Symantec logo

When to upgrade disk layout versions

You must upgrade your older disk layout versions, to make use of the extended features available in the VxFS 5.0 release. Use the vxfsconvert or vxupgrade utilities to upgrade older disk layout versions to disk layout Version 7 as described in the following sections.

See the Veritas Storage Foundation Release Notes.


  Caution   Never upgrade the / and /stand file systems to disk layout Version 7. The HP-UX bootloader does not support disk layout Version 7.