Veritas Storage Foundation 5.1 SP1: Storage and Availability Management for Oracle (5900-1504, April 2011)

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If the plex is in a SNAPDONE state, convert it to an ACTIVE state:
# vxplex [-g diskgroup] convert state=ACTIVE data_plex
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Convert the data plexes to a SNAPDONE state and associate a DCO plex with
the data plex that will be used for snapshot operations:
# vxplex [-g diskgroup] -o dcoplex=dco_plex_name convert \
state=SNAPDONE data_plex
where dco_plex_name is the name of the DCO plex you are creating.
Example procedure to upgrade existing volumes to use Veritas
Volume Manager 5.1 SP1
Note: You must be logged in as superuser (root) to issue the commands in the
following procedure. Additionally, all operations involving the creation or
modification using the commands vxassist or vxdg require that the user perform
the task on the master CVM node.
In the following example the volume data_vol is upgraded to make use of VxVM
5.0 features.
To upgrade an existing volume created with an earlier version of VxVM
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Upgrade the disk group, PRODdg.
# vxdg upgrade PRODdg
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Remove the DRL plexes or subdisks belonging to an earlier version of VxVM
from the volume to be upgraded.
# vxassist -g PRODdg remove log data_vol logtype=drl
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Reattach any snapshot volume back to the primary volume to be upgraded.
# vxsnap -g PRODdg snapback SNAP-data_vol
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Turn off FastResync on the volume to be upgraded.
# vxvol -g PRODdg set fastresync=off data_vol
141Using Database FlashSnap for backup and off-host processing
Preparing hosts and storage for Database FlashSnap