Upgrading from earlier VxFS version layouts
Before starting the upgrade process, make sure the following conditions have been met:
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Prerequisites
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Usage notes
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The vxupgrade command lets you to upgrade
the VxFS file system disk layout while the file system is mounted. See the vxupgrade(1M)
manual page for more details. VxFS supports
two file system disk layouts: Versions 4 and
6. New file systems are created with the Version 6 (for large file systems)
disk layout by default when the current version of Veritas Storage Foundation
for DB2 is
installed on a system. You must minimally upgrade to Version 4 disk layout
if you want to use the Storage Rollback or Veritas NetBackup BLI Backup features. |
To upgrade an existing VxFS file system to a new file system disk layout version
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Use the vxupgradecommand to upgrade to Version 4, 6, or 7 disk layout:
# /opt/VRTS/bin/upgrade -n new_version new_version/mount_point
where:
This is an example of upgrading to disk layout Version 7:
# /opt/VRTS/bin/vxupgrade -n 7 /db01
