https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/vxupgrade-n3/m-p/2535595#M25916 Hi:<BR /><BR />'vxupgrade' uses a lock file (.fsadm) in the lost+found directory of the filesystem to insure that only one instance of it runs at a time. You can create the lost+found directory if it isn't there (it should be).<BR /><BR />...JRF...<BR /><BR /> Fri, 01 Jun 2001 16:48:33 GMT James R. Ferguson 2001-06-01T16:48:33Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/vxupgrade-n3/m-p/2535594#M25915 <BR />On HP-UX 10.20, I entered vxupgrade -n3 /ora and the error showed vxupgrade: cannot open /ora/lost+found/.fsadm. The lost+found directory is not there. What's the problem? Fri, 01 Jun 2001 16:40:24 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/vxupgrade-n3/m-p/2535594#M25915 Lise Love-Thompson 2001-06-01T16:40:24Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/vxupgrade-n3/m-p/2535595#M25916 Hi:<BR /><BR />'vxupgrade' uses a lock file (.fsadm) in the lost+found directory of the filesystem to insure that only one instance of it runs at a time. You can create the lost+found directory if it isn't there (it should be).<BR /><BR />...JRF...<BR /><BR /> Fri, 01 Jun 2001 16:48:33 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/vxupgrade-n3/m-p/2535595#M25916 James R. Ferguson 2001-06-01T16:48:33Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/vxupgrade-n3/m-p/2535596#M25917 If the lost+found directory isn't there, here's how to create it:<BR /><BR />cd into the appropriate directory<BR /><BR />execute the command: mklost+found Fri, 01 Jun 2001 17:27:37 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/vxupgrade-n3/m-p/2535596#M25917 Patrick Wallek 2001-06-01T17:27:37Z