VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 User's Guide - VERITAS Enterprise Administrator (June 2002)

Chapter 3, Disk Tasks

Upgrading a Dynamic Disk Group Version

Note This procedure is not to be confused with upgrading to a dynamic disk.

The Dynamic Disk Group Upgrade procedure upgrades a dynamic disk group to the

dynamic disk group version that is compatible with the current VxVM release. Some new

features and tasks only work on dynamic disk groups with the current dynamic disk

group version, so you must upgrade existing dynamic disk groups before you perform

these tasks. However, after you upgrade a dynamic disk group, you cannot access that

dynamic disk group from machines running earlier releases of VxVM that do not support

a higher current disk group version.

To determine if a dynamic disk group needs to be upgraded, select the dynamic disk

group and open the Disk Group Properties window. The Version ﬁeld of the Properties

window indicates whether the dynamic disk group has been upgraded to the current

dynamic disk group version.

▼ To upgrade a dynamic disk group

1. Select the disk group to be upgraded to the current version.

2. Choose Actions > Upgrade Dynamic Disk Group Version).

3. Conﬁrm the upgrade by clicking OK.

Notes:

◆ If you have dynamic disk groups created with earlier releases of VxVM, these must be

upgraded before they can take advantage of new features and tasks in the current release.

◆ If a dynamic disk group is upgraded to the current dynamic disk group version, you

cannot import that dynamic disk group on a machine running an earlier VxVM release.

Disk groups that must remain backward compatible with earlier releases of VxVM must

not be upgraded.