Error Message

unable to collect, due to boot cycle.

The 6.0.3 installmr was unable to stop vxio and vxdmp processes at the start of the installation.  This was because vxio and vxdmp were unable to be stopped by the installmr script.

Also,  diskgroups/volumes were configured after the 6.0.1 installation.    
Solaris 11.1 is not supported for version 6.0.1.  
Configuration of diskgroups/volumes on that environment is not supported.
 

Before upgrading to 6.0.3, need to perform the following:

Umount all vxfs filesystems:

# umount  /

Stop all vxvm diskgroup volumes:

# vxvol -g stop all 

Deport all the diskgroups:

# vxdg deport

Now to prevent VxVM from starting with system startup:

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

# reboot

When systems comes back up, check for any 'vx' processes.

# ps -ef | grep vx

Kill any 'vx' processes runnng:

# kill -9

If that doesn't work, then stop using the /opt/VRTS/bin script, i.e.,

# /opt/VRTS/bin/vxdbdctrl stop

Note:  In testing, found that the vxdbd process was running.  This was how it was found to stop this process.

Now upgrade to 6.0.3.

# cd //sol11_sparc

# ./installmr

Applies To

LDOM running Solaris 11.1, and Solaris 11.1 systems.