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

8 Post Upgrade Tasks

This chapter discusses the tasks that you must complete after upgrading the VxVM software to

restore the previous configurations and to set up Storage Management for Oracle 5.0.1 correctly.

This chapter addresses the following topics:

• “Optional Configuration Steps” (page 64)

• “Configuring Storage Management for Oracle” (page 64)

• “Upgrading to the New Repository Database for DB2 and Oracle” (page 69)

• “Changing Permissions for Storage Management for Oracle” (page 69)

• “Upgrading Disk Layout Versions” (page 70)

• “Migrating from /etc/vx/vxdba to /var/vx/vxdba for DB2 and Oracle” (page 71)

• “Upgrading the VxVM Cluster Protocol Version” (page 72)

• “Upgrading VxVM Disk Group Versions” (page 72)

• “Updating Variables” (page 72)

• “Setting the Default Disk Group” (page 72)

• “Upgrading the Array Support Library” (page 73)

• “Converting from QuickLog to Multi-Volume Support” (page 73)

Optional Configuration Steps

After the upgrade is complete, you can optionally perform the steps discussed in this section based

on the requirement, in addition to the steps discussed in “Upgrading From VxVM 5.0 on HP-UX

11i v3 to VxVM 5.0.1 Using Integrated VxVM 5.0.1 Package for HPUX 11i v3” (page 57).

To perform the optional configuration steps, complete the following procedure:

1. To encapsulate and mirror the boot disk, follow the procedures in the "Administering Disks"

chapter of the Veritas Volume Manager Administrator’s Guide.

2. If you want to use the features of Storage Management for Oracle 5.0.1 for which you do

not currently have an appropriate license installed, obtain the license and run the vxlicinst

command to add the license to your system.

3. To upgrade VxFS Disk Layout versions and VxVM Disk Group versions, follow the upgrade

instructions discussed in “Upgrading VxVM Disk Group Versions” (page 72).

4. If you have upgraded to the current version of Storage Management for Oracle for DB2, see

“Configuring Storage Management for Oracle” (page 64).

Configuring Storage Management for Oracle

This section describes the procedure to configure Storage Management for Oracle. You can use

this procedure to configure Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle (SFORA). The example discussed

in this section shows a simple configuration on a single host. If you are installing a high availability

product or installing on multiple hosts, you will be prompted for additional configuration information.

However, certain databases may require additional configuration steps.

To configure Storage Management for Oracle, complete the following steps:

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