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Upgrading VxFS using the product installer

  1. Unmount all VxFS file systems and Storage Checkpoints as described in Uninstalling Veritas File System.
  2. Remove VxFS packages using either the uninstallfs script as described in Uninstalling VxFS using the uninstallation script, or using the pkgrm command as described in the section Uninstalling VxFS using the pkgrm command.
  3. If you have VxFS file systems specified in the /etc/vfstab file, comment them out before rebooting, but do not remove the entries.
  4. Add the VxFS packages as described in Installing VxFS using the product installer or Installing VxFS using the pkgadd command.
  5. Undo the changes to /etc/vfstab done in step 3.