Supported upgrade paths for SFHA 6.1


Supported upgrade paths for SFHA 6.1
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The following tables describe upgrading to 6.1.

Table: RHEL 5 x64 upgrades using the script- or web-based installer

Symantec product versions	RHAS 2.1 or RHEL 3	RHEL 4	RHEL 5
3.4.x 4.0	No upgrade path exists. Uninstall the product. Upgrade the operating system to one of the supported Linux versions, and then use the installer script to install 6.1. See the Storage Foundation and High Availability Release Notes for the supported Linux versions.	N/A	N/A
4.1 4.1 MP1 4.1 MP2 4.1 MP3	N/A	No upgrade path exists. Uninstall the product. Upgrade the operating system to one of the supported Linux versions, and then use the installer script to install 6.1. See the Storage Foundation and High Availability Release Notes for the supported Linux versions.	N/A
5.0 5.0 MP1 5.0 MP2	N/A	No upgrade path exists. Uninstall the product. Upgrade the operating system to one of the supported Linux versions, and then use the installer script to install 6.1. See the Storage Foundation and High Availability Release Notes for the supported Linux versions.	N/A
4.1 MP4 5.0 MP3 5.0 MP4	N/A	No upgrade path exists. Uninstall the product. Upgrade the operating system to one of the supported Linux versions, and then use the installer script to install 6.1. See the Storage Foundation and High Availability Release Notes for the supported Linux versions.	Upgrade the operating system to one of the supported Linux versions, and then use the installer script to install 6.1. See the Storage Foundation and High Availability Release Notes for the supported Linux versions.
5.1 5.1 RPx 5.1 PR1 5.1 SP1 5.1 SP1 RPx 5.1 SP1 PR3	N/A	N/A	Upgrade the operating system to one of the supported Linux versions, and then use the installer script to install 6.1. See the Storage Foundation and High Availability Release Notes for the supported Linux versions.
6.0 6.0 RPx 6.0.1 6.0.2 6.0.3	N/A	N/A	Upgrade directly to 6.1 using the installer script.

Note:

For 5.1 SP1 RP3, prior to upgrading to 6.1, apply the following patch at:

https://sort.symantec.com/patch/detail/7157

Table: RHEL6 x64 upgrades using the script- or web-based installer

Symantec product versions	RHEL 4	RHEL5	RHEL 6
4.1 4.1 MP1 4.1 MP2 4.1 MP3	No upgrade path exists. Uninstall the product. Upgrade the operating system to one of the supported Linux versions, and then use the installer script to install 6.1. See the Storage Foundation and High Availability Release Notes for the supported Linux versions.	N/A	N/A
5.0 5.0 MP1 5.0 MP2	No upgrade path exists. Uninstall the product. Upgrade the operating system to one of the supported Linux versions, and then use the installer script to install 6.1. See the Storage Foundation and High Availability Release Notes for the supported Linux versions.	N/A	N/A
4.1 MP4 5.0 MP3 5.0 MP4	No upgrade path exists. Uninstall the product. Upgrade the operating system to one of the supported Linux versions, and then use the installer script to install 6.1. See the Storage Foundation and High Availability Release Notes for the supported Linux versions.	No upgrade path exists. Uninstall the product. Upgrade the operating system to one of the supported Linux versions, and then use the installer script to install 6.1. See the Storage Foundation and High Availability Release Notes for the supported Linux versions.	N/A
5.1 5.1 RPx 5.1 PR1	N/A	No upgrade path exists. Uninstall the product. Upgrade the operating system to one of the supported Linux versions, and then use the installer script to install 6.1. See the Storage Foundation and High Availability Release Notes for the supported Linux versions.	N/A
5.1 SP1 PR2 5.1 SP1 PR3	N/A	No upgrade path exists. Uninstall the product. Upgrade the operating system to one of the supported Linux versions, and then use the installer script to install 6.1. See the Storage Foundation and High Availability Release Notes for the supported Linux versions.	Upgrade the operating system to one of the supported Linux versions, and then use the installer script to install 6.1. See the Storage Foundation and High Availability Release Notes for the supported Linux versions.
5.1 SP1 RP3	N/A	No upgrade path exists. Uninstall the product. Upgrade the operating system to one of the supported Linux versions, and then use the installer script to install 6.1. See the Storage Foundation and High Availability Release Notes for the supported Linux versions.	Upgrade the operating system to one of the supported Linux versions, and then use the installer script to install 6.1. See the Storage Foundation and High Availability Release Notes for the supported Linux versions.
5.1 SP1 RP4	N/A	No upgrade path exists. Uninstall the product. Upgrade the operating system to one of the supported Linux versions, and then use the installer script to install 6.1. See the Storage Foundation and High Availability Release Notes for the supported Linux versions.	Upgrade the operating system to one of the supported Linux versions, and then use the installer script to install 6.1. See the Storage Foundation and High Availability Release Notes for the supported Linux versions.
6.0 6.0 RPx 6.0.1 6.0.2 6.0.3	N/A	No upgrade path exists. Uninstall the product. Upgrade the operating system to one of the supported Linux versions, and then use the installer script to install 6.1. See the Storage Foundation and High Availability Release Notes for the supported Linux versions.	Upgrade the operating system to one of the supported Linux versions, and then use the installer script to install 6.1. See the Storage Foundation and High Availability Release Notes for the supported Linux versions.

Note:

For upgrades on RHEL 6, RHEL 6 Update 1, Update 2, use a phased upgrade instead of a rolling upgrade.

Table: SLES 11 x86-x64 upgrades using the script- or web-based installer

Symantec product versions	SLES 9	SLES 10	SLES 11
4.1 4.1 MP1 4.1 MP2 5.0 5.0 MP1 5.0 MP2	No upgrade path exists. Uninstall the product. Upgrade the operating system to one of the supported Linux versions, and then use the installer script to install 6.1. See the Storage Foundation and High Availability Release Notes for the supported Linux versions.	N/A	N/A
5.0 MP4	No upgrade path exists. Uninstall the product. Upgrade the operating system to one of the supported Linux versions, and then use the installer script to install 6.1. See the Storage Foundation and High Availability Release Notes for the supported Linux versions.	No upgrade path exists. Uninstall the product. Upgrade the operating system to one of the supported Linux versions, and then use the installer script to install 6.1. See the Storage Foundation and High Availability Release Notes for the supported Linux versions.	Upgrade the operating system to one of the supported Linux versions, and then use the installer script to install 6.1. See the Storage Foundation and High Availability Release Notes for the supported Linux versions.
4.1 MP3 4.1 MP4 5.0 MP3	No upgrade path exists. Uninstall the product. Upgrade the operating system to one of the supported Linux versions, and then use the installer script to install 6.1. See the Storage Foundation and High Availability Release Notes for the supported Linux versions.	No upgrade path exists. Uninstall the product. Upgrade the operating system to one of the supported Linux versions, and then use the installer script to install 6.1. See the Storage Foundation and High Availability Release Notes for the supported Linux versions.	N/A
5.0 RU1	N/A	N/A	Upgrade the operating system to one of the supported Linux versions, and then use the installer script to install 6.1. See the Storage Foundation and High Availability Release Notes for the supported Linux versions.
5.1 5.1 RPx 5.1 SP1 5.1 SP1 RPx	N/A	No upgrade path exists. Uninstall the product. Upgrade the operating system to one of the supported Linux versions, and then use the installer script to install 6.1. See the Storage Foundation and High Availability Release Notes for the supported Linux versions.	Upgrade the operating system to one of the supported Linux versions, and then use the installer script to install 6.1. See the Storage Foundation and High Availability Release Notes for the supported Linux versions.
6.0 6.0 RPx	N/A	No upgrade path exists. Uninstall the product. Upgrade the operating system to one of the supported Linux versions, and then use the installer script to install 6.1. See the Storage Foundation and High Availability Release Notes for the supported Linux versions.	Upgrade the operating system to one of the supported Linux versions, and then use the installer script to install 6.1. See the Storage Foundation and High Availability Release Notes for the supported Linux versions.
6.0.1 6.0.2 6.0.3	N/A	No upgrade path exists. Uninstall the product. Upgrade the operating system to one of the supported Linux versions, and then use the installer script to install 6.1. See the Storage Foundation and High Availability Release Notes for the supported Linux versions.	Upgrade the operating system to one of the supported Linux versions, and then use the installer script to install 6.1. See the Storage Foundation and High Availability Release Notes for the supported Linux versions.
6.0.4	N/A	N/A	Use the installer to upgrade to 6.1.

Note:

For upgrades on SLES 11, SLES 11 SP1, use a phased upgrade instead of a rolling upgrade.

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