Veritas Volume Manager Upgrade Solaris 8

I've been told by some that this process is overkill, and have been told by others that this process is the cleanest way to go. PLease procede at your own risk.

QuickNotes: vxlicrep -e will allow you view your veritas license along with lot of additional information.

Step 1. Backup any file systems that are part of rootdg

This particular system is running Veritas 3.5 which requires a rootdg. This system has 3 file systems that are part of this dg. They are seen below. Comment any rootdg entries out of the /etc/vfstab.

/dev/vx/dsk/rootdg/home 1048576 35232 950055 4% <mountpoint>

/dev/vx/dsk/rootdg/disk 1048576 467462 544827 47% <mountpoint>

/dev/vx/dsk/rootdg/disk 1048576 55289 932147 6% <mountpoint>

These systems are located on this disk slice.

7 unassigned wm 5566 - 14086 41.35GB (8521/0/0) 86709696

First step is to back these 3 file systems up locally where ever there is room or over NFS mount.

Step 2: Export & Unmount

Unmount any veritas filesystems and export and disk groups.

Step 3. Break Mirrors.

At this point I need to break the submirrors off that are on the second system disk. In this case c1t1d0.

Use the format below

metadetach mirror submirror 

for example:

metattach d1 d21

Step 4. Keep Veritas from Starting up on Reboot.

Touch /etc/vx/reconfig.d/state.d/install-db to prevent Veritas from starting up with the box.

Step 5. Reboot in Single User mode, Verify that you are booting of off the primary disk. Init 0, boot -s

Step 6. Remove the current Veritas packages in the order listed below. (You may encounter addition packages not listed here. If this occurs add these packages to the removal order after VRTSvcsvr and before VRTSvxfs)

1. VRTSvmdoc

2. VRTSfsdoc

3. VRTSvmman

4. VRTSvrdoc

5. VRTSvrw

6. VRTSweb

7. VRTSobgui

8. VRTSvmpro

9. VRTSfspro

10. VRTSob

11. VRTSspc

12. VRTSvcsvr

13. VRTSordoc (Should be Database Edition Only)

14. VRTSorgui (Should be Database Edition Only)

15. VRTSdbed (Should be Database Edition Only)

16. VRTSvxmsa

17. VRTSvxfs

18. VRTSvxvm

19. VRTSvxlic

Step 7: Install San Foundation kit, (Sol8), make sure that you reconfigure reboot in single user mode

Step 8: devfsadm -Cv, change to runlevel 2 before next step.

Step 9: Install new veritas and patch with maint pack 2, then reboot again.

Step 10: Upgrade disk groups and file systems.

Upgrading Disk Groups:

To determine what DG version you are running, you can use the following command

vxdg -q list <my-dg> | grep version.

Import your disk groups, and run the following command on each DG, the -T is optional.

vxdg [ -T version ] upgrade diskgroup.

Upgrading File Systems:

To determine what FS version you are running, you can use the command below.

fstyp -v /dev/vx/dsk/dev/device

Mount your filesystems and then run the following command

vxupgrade -n 6 /mountpoint

Step 11: Use the format command to create new slices (on disk0) for the 3 file systems listed in step one. Basically split the 41.35gb contained in Slice 7 across Slice 5-7.

5 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0

6 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0

7 unassigned wm 5566 - 14086 41.35GB (8521/0/0) 86709696

Step 12: Mount the new slices and copy data from the original mount points to the new mounts.

Step 13: Load the partition table from disk one onto disk two.

Step 14: Reattach Mirrors.