To upgrade to SF Oracle RAC 6.0.1

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

   • If you are upgrading to Solaris 10 Update 10, apply the following Oracle (Solaris) patches. For instructions, see Oracle documentation.

     • For SPARC: 144524-02

     • For x86: 144525-02

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

     For instructions, see the operating system documentation.

   • 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. For upgrade scenarios that involve Oracle RAC 9i, start gsd as the Oracle user:

   $ $ORACLE_HOME/bin/gsdctl start

10. Upgrade Oracle RAC, if required.

    Note:

    Oracle RAC 11g Release 1 Clusterware is not supported. Make sure that you install Oracle RAC 11g Release 2 Grid Infrastructure in order to use the Oracle RAC 11g Release 1 database. All database versions starting from Oracle 10g Release 2 and later are supported.

    For instructions, see the chapter Upgrading Oracle RAC in this document.

11. 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.