Upgrading Storage Foundation using the Veritas Web-based installer
This section describes upgrading SF with the Veritas Web-based installer. The installer detects and upgrades the product that is currently installed on the specified system or systems.
To upgrade SF
- Perform the required steps to save any data that you wish to preserve. For example, make configuration file backups.
- Start the Web-based installer.
See Starting the Veritas Web-based installer.
- On the Select a task and a product page, select from the Task drop-down menu.
The installer detects the product that is installed on the specified system. Click .
- Indicate the systems on which to upgrade. Enter one or more system names, separated by spaces. Click .
- On the License agreement page, select whether you accept the terms of the End User License Agreement (EULA). To continue, select and click .
- The installer discovers if any of the systems that you are upgrading have mirrored and encapsulated boot disks. For each system that has a mirrored boot disk, you have the option to create a backup of the book disk group. To create the backup, check the box. Check the appropriate box to use the same name for the backup disk group on all systems--you can use the default name or choose a new one. Check the systems where you want to create the backup. When you are ready, click the button.
- Click to complete the upgrade.
After the upgrade completes, the installer displays the location of the log and summary files. If required, view the files to confirm the installation status.
- If you are prompted to reboot the systems, enter the following reboot command:
# /usr/sbin/shutdown -r now
- After the upgrade, if the product is not configured, the Web-based installer asks: "Do you want to configure this product?" If the product is already configured, it will not ask any questions.
- Click . The installer prompts you for another task.
- Only perform this step if you have split the mirrored root disk to back it up. After a successful reboot, verify the upgrade and re-join the backup disk group into the upgraded boot disk group. If the upgrade fails, revert the upgrade boot disk group to the backup disk group.
See Re-joining the backup boot disk group into the current disk group.
See Reverting to the backup boot disk group after an unsuccessful upgrade.