VERITAS Storage Foundation 4.1 Release Notes

VERITAS Storage Foundation Release Notes

Software Issues

Upgrading Disk Group Versions

All disk groups have a version number associated with them. Each VxVM release supports a

specific set of disk group versions and can import and perform tasks on disk groups with those

versions. Some new features and tasks work only on disk groups with the current disk group

version, so you need to upgrade existing disk groups before you can perform the tasks. The

following table summarizes the disk group versions that correspond to each VxVM release from

2.0 onward:

You can use the following command to find out the version number of a disk group:

# vxdg list disk_group_name

You can also determine the disk group version by using the vxprint(1M) command with the -l

format option.

To upgrade a disk group, use the following command:

# vxdg [-T version] upgrade disk_group_name

Unless a disk group version is specified, this command upgrades the disk group to the highest

version supported by the VxVM version on your system.

For shared disk groups, the latest disk group version is only supported by the latest cluster protocol

version. To see the current cluster protocol version, type:

# vxdctl support

To upgrade the protocol version for the entire cluster, enter the following command on the master

node:

# vxdctl upgrade

See the “Administering Cluster Functionality” chapter of the VERITAS Volume Manager

Administrator’s Guide for more information on changing the cluster protocol version.

VxVM Release Cluster Protocol

Versions

Disk Group Version Supported Disk Group

Versions

3.0 n/a 60 60

3.1 n/a 60 60

3.2 30 60 60

3.5 40 90 60, 90

4.1 60 120 60, 90, 120