To upgrade the AIX operating system

1. Create the install-db file.

   # touch /etc/vx/reconfig.d/state.d/install-db

   Note:

   The AIX OS upgrade may involve single or multiple reboots. It is necessary to create this file to prevent Veritas Volume Manager from starting VxVM daemons or processes.

2. Stop activity to all file systems and raw volumes, for example by unmounting any file systems that have been created on volumes.

   # umount mnt_point

3. Stop all the volumes by entering the following command for each disk group:

   # vxvol -g diskgroup stopall

4. Upgrade the AIX operating system. See the operating system documentation for more information.
5. Apply the necessary APARs.

   For information about APARs required for Veritas InfoScale Storage 7.1, refer to the Veritas InfoScale 7.1 Release Notes.

6. Restart the system.

   # shutdown -Fr

7. Enable SF to start after you restart.

   # rm /etc/vx/reconfig.d/state.d/install-db