Installation Guide

3. If patches to VxVM 5.1 SP1 for HP-UX 11i v3 are required, the patches must be applied prior
to upgrading the product.
4. Install the VxVM 5.1 SP1 package.
# swinstall –x autoreboot=true -s <depot_path> Base-VxVM-51
Upon successful completion of the upgrade, VxVM 5.0 will be replaced by VxVM 5.1 SP1. Disk
groups created in VxVM 4.1 on HP-UX 11i v2 will be accessible after you upgrade the system to
VxVM 5.1 SP1.
Upgrading from VxVM 4.1 on HP-UX 11i v3 to VxVM 5.1 SP1 on HP-UX
11i v3
Following are the guidelines that you must consider prior to upgrading to VxVM 5.1 SP1 on HP-UX
11i v3:
• Disk group version 120 is the default disk group version for VxVM 4.1, whereas disk group
version 160 is the default disk group version for VxVM 5.1 SP1.
• All disk group versions supported by VxVM 4.1 (90 and 120) are also supported by VxVM
5.1 SP1. Consequently, all the disk groups created using VxVM 4.1 can be imported after
upgrading to VxVM 5.1 SP1. Some new features and tasks work only on disk groups with
the current disk group versions. To use new features, the disk group versions need to be
upgraded.
• VxVM 5.1 SP1 on HP-UX 11i v3 supports shared disk groups only on disk group version 140.
To Upgrade from VxVM 4.1 on HP-UX 11i v3 to VxVM 5.1 SP1 on HP-UX 11i v3
To upgrade from VxVM 4.1 on HP-UX 11i v3 to VxVM 5.1 SP1 on HP-UX 11i v3, complete the
following steps:
1. Stop activity to all VxVM volumes. For example, stop applications such as databases that
access the volumes, and unmount any file systems that have been created on the volumes.
2. If patches to VxVM 5.1 SP1 for HP-UX 11i v3 are required, the patches must be applied prior
to upgrading the product.
3. Install the VxVM 5.1 SP1 package.
# swinstall –x autoreboot=true Base-VxVM-51
After this procedure, VxVM 4.1 is replaced by VxVM 5.1 SP1. Disk groups created in VxVM 4.1
will be accessible after you upgrade to VxVM 5.1 SP1. For information on upgrading a disk group
to version 160, see “Upgrading VxVM Disk Group Versions” (page 66).
Upgrading from VxVM 5.0 on HP-UX 11i v2 to VxVM 5.1 SP1 on HP-UX
11i v3
You must consider the following guideline prior to upgrading to VxVM 5.1 SP1 on HP-UX 11i v3:
• All disk group versions supported by VxVM 5.0 (90, 120, and 140) on HP-UX 11i v2 are
also supported by VxVM 5.1 SP1 on HP-UX 11i v3.
As VxVM 5.0 and VxFS 5.0 are bundled in the HP-UX 11i March 2009 OEUR or later release, a
fresh installation is not possible. You must perform an upgrade to move to the 5.1 SP1 versions of
the Veritas products.
After you install the 5.1 SP1 software, the Veritas Volume Manager 5.0 software that was bundled
with the HP-UX operating system will no longer be available. To reinstall Veritas Volume Manager
5.0, you must use your HP-UX software CD/DVD. As only one version of the Veritas Volume
Manager can reside on your system, if you choose to reinstall Veritas Volume Manager 5.0, the
5.1 SP1 software will no longer be available.
60 Upgrading from Previous Versions of VxVM to VxVM 5.1 SP1