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Upgrading from VCS 4.0 MP2, 4.1, or 4.1 MP1

Ensure that you perform these steps on each node in the cluster.

 To upgrade to VCS 5.0 manually

1. Freeze the node:

   # hasys -freeze -persistent <nodename>

2. Stop HAD.
3. Remove the deprecated resource types.

   See Removing deprecated resource types.

4. If you have NFS installed on the node, you must edit the main.cf file to include details about the NFSRestart agent. Refer to the Veritas Cluster Server Bundled Agents Reference Guide for details.

   If you have configured Oracle, Sybase, or DB2 databases, refer to the respective Enterprise agent documentation for upgrade information.

5. Take a backup of the main.cf file.
6. Upgrade the operating system to:
   • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (RHEL 4) Update 3
   • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 (SLES 9) with SP3
7. Insert the software disc with the VCS software into a drive connected to the system.

   The CD is automatically mounted. If the CD does not get automatically mounted, then enter:

   # mount -o ro /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom

8. Navigate to the folder containing the RPMs.

   Depending on the OS distribution and architecture, enter this command:

   • On RHEL 4 (i686)

     # cd /mnt/cdrom/rhel4_i686/rpms

   • On RHEL 4 (x86_64)

     # cd /mnt/cdrom/rhel4_x86_64/rpms

   • On SLES 9 (i586)

     # cd /mnt/cdrom/sles9_i586/rpms

   • On SLES 9 (x86_64)

     # cd /mnt/cdrom/sles9_x86_64/rpms

9. Upgrade the RPMs:

   rpm -U *

10. Make the following changes in the main.cf file as applicable. Refer to the Veritas Cluster Server Bundled Agents Reference Guide for details about editing the main.cf file.
    • If you have an NFS resource configured in the cluster, edit the main.cf file to:
      • Remove the IPResName attribute.
      • Add the Address attribute, and specify the IP address as the value of this attribute.
      • Include details about the NFSRestart resource.
    • If you have an Apache resource configured in the cluster, edit the main.cf file to:
      • Remove this include statement:

        include "ApacheTypes.cf"

      • Ensure that absolute path names are specified for the Apache resource attributes.
    • If you have a Mount resource configured in the cluster, specify vxfs as the value of the FSType attribute in the main.cf file.
    • If you have a Diskgroup resource configured in the cluster, and you want the same behavior as with the previous version, specify 0 as the values for the StartVolumes and StopVolumes attributes in the main.cf file.
    • If you have configured resources for Oracle, Sybase, or DB2 databases, refer to the respective Enterprise agent documentation for information about upgrading the respective agents.
11. Start HAD.
12. Unfreeze the node.