InfoScale™ 9.0 Storage Foundation Configuration and Upgrade Guide - Linux

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Product(s): InfoScale & Storage Foundation (9.0)
Platform: Linux
  1. Section I. Introduction and configuration of Storage Foundation
    1. Introducing Storage Foundation
      1. About Storage Foundation
        1.  
          About Veritas Replicator Option
      2.  
        About InfoScale Operations Manager
      3.  
        About Services and Operations Readiness Tools (SORT)
    2. Configuring Storage Foundation
      1.  
        Configuring Storage Foundation using the installer
      2. Configuring SF manually
        1.  
          Configuring Veritas Volume Manager
        2. Configuring Veritas File System
          1.  
            Loading and unloading the file system module
      3.  
        Configuring SFDB
  2. Section II. Upgrade of Storage Foundation
    1. Planning to upgrade Storage Foundation
      1.  
        About the upgrade
      2.  
        Supported upgrade paths
      3. Preparing to upgrade SF
        1.  
          Getting ready for the upgrade
        2.  
          Creating backups
        3.  
          Determining if the root disk is encapsulated
        4. Pre-upgrade planning when VVR is configured
          1.  
            Considerations for upgrading SF to 7.4 or later on systems with an ongoing or a paused replication
          2. Planning an upgrade from the previous VVR version
            1.  
              Planning and upgrading VVR to use IPv6 as connection protocol
        5.  
          Upgrading the array support
      4.  
        Using Install Bundles to simultaneously install or upgrade full releases (base, maintenance, rolling patch), and individual patches
    2. Upgrading Storage Foundation
      1. Upgrading Storage Foundation from previous versions to 9.0
        1.  
          Upgrading Storage Foundation using the product installer
      2. Upgrading Volume Replicator
        1. Upgrading VVR without disrupting replication
          1.  
            Upgrading VVR sites with InfoScale 7.4.1 or later
          2.  
            Post-upgrade tasks for VVR sites
      3.  
        Upgrading SFDB
    3. Performing an automated SF upgrade using response files
      1.  
        Upgrading SF using response files
      2.  
        Response file variables to upgrade SF
      3.  
        Sample response file for SF upgrade
    4. Upgrading SF using YUM
      1.  
        About support for InfoScale upgrade using YUM
      2.  
        Upgrade InfoScale using YUM
    5. Performing post-upgrade tasks
      1.  
        Optional configuration steps
      2.  
        Re-joining the backup boot disk group into the current disk group
      3.  
        Reverting to the backup boot disk group after an unsuccessful upgrade
      4.  
        Recovering VVR if automatic upgrade fails
      5.  
        Resetting DAS disk names to include host name in FSS environments
      6.  
        Upgrading disk layout versions
      7.  
        Upgrading VxVM disk group versions
      8.  
        Updating variables
      9.  
        Setting the default disk group
      10.  
        Verifying the Storage Foundation upgrade
  3. Section III. Post configuration tasks
    1. Performing configuration tasks
      1.  
        Switching on Quotas
      2.  
        Enabling DMP support for native devices
      3. About configuring authentication for SFDB tools
        1.  
          Configuring vxdbd for SFDB tools authentication
  4. Section IV. Configuration and upgrade reference
    1. Appendix A. Installation scripts
      1.  
        Installation script options
      2.  
        About using the postcheck option
    2. Appendix B. Configuring the secure shell or the remote shell for communications
      1.  
        About configuring secure shell or remote shell communication modes before installing products
      2.  
        Manually configuring passwordless ssh
      3.  
        Setting up ssh and rsh connection using the installer -comsetup command
      4.  
        Setting up ssh and rsh connection using the pwdutil.pl utility
      5.  
        Restarting the ssh session
      6.  
        Enabling rsh for Linux

Upgrading VVR sites with InfoScale 7.4.1 or later

Use the product installer to first upgrade VVR on the Secondaries and then on the Primary.

To upgrade a Secondary

  1. Pause the replication to a Secondary by initiating pauserep on the Primary.

    # /usr/sbin/vradmin -g <disk_group_name> pauserep <RVG_name> <secondary_hostname>

  2. Verify that the replication has paused.

    # /usr/sbin/vradmin -g <disk_group_name> -l repstatus <RVG_name>

  3. Upgrade from VVR 7.4.1 or later to VVR 9.0 on the Secondary.
  4. Resume the replication to the Secondary by initiating resumerep on the Primary.

    # /usr/sbin/vradmin -g <disk_group_name> resumerep <RVG_name> <secondary_hostname>

  5. Verify that the replication has resumed.

    # /usr/sbin/vradmin -g <disk_group_name> -l repstatus <RVG_name>

To upgrade the Primary

  1. Verify that the replication status is consistent and up-to-date.

    # /usr/sbin/vradmin -g <disk_group_name> -l repstatus <RVG_name>

  2. Take the applications and the mount points down.
  3. Pause the replication to the Secondary by initiating pauserep on the Primary.

    # /usr/sbin/vradmin -g <disk_group_name> pauserep <RVG_name> <secondary_hostname>

  4. Verify that the replication has paused.

    # /usr/sbin/vradmin -g <disk_group_name> -l repstatus <RVG_name>

  5. Upgrade from VVR 7.4.1 or later to VVR 9.0 on the Primary.
  6. Resume the replication to the Secondary by initiating resumerep on the Primary.

    # /usr/sbin/vradmin -g <disk_group_name> resumerep <RVG_name> <secondary_hostname>

  7. Verify that the replication has resumed.

    # /usr/sbin/vradmin -g <disk_group_name> -l repstatus <RVG_name>

  8. Mount all the file systems and start all the applications on the Primary.