Upgrading SFW or SFW Basic in a non-clustered environment
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Upgrading SFW or SFW Basic in a non-clustered environment

This section describes the tasks to be performed when upgrading SFW.

Table: SFW upgrade tasks in a non-clustered environment lists the tasks to be performed for upgrading SFW in a non-clustered environment

Table: SFW upgrade tasks in a non-clustered environment

Step

Tasks

1

Review the pre-upgrade tasks to be performed

See Preparing the SFW or SFW HA cluster nodes for upgrade.

2

Review the upgrade notes

See SFW or SFW HA upgrade notes.

3

If your configuration has DMP configured, then it is recommended to reduce the number of paths to each array to one, before you begin the upgrade.

For more information about the hardware and software prerequisites for DMP DSM installation, refer to Symantec Dynamic Multi-Pathing for Windows Installation and Upgrade Guide.

If you do not have DMP DSMs in your existing environment, but plan to add this feature during the upgrade, add the HBA(host bus adapter) hardware before performing the upgrade. Connect no more than one path from the new HBA to the storage array before the upgrade and DMP DSMs installation. Select the DMP DSM option or the appropriate DMP DSMs while running the installer.

4

Perform the upgrade steps

Note:

After the upgrade is complete, the installer wizard performs certain cleanup tasks and a command prompt is displayed for certain time. Ignore the prompt and continue with the further tasks. The command prompt closes after the cleanup tasks are complete. Do not close the command prompt before the cleanup tasks are complete. The cleanup tasks are aborted if you close the prompt.

In case of Volume Replicator environment, first perform the upgrade on the secondary site. No preparations are required on the secondary site.

See Installing the SFW or SFW HA client components using the product installer.

See Performing an automated installation for SFW or SFW HA server or client components.

See Installing the SFW or SFW HA server components using the product installer.

5

In case of Volume Replicator environment, prepare the existing primary site for upgrade

See Preparing the primary site for upgrade in a non-clustered SFW environment.

6

Upgrade the nodes on the primary site

7

Move the applications back to the original primary site

8

Perform the post-upgrade tasks

See About the tasks after upgrading SFW.
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