstall initialization steps
enable you to do the following: