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

To upgrade the first half of the cluster

1. If you plan to upgrade the operating system, rename the /etc/llttab file to prevent LLT from starting automatically when the node starts:

   # mv /etc/llttab /etc/llttab.save

2. Upgrade the operating system, if required.

   For instructions, see the operating system documentation.

3. If you upgraded the operating system, restart the nodes if required:

   # shutdown -g0 -y -i6

   You may see some errors in the system log file when the nodes restart. This is because LLT is disabled. Ignore these messages.

   svc.startd[7]: [ID 652011 daemon.warning] svc:/system/llt:default: 
   Method "/lib/svc/method/llt start" failed with exit status 2.
   gab: [ID 438192 kern.notice] GAB WARNING V-15-1-20115 
   Port d registration failed, GAB not configured

4. After you finish upgrading the operating system, change the LLT configuration to its original configuration.

   # mv /etc/llttab.save /etc/llttab

5. Make sure that you can run secure shell or remote shell from the node where you launched the installer to the nodes in the second subcluster without requests for a password.
6. Upgrade SF Oracle RAC using the product installer. Navigate to the product directory on the installation media. When you invoke the installer, select the Full Upgrade option. The installer automatically detects the phased upgrade though you select the Full Upgrade option.

   # cd product image folder

   # cd /dvd_mount/

   Using the product installer:

   # ./installer -upgrade sys1 sys2

   At this point, you may see the following installer prompt:

   1)  Relink Oracle Database Binary
   2)  Exit SF Oracle RAC Configuration

   It is recommended that you choose to exit the configuration.

   For Solaris Zone environments: Additionally, perform the following steps if Oracle RAC is installed in a non-global zone:

   • Take the zone service groups in the subcluster offline:

     # hagrp -offline zone_group -sys sys_name

   • Update the zone configuration.

     For instructions, see the topic "Preparing to install non-global zones" in the document Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions Virtualization Guide.

   • From the global zone, run the following command for each non-global zone in the subcluster:

     # zoneadm -z zone_name attach -u

   Note:

   After you complete the upgrade of the first half of the cluster, no GAB ports will be shown in the output when you run the gabconfig -a command.

7. Change the /etc/default/llt file to prevent LLT from starting automatically after reboot by setting the LLT_START attribute to 0:

   LLT_START=0

8. Restart the nodes:

   # shutdown -g0 -y -i6

   You may see some errors in the system log file when the nodes restart. This is because LLT is disabled. Ignore these messages.

   svc.startd[7]: [ID 652011 daemon.warning] svc:/system/llt:default: 
   Method "/lib/svc/method/llt start" failed with exit status 2.
   gab: [ID 438192 kern.notice] GAB WARNING V-15-1-20115 
   Port d registration failed, GAB not configured