VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 Installation Guide (August 2002)

Chapter 4, Upgrading the VERITAS Volume Manager

Upgrading VxVM 3.1 on HP-UX 11.0 to VxVM 3.5 on HP-UX 11i

14. Initialize vxconfigd using the following command:

# vxdctl init

15. Initialize the VxVM dynamic multipathing (DMP) subsystem using the following

command:

# vxdctl initdmp

16. Enable vxconfigd using the following command:

# vxdctl enable

17. Put VxVM lines copied in Step 5 back into /etc/fstab.

18. Start the volumes using the following command:

# vxrecover -s

19. Mount the volumes on the host using the following command:

# mountall

20. List the current VxVM conﬁguration to a ﬁle, for example, file2.

# vxprint -hm > /file2

21. Compare file1 that was created in step 1 and file2 to ensure that all of the

previously existing volumes have been found.

22. Enter the license key that was saved in the vxlicense1.out ﬁle in step 3 by using

the following command:

# vxlicense -c

You are prompted to enter the license key.

23. Save the new license key conﬁguration:

# vxlicense -p > /vxlicense2.out

24. Compare vxlicense1.out and vxlicense2.out to ensure that all the licenses

have been installed.

25. Check to see that the license-key ﬁles are in the /etc/vx/elm directory (see step 2).