The vxlustart Script Fails to Create the Alternate Boot Environment During a Live Upgrade (6445430)

Problem Summary: This problem is seen when upgrading VERITAS Volume Manager (VxVM) during a Sun Cluster live upgrade. The vxlustart script is used to upgrade the Solaris OS and VxVM from the previous version. The script fails with error messages similar to the following:

# ./vxlustart -u 5.10 -d c0t1d0 -s OSimage

   VERITAS Volume Manager VxVM 5.0.
   Live Upgrade is now upgrading from 5.9 to <5.10>
…
ERROR: Unable to copy file systems from boot environment &lt;sorce.8876> to BE &lt;dest.8876>.
ERROR: Unable to populate file systems on boot environment &lt;dest.8876>.
ERROR: Cannot make file systems for boot environment &lt;dest.8876>.
ERROR: vxlustart: Failed: lucreate -c sorce.8876 -C /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s2 
-m -:/dev/dsk/c0t1d0s1:swap -m /:/dev/dsk/c0t1d0s0:ufs 
-m /globaldevices:/dev/dsk/c0t1d0s3:ufs -m /mc_metadb:/dev/dsk/c0t1d0s7:ufs 
-m /space:/dev/dsk/c0t1d0s4:ufs -n dest.8876

Workaround: Use the standard upgrade or dual-partition upgrade method if you are upgrading the cluster to VxVM 5.0.

Contact Sun support or your Sun representative to learn whether Sun Cluster 3.2 Live Upgrade support for VxVM 5.0 becomes available at a later date.