Storage Foundation for Oracle® RAC 7.4.1 Configuration and Upgrade Guide - Solaris

To prepare to upgrade SF Oracle RAC

1. Log in as superuser to one of the nodes in the cluster.
2. Back up the following configuration files on each node: main.cf, types.cf, CVMTypes.cf, CFSTypes.cf, OracleTypes.cf, OracleASMTypes.cf, PrivNIC.cf, MultiPrivNIC.cf, CRSResource.cf, /etc/llttab, /etc/llthosts, /etc/gabtab, /etc/vxfentab, /etc/vxfendg, /etc/vxfenmode

   For example:

   # cp /etc/VRTSvcs/conf/config/main.cf \
   /etc/VRTSvcs/conf/config/main.cf.save

3. Installer verifies that recent backups of configuration files in VxVM private region have been saved in /etc/vx/cbr/bk.

   If not, a warning message is displayed.

   Warning:

   Backup /etc/vx/cbr/bk directory.

4. If you plan to continue using the Storage Foundation for Databases (SFDB) tools, you must prepare to migrate the SFDB repository database before upgrading to SF Oracle RAC 7.4.1.

5. From any node in the cluster, stop all applications that use VxFS or VxVM disk groups, whether local or CFS.

   If the applications are under VCS control:

   # hagrp -offline grp_name -any

   If the applications are not under VCS control:

   Use native application commands to stop the application.

6. From any node in the cluster, stop all Oracle RAC resources.

   • If the database instances are managed by VCS, take the corresponding VCS service groups offline. As superuser, enter:

     # hagrp -offline group_name -any

   • If the database instances are not managed by VCS, then run the following on one node:

     For Oracle RAC 11g:

     $ srvctl stop database -d db_name

     For Oracle RAC 12c or later:

     $ srvctl stop database -db db_name

7. • If the Oracle database is managed by VCS, set the AutoStart value to 0 to prevent the database service group from starting automatically when VCS starts:

     # haconf -makerw
     # hagrp -modify oracle_group AutoStart 0
     # haconf -dump -makero

   • If the Oracle database is not managed by VCS, change the management policy for the database to manual:

     For Oracle RAC 11g:

     $ srvctl modify database -d db-name -y manual

     For Oracle RAC 12c:

     $ srvctl modify database -db db-name -policy manual

8. Stop VCS on all nodes:

   # hastop -all

9. Unmount the VxFS file system on each node, which is not under VCS control.

   # mount -v |grep vxfs

   # fuser -c /mount_point

   # umount /mount_point

   Make sure that no processes are running which make use of mounted shared file system or shared volumes.

   # fuser -cu /mount_point

10. If you plan to upgrade the operating system, stop all ports.

    # ./installer -stop

    # /opt/VRTS/install/installer -stop sys1 sys2