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Upgrading the Solaris OS only

If you are running VxVM 5.0 with an earlier release of the Solaris operating system, you can upgrade the Solaris operating system using the following procedure.

  Caution   You should only use this procedure to upgrade the Solaris operating system if you are running VxVM 5.0.

  Note   The directory /opt must exist, be writable, and must not be a symbolic link. This is because the volumes not temporarily converted by the upgrade_start are unavailable during the upgrade process. If you have a symbolic link from /opt to one of the unconverted volumes, the symbolic link will not function during the upgrade and items in /opt will not be installed.

 To upgrade the Solaris operating system only

1. Bring the system down to single-user mode using the following command:

   # init S

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     Note   You must mount /opt manually if /opt is on its own partition.

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2. Load and mount the software disc from the currently installed version of VxVM by starting the volmgt daemon.

   # /etc/init.d/volmgt start

3. Change directory:

   # cd /cdrom/cdrom0/volume_manager/scripts

4. Run the upgrade_start with the -check argument to detect any problems that exist which could prevent a successful upgrade. Run the upgrade_start and upgrade_finish scripts that were supplied with the currently installed VxVM release. If this command reports success, you can proceed with running the upgrade_start script, but if it reports errors, correct the problem(s) and rerun upgrade_start -check.

   # ./upgrade_start -check

5. Run the upgrade_start script so that the system can come up with partitions. Run the upgrade_start and upgrade_finish scripts that were supplied with the currently installed VxVM release. The upgrade_start script searches for volumes containing file systems, and if any are found, converts them to partitions:

   # ./upgrade_start

6. Bring the system down to run level 0.

   # init 0

7. Upgrade the operating system to Solaris 8, 9 or 10.

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     Note   You should boot up the system from run level 0 depending on the Solaris upgrade procedure that you want to follow. Refer to the Solaris installation documentation for instructions on how to upgrade the Solaris operating system. After installing the Solaris operating system, install the required patches that are listed in "Solaris Patch Requirements" in the Veritas Storage Foundation Release Notes.

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8. Once the system is up with the upgraded Solaris operating system, bring the system down to single-user mode by entering:

   # init S

9. Ensure that /opt is mounted.
10. Load and mount the software disc from the currently installed version of VxVM by starting the volmgt daemon.

    # /etc/init.d/volmgt start

11. If upgrading to Solaris 10, reinstall the existing VRTSvxvm package from the currently installed version of VxVM:

    # pkgrm VRTSvxvm

    # pkgadd VRTSvxvm

    If required, you can also apply these commands to the VRTSvxfs package.

    This reinstallation is necessary to install Solaris 10 SMF support for VxVM.

12. Change directory:

    # cd /cdrom/cdrom0/volume_manager/scripts

13. Complete the upgrade from the software disc from the currently installed version of VxVM by entering:

    # ./upgrade_finish

14. Perform the reconfiguration reboot:

    # reboot -- -r