VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 Installation Guide (August 2002)

Installation and Upgrade Roadmaps

4 VERITAS Volume Manager Installation Guide

VxVM Controlling the Root Disk

Upgrade to VxVM rootability can be accomplished in conjunction with the HP AR0902

release.

VxVM Not Controlling the Root Disk

If you are running a VxVM release earlier than 3.5, and do not wish to have the root disk

controlled by VxVM, then you need to upgrade to VxVM Release 3.5. If your system is

running under HP-UX 11.0 or earlier, you must ﬁrst upgrade to HP-UX 11i.

The upgrade procedure allows you to retain your existing VxVM conﬁguration without

running the vxinstall script. After upgrading, you can resume using VxVM with the

same conﬁguration as before.

Note On importing a 3.0, 3.1, or 3.2 VxVM disk group, you are given the option to

upgrade the disk group version to the VxVM 3.5 level. Each VxVM 3.5 disk group

can also be manually upgraded following the VxVM upgrade. See the chapter

“Creating and Administering Disk Groups” in the VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5

Administrator’s Guide for information on disk group versioning and upgrading disk

groups.