Andry, Thanks for reply! I checked the installation guide and 4.1 on solaris could be upgrade to 5.1sp1 directly. Most of my steps are from the guide. Just seek second opinion from people who have hands-on experience.
Cheers, carl --- On Sun, 1/16/11, an...@optimacomputer.com <an...@optimacomputer.com> wrote: > From: an...@optimacomputer.com <an...@optimacomputer.com> > Subject: Re: [Veritas-ha] upgrade from VCS4.1 -> VCS5.1SP1 > To: "Carl E. Ma" <zhu_ju...@yahoo.ca>, veritas-ha@mailman.eng.auburn.edu > Received: Sunday, January 16, 2011, 4:05 PM > Hi Carl, > > Have check your system readiness for upgrading at > sort.symantec.com? > > Cheers, > Andry > > Sent from my BlackBerry® by dtac. > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Carl E. Ma" <zhu_ju...@yahoo.ca> > Sender: veritas-ha-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu > Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2011 10:51:47 > To: <veritas-ha@mailman.eng.auburn.edu> > Subject: [Veritas-ha] upgrade from VCS4.1 -> VCS5.1SP1 > > Hi, > > Here is my high level upgrading plan from SFHA 4.1 to SFHA > 5.1SP1. Please feel free to comment. > > Environment: two nodes NFS/Netbackup cluster on solaris 10, > root disks are using zfs. > > Procedure: > > 1. Preparing for Upgrade. > > Download the 5.1 release > > Copy /etc/llttab /etc/llthosts /etc/gabtab files to .SAV > files and make a backup. Make backup of all ".cf" files. > > 2. Fail over all services from "Node A" to "Node B". Make > sure all service groups are frozen and non-critical. > > nodeB# hastop -all -force > > nodeB# hasys -freeze nodeB > > > 3. Start Upgrade on "Node A" > > VCS should already be down on "A" > > <Upgrade> VM, FS and VCS to 5.1 using installation > script: > > nodeA#/cdrom/cluster5.1sp1/volume_manager/installvm > <=upgrade VM > nodeA#/cdrom/cluster5.1sp1/file_system/installfs > <=upgrade vxfs > nodeA#reboot <=per installation requirement > nodeA#/cdrom/cluster5.1sp1/cluster_server/installvcs > <=upgrade vcs > nodeA# reboot <=per installation requirement > nodeA#copy back gabtab,llthosts,llttab and all *.cf files > ... > After nodeA upgrade finished, failover everything to nodeA > and do same thing on nodeB. > > > There is one questions: > > will 4.1 license work under 5.1SP1? > > Thanks in advance, > > carl > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Veritas-ha maillist - Veritas-ha@mailman.eng.auburn.edu > http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-ha > _______________________________________________ Veritas-ha maillist - Veritas-ha@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-ha
