Upgrading SFCFSHA using the installer for a Live Upgrade

You can use the Veritas product installer to upgrade SFCFSHA as part of the Live Upgrade.

On a node in the cluster, run the installer on the alternate boot disk to upgrade SFCFSHA on all the nodes in the cluster. The program uninstalls the existing version of SFCFSHA on the alternate boot disk during the process.

At the end of the process the following occurs:

To perform Live Upgrade of SFCFSHA using the installer

  1. Insert the product disc with Veritas Storage Foundation Cluster File System High Availability 6.0 or access your copy of the software on the network.
  2. Run the installer script specifying the root path as the alternate boot disk, enter the following:
    # ./installsfcfsha -upgrade -rootpath /altroot.5.10

  3. Enter the names of the nodes that you want to upgrade to Veritas Storage Foundation Cluster File System High Availability 6.0.

    Note:

    Make sure that the installed version of VxFS uses the disk layout version 6 or later. If you are on a previous disk layout version, upgrade the version before you proceed with the SFCFSHA installation.

    The installer displays the list of packages to be installed or upgraded on the nodes.

  4. Press Return to continue with the installation.

    During Live Upgrade, if the OS of the alternate boot disk is upgraded, the installer will not update the VCS configurations for Oracle, Netlsnr, and Sybase resources. If cluster configurations include these resources, you will be prompted to run a list of commands to manually update the configurations after the cluster restarts from the alternate boot disks.

  5. Verify that the version of the Veritas packages on the alternate boot disk is 6.0.
    # pkginfo -R /altroot.5.10 -l VRTSpkgname

    For example:

    # pkginfo -R /altroot.5.10 -l VRTSvxvm

    Review the installation logs at /altroot.5.10/opt/VRTS/install/logs.

More Information

Removing and reinstalling SFCFSHA using the installer