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Upgrading from 3.5 to 5.0

Upgrading from 3.5 to 5.0

SFCFS can be upgraded from 3.5 to 5.0 using phased or full upgrade procedure.

Phased upgrade

Following procedure assumes a 4 node cluster system01, system02, system03, system04 where system01 and system02 are initially upgraded and rest of the cluster is brought up later.

To upgrade from 3.5 to 5.0

1Log in as superuser.

2Select one or more nodes to upgrade, say system01 and system02.

3Insert the appropriate software disc into your system's DVD drive.

4Determine the block device file for the DVD drive:

#ioscan -fnC disk

Make a note of the device file as it applies to your system.

5Create a directory in which to mount the software disc and mount the disc using the appropriate drive name. For example:

#mkdir -p /dvdrom

#/usr/sbin/mount -F cdfs /dev/dsk/c3t2d0 /dvdrom

6Change to the top-level directory on the disc:

#cd /dvdrom

7Offline all SFCFS resources on nodes selected in step 2 by running the following commands on one of the cluster nodes.

#hagrp -offlineservice_group -syssystem01

#hagrp -offlineservice_group -syssystem02

where service_group is the command that displays the service groups by hagrp -dep cvm.

8Remove the VRTScavf and VRTSglm 3.5 packages from these nodes and run the following commands on system01 and system02.

#hastop -local

#swremove VRTScavf VRTSglm

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Symantec HP-UX manual Upgrading from 3.5 to, Change to the top-level directory on the disc

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