VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 Installation Guide (August 2002)

Upgrading to the Latest VxVM Version
50 VERITAS Volume Manager Installation Guide
Upgrading to the Latest VxVM Version
We recommend that you upgrade to VxVM 3.5 on any and all of the VxVM products you
have previously installed. Version VxVM 3.5 is more robust than earlier versions of the
software.
Upgrading to the latest VxVM software is automated when installing the HP pre-AR0902
CD. To upgrade to the latest VxVM software using the VERITAS CD, mount the CD and
run swinstall with the following options:
# swinstall -x reinstall=true -x autoreboot=true -s /cdrom VRTSvxvm
VRTSvmdoc VRTSvlic VRTSobgui VRTSob VRTSfspro VRTSvmpro
Do not run vxinstall(1M) after upgrading.
License keys from older versions of B9116AA and B9118AA continue to work when you
upgrade to VxVM Version 3.5.
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 only work on disk groups with
the current disk group version, so you need to upgrade existing disk groups before you
can perform these tasks. The following table summarizes the disk group versions that
correspond to each VxVM release:
You can get a disk group version listing by specifying a disk group with this command:
# vxdg list diskgroup
You canalso determinethe diskgroupversion byusing thevxprint(1M) command with
the -l format option.
To upgrade a disk group, use the following command:
# vxdg [-T version] upgrade diskgroup
Disk Group Versions
Volume Manager
Release
Disk Group Version Supported DIsk Group Versions
3.1
70 20-70
3.2, 3.5
90 20-90