Upgrading Veritas Storage Foundation with the product installer when OS upgrade is not requiredThis section describes upgrading to the current Veritas Storage Foundation if the root disk is unencapsulated, and you do not intend to upgrade your Solaris version. Only use this procedure if you are already running a version of Solaris that is supported with 5.1.See Upgrade paths for Storage Foundation 5.1.This procedure can be used to upgrade Veritas Storage Foundation or Veritas Storage Foundation High Availability.Do not select the "Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC" option unless you have the correct license and setup.To upgrade a Veritas Storage Foundation product1. Log in as superuser.2. Make sure the root disk is not encapsulated.3. Unmount any mounted VxFS file systems.The installer supports the upgrade of multiple hosts, if each host is running the same version of VxVM and VxFS. Hosts must be upgraded separately if they are running different versions.If any VxFS file systems are mounted with the QuickLog feature, QuickLog must be disabled before upgrading. See the "Veritas QuickLog" chapter of the Veritas File System Administrator's Guide for more information.4. If you are upgrading a high availability (HA) product, take all service groups offline.List all service groups:# /opt/VRTSvcs/bin/hagrp -listFor each service group listed, take it offline:# /opt/VRTSvcs/bin/hagrp -offline service_group \ -sys system_name5. Enter the following commands on each node to freeze HA service group operations:6. # haconf -makerw 7. # hasys -freeze -persistent nodename # haconf -dump -makero8. If your system has separate /opt and /var file systems, make sure they are mounted before proceeding with installation.9. If replication using VVR is configured, verify that all the Primary RLINKs are up-to-date: # vxrlink -g diskgroup status rlink_nameNote: Do not continue until the Primary RLINKs are up-to-date.

10. Load and mount the disc.11. To invoke the common installer, run the installer command on the disc as shown in this example:12. # cd /cdrom/cdrom0# ./installer13. Enter G to upgrade and press Return.14. You are prompted to enter the system names (in the following example, "host1") on which the software is to be installed. Enter the system name or names and then press Return.15. Enter the system names separated by spaces on which to install SF: host1Depending on your existing configuration, various messages and prompts may appear. Answer the prompts appropriately.16. The installler lists the packages that will be installed or updated. You are prompted to confirm that you are ready to upgrade. Are you sure you want to upgrade Storage Foundation? [y,n,q] (y) yIf you select y, the installer stops the product processes and makes some configuration updates before upgrading.17. The installer uninstalls and reinstalls the listed packages.18. The Veritas Storage Foundation software is verified and configured.Start the Veritas Storage Foundation processes.Do you want to start Veritas Storage Foundation processes now? [y,n,q] (y) y