Veritas 5.0.1 Installation Guide, HP-UX 11i v3, First Edition, November 2009

For more information about disk group versions, see the Veritas Volume Manager Administrator's
Guide available at:
http://www.docs.hp.com
Updating Variables
In the /etc/profile file, update the PATH and MANPATH variables as required.
The MANPATH variable can include the /opt/VRTS/man directory and the PATH variable can
include the /opt/VRTS/bin directory.
Setting the Default Disk Group
In releases prior to Veritas Volume Manager 4.0, the default disk group was the root disk group
(rootdg). For the Volume Manager to function, the rootdg disk group had to exist and it had
to contain at least one disk.
This requirement no longer exists; however, you may find it convenient to create a system-wide
default disk group. The main benefit of creating a default disk group is that VxVM commands
default to the default disk group. You need not use the -g option.
You can set the name of the default disk group after installation by running the following
command on a system:
# vxdctl defaultdg diskgroup
For more information on setting default disk groups, see the Veritas Volume Manager Administrator’s
Guide.
If you want to confirm that the root disk is encapsulated, enter the command:
# vxdg bootdg
Upgrading the Array Support Library
VxVM provides support for new disk arrays in the form of Array Support Library (ASL) software
packages.
You can obtain ASL packages from the following locations:
• The VxVM release package
• The disk array provided by the vendor
• The Symantec Technical Support site
Converting from QuickLog to Multi-Volume Support
The 4.1 release of the Veritas File System is the last major release to support QuickLog. The
Version 6 or Version 7 disk layout does not support QuickLog. The functionality provided by
the Veritas Multi-Volume Support (MVS) feature replaces most of the functionality provided by
QuickLog.
This section discusses the procedure to convert from QuickLog to MVS. The QuickLog device
need not be related to the file system. For MVS, the log volume and the file system volume must
be in the same disk group. Unlike QuickLog, which enabled logging of up to 31 VxFS file systems
to one device, MVS enables intent logging of only one file system per device. Therefore, the
following procedure must be performed for each file system that is logged to a QuickLog device
if Version 6 or Version 7 disk layout is used.
To convert Quicklog to MVS, complete the following steps:
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