Upgrading VCS using the product installer

You can use the product installer to upgrade VCS.

To upgrade VCS using the product installer

  1. Log in as superuser and mount the product disc.
  2. Start the installer.
    # ./installer

    The installer starts the product installation program with a copyright message. It then specifies where it creates the logs. Note the log's directory and name.

  3. Select the product you want to upgrade.
  4. Choose 1 for full upgrade.
  5. Enter the names of the nodes that you want to upgrade. Use spaces to separate node names. Press the Enter key to proceed.
  6. When the verification checks are complete, the installer asks if you agree with the terms of the End User License Agreement. Press y to agree and continue.
  7. The installer displays the following question before the install stops the product processes. If the cluster was not configured in secure mode before the upgrade, these questions are not displayed.
    • Do you want to generate certificates for the Veritas InfoScale Enterprise components with 2048 bit encryption keys and SHA256 signatures? [y,n,q,?]

      You can enter y and upgrade to 2048 bit key and SHA256 signature certificates at this stage or perform the upgrade later.

      Note:

      The installer will not show the subsequent questions regarding read access if you are upgrading VCS from versions 6.2 or later.

    • Do you want to grant read access to everyone? [y,n,q,?]

      • To grant read access to all authenticated users, type y.

      • To grant usergroup specific permissions, type n.

    • Do you want to provide any usergroups that you would like to grant read access?[y,n,q,?]

      • To specify usergroups and grant them read access, type y

      • To grant read access only to root users, type n. The installer grants read access to the root users.

    • Enter the usergroup names separated by spaces to whom you want to grant read access. If you want to grant read access to a usergroup on a specific node, enter like 'usrgrp1@node1', and if you would like to grant read access to usergroup on any cluster node, enter like 'usrgrp1'. If some usergroups are not created yet, create the usergroups after configuration if needed. [b]

  8. The installer asks if you want to stop VCS processes. Press the Enter key to continue.

    The installer stops VCS processes, uninstalls filesets, installs or upgrades filesets, and configures VCS.

    The installer lists the nodes that Veritas recommends you to restart.

  9. The installer asks if you want to send the information about this installation to us to help improve installation in the future. Enter your response.

    The installer displays the location of log files, summary file, and response file.

  10. If you want to upgrade CP server systems that use VCS or SFHA to VCS 7.3, make sure that you first upgrade all application clusters to version VCS 7.3. Then, upgrade VCS or SFHA on the CP server systems.

    For instructions to upgrade SFHA, see the Storage Foundation and High Availability Configuration and Upgrade Guide.

If you did not upgrade to 2048 bit key and SHA256 signature certificates in the above procedure, refer to Upgrading to 2048 bit key and SHA256 signature certificates when you upgrade the certificates later.

See Upgrading to 2048 bit key and SHA256 signature certificates.

When you upgrade VCS using the installer program, all zones are upgraded (both global and non-global) unless they are detached and unmounted.

If the non-global zones are not running at the time of upgrade (regular upgrade, phased upgrade, or rolling upgrade) when the installer fails-over the zone service group, then you have to set the Veritas publisher at the global zone and then attach the non-global zone with -u option.

# pkg set-publisher <path to VRTSpkgs.p5p in the media> Veritas
# zoneadm -z <zone_name> attach -u