Veritas 5.0.1 Installation Guide HP-UX 11i v3 (5900-2464, September 2012)

After you install the 5.0.1 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
5.0.1 software will no longer be available.
Installing the 5.0.1 Veritas software updates Veritas File System 5.0. After installing the 5.0.1
version of Veritas File System, to revert to the 5.0 version, you must remove the 5.0.1 version and
then re-install the 5.0 version. The 5.0 and 5.0.1 versions of Veritas File System cannot coexist.
To Upgrade from VxVM 5.0 on HP-UX 11i v2 to VxVM 5.0.1 on HP-UX 11i v3
To upgrade from VxVM 5.0.1 on HP-UX 11i v2 to VxVM 5.0.1 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 at: http://www.docs.hp.com.
4. If patches to VxVM 5.0.1 on HP-UX 11i v3 are required, the patches must be applied prior
to upgrading the product.
5. Install the VxVm 5.0.1 package.
# swinstall –x autoreboot=true Base-VxVM-501
Upon successful completion of the upgrade, VxVM 5.0 (for HP-UX 11i v2) is replaced by VxVM
5.0.1 (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 5.0.1 on HP-UX 11i v3
without removing the VxVM 5.0 package on HP-UX 11i v2.
To upgrade to VxVM 5.0.1 on HP-UX 11i v3 without removing VxVM 5.0 on HP-UX 11i v2
To upgrade to VxVM 5.0.1 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 5.0.1 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 at: http://www.docs.hp.com.
After the OS upgrade is complete, VxVM 5.0.1 will be installed. Upon successful completion of
the upgrade, disk groups created in VxVM 5.0 for HP-UX 11i v2 will be accessible.
56 Upgrading from Previous Versions of VxVM to VxVM 5.0.1