To upgrade SF Oracle RAC and operating system (minor OS upgrade)

1. If you want to upgrade the operating system, perform the following steps:

   • Rename the /etc/llttab file to prevent LLT from starting automatically when the node starts:

     # mv /etc/llttab /etc/llttab.save

   • Upgrade the operating system on all nodes in the cluster.

     For instructions, see the operating system documentation.

     Note:

     If reboot is required, use shutdown -r now command to reboot the nodes.

   • After the system restarts, restore the /etc/llttab file to its original name:

     # mv /etc/llttab.save /etc/llttab

2. Upgrade to SF Oracle RAC 6.0.1 using the script-based installer or the Web-based installer.

   See Upgrading SF Oracle RAC using the Veritas script-based installation program.

   See Upgrading Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC using the Veritas Web-based installer.

   You can also perform a silent upgrade:

   See Upgrading SF Oracle RAC using a response file.

3. Manually mount the VxFS and CFS file systems that are not managed by VCS.
4. Relink the SF Oracle RAC libraries with Oracle.

   See Relinking Oracle RAC libraries with the SF Oracle RAC libraries.

5. Bring the Oracle database service group online.

   • If the Oracle database is managed by VCS:

     # hagrp -online Oracle_group -any

   • If the Oracle database is not managed by VCS:

     # srvctl start database -d db_name

6. Start all applications that are not managed by VCS. Use native application commands to start the applications.

7. • If the Oracle database is managed by VCS, reset the AutoStart value to 1 to enable VCS to bring the database service group online automatically when VCS starts:

     # haconf -makerw
     # hagrp -modify oradb_grpname AutoStart 1
     # haconf -dump -makero

   • If the Oracle database is not managed by VCS, change the management policy for the database to automatic:

     $ srvctl modify database -d db_name -y AUTOMATIC

8. Complete other post-upgrade steps.

   For instructions, see the chapter Performing post-upgrade tasks in this document.

   • 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.

   • See Setting or changing the product license level.

   • See Upgrading disk layout versions.

   • See Upgrading CVM protocol version and VxVM disk group version .

   • See Post upgrade tasks for migrating the SFDB repository database.

9. If you want to upgrade CP server systems that use VCS or SFHA to 6.0.1, make sure that you upgraded all application clusters to version 6.0.1. Then, upgrade VCS or SFHA on the CP server systems.

   For instructions to upgrade VCS or SFHA on the CP server systems, see the VCS or SFHA installation guide.

To upgrade SF Oracle RAC and the operating system (major OS upgrade)

1. Uninstall SF Oracle RAC.

   For instructions, see the chapter Uninstalling SF Oracle RAC.

2. Upgrade the operating system.

   For instructions, see the operating system documentation.

3. Install SF Oracle RAC 6.0.1.

   For instructions, see the chapter Installing and configuring SF Oracle RAC.

4. Complete the post-installation and configuration tasks.

   For instructions, see the chapter Performing post-installation and configuration tasks in this document.