HP Serviceguard Storage Management Suite for VERITAS # swinstall -x autoreboot=true Base-VxVM-51

Installing the 5.1 SP1 Veritas software updates Veritas File System 5.0. After installing the 5.1 SP1 version of Veritas File System, to revert to the 5.0 version, you must remove the 5.1 SP1 version and then re-install the 5.0 version. The 5.0 and 5.1 SP1 versions of Veritas File System cannot coexist.

To Upgrade from VxVM 5.0 on HP-UX 11i v2 to VxVM 5.1 SP1 on HP-UX 11i v3

To upgrade from VxVM 5.1 SP1 on HP-UX 11i v2 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.Convert the VxVM root device volumes into LVM root device volumes.

3.Upgrade from HP-UX 11i v2 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.

4.If patches to VxVM 5.1 SP1 on HP-UX 11i v3 are required, the patches must be applied prior to upgrading the product.

5.Install the VxVm 5.1 SP1 package.

# swinstall –x autoreboot=true Base-VxVM-51

Upon successful completion of the upgrade, VxVM 5.0 (for HP-UX 11i v2) is replaced by VxVM

5.1SP1 (for HP-UX 11i v3). Disk groups created in VxVM 5.0 for HP-UX 11i v2 are accessible after the upgrade. If you have converted the VxVM root volumes into LVM root devices, then you must convert them back into VxVM root volumes.

NOTE: During the OS upgrade, the following errors will be reported. However these errors can be ignored and the OS upgrade will complete successfully.

ERROR: A later revision (one with a higher revision number) of fileset "VRTSvxvm.VXVM-KRN,r=4.1.032" has already been installed.

ERROR: A later revision (one with a higher revision number) of fileset "VRTSvxvm.VXVM-RUN,r=4.1.032" has already been installed.

Alternatively you can upgrade from VxVM 5.0 on HP-UX 11i v2 to VxVM 5.1 SP1 on HP-UX 11i v3 without removing the VxVM 5.0 package on HP-UX 11i v2.

To upgrade to VxVM 5.1 SP1 on HP-UX 11i v3 without removing VxVM 5.0 on HP-UX 11i v2

To upgrade to VxVM 5.1 SP1 on HP-UX 11i v3 without removing the VxVM 5.0 package on HP-UX

11i v2, complete the following steps:

1.Copy the depot to a depot server.

2.Copy VxVM 5.1 SP1 on HPUX 11i v3 into the ignite depot using the swcopy command.

3.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.

4.Remove VxVM 5.0 (Base-VxVM-50 bundle) version which is the default VxVM version on HP-UX 11i v3 from the ignite depot using the swremove command.

5.Upgrade from HP-UX 11i v2 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.

After the OS upgrade is complete, VxVM 5.1 SP1 will be installed. Upon successful completion of the upgrade, disk groups created in VxVM 5.0 for HP-UX 11i v2 will be accessible.

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