Upgrading from VxVM 3.5 on
You must consider the following guideline prior to upgrading from VxVM 3.5 on
•VxVM 3.5 and VxVM 5.1 SP1 both support disk group version 90.
To Upgrade from VxVM 3.5 on
To upgrade from VxVM 3.5 on
1.Stop activity to all VxVM volumes. For example, stop any applications such as databases that access the volumes, and unmount any file systems that have been created on the volumes.
2.Upgrade from
11i v3, see the
3.If patches to VxVM 5.1 SP1 on
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 3.5 on
Upgrading from VxVM 4.1 on
Following are some of the guidelines that you must consider prior to upgrading from VxVM 4.1 on
•Disk group version 120 is the default disk group version for VxVM 4.1, whereas disk group version 140 is the default disk group version for VxVM 5.1 SP1.
•All disk group versions supported by VxVM 4.1 (90, 110, 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
To Upgrade from VxVM 4.1 on
To upgrade from VxVM 4.1 on
1.Stop activity to all VxVM volumes. For example, stop any applications such as databases that access the volumes, and unmount any file systems that have been created on the volumes.
2.Upgrade from
11i v3, see the
After the OS upgrade is complete,
Upgrading from VxVM 3.5 on
