Installation Guide

5 Upgrading from Previous Versions of VxFS to VxFS 5.1
SP1
This chapter discusses various VxFS upgrade paths based on the version of your OS. This chapter
addresses the following topics:
• “Upgrading from VxFS 3.3 or 3.5 on HP-UX 11i v1 to VxFS 5.1 SP1 on HP-UX 11i v3”
(page 47)
• “Upgrading from VxFS 3.5 on HP-UX 11i v2 to VxFS 5.1 SP1 on HP-UX 11i v3” (page 48)
• “Upgrading from VxFS 4.1 on HP-UX 11i v2 or HP-UX 11i v3 to VxFS 5.1 SP1 on HP-UX 11i
v3” (page 49)
• “Upgrading from VxFS 5.0 on HP-UX 11i v2 or HP-UX 11i v3 to VxFS 5.1 SP1 on HP-UX 11i
v3” (page 51)
• “Upgrading from VxFS 5.0.1 on HP-UX 11i v3 to VxFS 5.1 SP1 on HP-UX 11i v3” (page 52)
CAUTION: You must ensure that:
• In the file system upgrade procedures discussed in this chapter, you do not upgrade / and
/stand file systems to DLV 6, DLV 7 or DLV 8. The HP-UX boot loader does not support DLV
6, DLV 7 or DLV 8.
Upgrading from VxFS 3.3 or 3.5 on HP-UX 11i v1 to VxFS 5.1 SP1 on
HP-UX 11i v3
To upgrade from VxFS 3.5 on HP-UX 11i v1 to VxFS 5.1 SP1 on HP-UX 11i v3, complete the
following steps:
1. To determine the volume names, enter the following command:
# bdf
2. To check for DLV 2 or 3 partitions present in the system (because these file systems cannot be
mounted after upgrading to VxFS 5.1 SP1), enter the following command:
# fstyp -v <partition_name>
3. To upgrade file systems with DLV 2 or 3, before installing 5.1 SP1, complete the following
steps:
a. To upgrade a mounted VxFS file system from DLV 2 to DLV 3, enter the following
command:
# vxupgrade -n 3 <dir_name>
b. To upgrade a mounted VxFS file system from DLV 3 to DLV 4, enter the following
command:
# vxupgrade -n 4 <dir_name>
NOTE: You cannot upgrade from DLV 2 to DLV 4 directly. DLV4 is the lowest disk layout
that is supported by VxFS 5.1 SP1.
4. Upgrade to HP-UX 11i v3. For more information on upgrading to HP-UX 11i v3, see the HP-UX
11i v3 Installation and Update Guide. To locate this document, go to the HP-UX Core docs
page at: www.hp.com/go/hpux-core-docs. On this page, select HP-UX 11i v3.
5. Install VxFS 5.1 SP1. For more information on installing VxFS 5.1 SP1, see Chapter 3
(page 27).
Upgrading from VxFS 3.3 or 3.5 on HP-UX 11i v1 to VxFS 5.1 SP1 on HP-UX 11i v3 47