Veritas InfoScale 7.1 Installation and Upgrade Guide - Windows

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Product(s): InfoScale & Storage Foundation (7.1)
Platform: Windows
  1. Preinstallation and planning
    1. About the Veritas InfoScale product suite
      1.  
        About the Dynamic Multi-pathing for VMware component
    2.  
      Supported hardware and software
    3.  
      Disk space requirements
    4.  
      Installation requirements
    5.  
      Requirements for installing InfoScale Storage in a Microsoft Failover Cluster
    6. Recommendations and best practices
      1. Verifying the system configuration using the Windows Data Collector
        1.  
          Installing the Windows Data Collector
        2.  
          Running the verification reports
    7. About InfoScale licenses
      1.  
        Licensing notes
      2.  
        vxlicrep command
  2. Installing the Veritas InfoScale products
    1.  
      About installing the InfoScale products
    2.  
      About the co-existence of InfoScale products
    3.  
      Installing the server components using the installation wizard
    4.  
      Applying the selected installation and product options to multiple systems
    5.  
      Installing the server components using the command-line installer
    6.  
      Parameters for Setup.exe
    7.  
      Available product options and supported DMP DSMs
    8.  
      Registering the InfoScale Storage resource DLLs
    9.  
      Installing the client components
  3. Upgrading to InfoScale products
    1. Preparing the systems for an upgrade
      1.  
        About the supported upgrade paths and the supported minimum product versions
      2.  
        General preparations
      3.  
        Recommendations and considerations for product upgrade
    2. Performing the product upgrade
      1. Upgrading SFW or SFW Basic in a non-clustered environment
        1.  
          Preparing the primary site for upgrade in a non-clustered SFW environment
      2. Upgrading SFW or SFW Basic in a Windows Server Failover Cluster environment
        1.  
          Preparing the secondary site for SFW upgrade in a Windows Server Failover Cluster environment
        2.  
          Failing over application to secondary site
        3.  
          Preparing the primary site for SFW upgrade in a Windows Server Failover Cluster environment
      3.  
        Upgrading VCS
      4. Upgrading SFW HA
        1.  
          Preparing the primary and secondary sites for upgrading SFW HA in a Volume Replicator environment
        2.  
          Associating the replication logs and starting the replication
        3.  
          Re-enabling Volume Replicator in a VCS cluster
      5.  
        Upgrading DMP
    3.  
      About transitioning between the InfoScale products
  4. Performing the post upgrade tasks
    1.  
      Deployment scenarios and applicable post upgrade tasks
    2.  
      Re-enabling Volume Replicator in a non-clustered environment
    3.  
      Re-enabling Volume Replicator in a Microsoft failover cluster environment
    4.  
      Reconnecting DMP DSM paths after the upgrade
    5.  
      Reconfiguring the Veritas InfoScale Messaging Service
    6.  
      Importing the configured rules
    7.  
      Upgrading the dynamic disk group version
    8.  
      Upgrading clusters for stronger security
    9.  
      Reinstalling the custom agents
    10.  
      Including custom resources
  5. Administering the InfoScale product installation
    1.  
      Adding or removing product options
    2.  
      Managing InfoScale licenses
    3.  
      Repairing an InfoScale product installation
    4.  
      About reinstalling InfoScale products
  6. Uninstalling the InfoScale products
    1.  
      About uninstalling the InfoScale products
    2.  
      Uninstalling the InfoScale products using the installation wizard
  7. Performing application upgrades in an InfoScale environment
    1. Upgrading Microsoft SQL Server
      1. Upgrading SQL Server 2008 to SQL Server 2008 R2
        1.  
          Preupgrade tasks for upgrading SQL Server 2008 to SQL Server 2008 R2 in a disaster recovery environment
        2.  
          Upgrading SQL Server 2008 to SQL Server 2008 R2 on the first cluster node
        3.  
          Upgrading SQL Server 2008 to SQL Server 2008 R2 on additional failover nodes
        4.  
          Modifying the SQL Server 2008 service group configuration
        5.  
          Deleting the SQL Server 2008 service group and creating the SQL Server 2008 R2 service group
      2. Upgrading to later versions of SQL Server
        1.  
          Upgrading SQL Server on the first cluster node
        2.  
          Upgrading SQL Server on additional failover nodes
        3.  
          Creating the new SQL Server service group
    2. Upgrading Oracle
      1.  
        Performing the post upgrade tasks
      2.  
        Associating the updated Oracle database with the listener
      3. Configuring the Oracle database and listener to use the virtual IP address
        1.  
          Setting the dispatchers parameter in PFILE
        2.  
          Setting the dispatchers parameter in SPFILE
      4.  
        Configuring Oracle and listener services
      5.  
        Modifying the ServiceName attribute for the netlsnr resource
    3. Upgrading application service packs in an InfoScale environment
      1. Upgrading the Exchange Server service packs
        1.  
          Upgrading Exchange Server 2007 to a service pack
        2.  
          Upgrading Exchange Server 2010 to a service pack
      2. Upgrading the SQL Server service packs
        1.  
          Upgrading SQL Server 2008 or 2008 R2 to a service pack
        2.  
          Upgrading SQL Server 2012 or SQL Server 2014 to a service pack
      3.  
        Upgrading SharePoint Server 2010 to a service pack
  8. Appendix A. Services and ports
    1.  
      InfoScale ports and services
  9. Appendix B. Migrating from a third-party multi-pathing solution to DMP
    1.  
      Migrating from EMC PowerPath
    2. Migrating from Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager (HDLM)
      1.  
        Uninstalling HDLM in a non-clustered environment
      2.  
        Uninstalling HDLM in a clustered (MSCS or VCS) environment
    3.  
      Configuring DMP for Active/Active load balancing in a cluster

Upgrading Exchange Server 2007 to a service pack

This section describes how to upgrade Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2007 SP3, using the Exchange 2007 Upgrade Wizard. It is applicable only if you already have Exchange 2007 set up in an InfoScale environment.

Note:

The procedure given below describes how to upgrade Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2007 SP1. This procedure can also be used to upgrade Exchange 2007 SP1 or SP2 to Exchange 2007 SP3.

Before upgrading the Exchange Server service pack

Before you proceed to upgrade the Exchange Server service pack, note the following:

  • Ensure that the Exchange 2007 service group is offline in the cluster.

  • While performing the upgrade the Exchange 2007 Upgrade Wizard renames and then restarts the cluster node. Exit all the other programs before you run the wizard on a cluster node.

  • Ensure that the Exchange database and registry replication files are configured on separate volumes. Configuring the Exchange database and the registry replication files on the same volume may cause data corruption, after you upgrade Exchange with the latest service pack.

    If you fail to configure the Exchange database and the registry replication files on separate volumes, and the data gets corrupt after upgrading Exchange with the latest service pack, perform the following steps as a workaround:

    • Delete or rename the file that could not be restored. Refer to the agent logs for the list of files that could not be restored.

    • Bring the Regrep resource online.

Complete the following steps on all cluster nodes that are part of the Exchange 2007 service group, one node at a time.

To upgrade Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2007 SP3

  1. Launch the Exchange 2007 Upgrade wizard on one of the cluster nodes from Start > All Programs > Veritas > Veritas Cluster Server > Configuration Tools > Exchange 2007 Upgrade Wizard or, on Windows 2012 operating systems, from the Apps menu in the Start screen.
  2. Review the information on the Welcome panel and click Next.
  3. On the Exchange Virtual Server Selection panel, select the Exchange virtual server that you want to upgrade and then click Next.

    The Summary table provides the details of the Exchange virtual servers in the cluster and their upgrade status on each cluster node.

  4. The wizard performs the tasks required to set up the VCS environment for the Exchange upgrade. The Tasks table displays the progress of the various tasks. After all the tasks are completed, click Next.
  5. Review the information on the Cluster Node Reboot panel and then click Reboot. The wizard prompts you to reboot the node. Click Yes to reboot the node.

    The Exchange virtual server name is temporarily assigned to the cluster node. On rebooting the node, the Exchange 2007 Upgrade Wizard is launched automatically with a message that the Exchange pre-upgrade tasks are complete. Do not click Continue at this time. Wait until after the Exchange upgrade is complete.

  6. Run the Exchange 2007 SP1 installer to upgrade Exchange 2007 on the node. Type the following at the command prompt:
    <drive letter>:\setup.com /mode:Upgrade

    Here <drive letter> is the drive where the Exchange SP1 installer is located.

    Note:

    You can also run Setup.exe to launch the installer GUI for upgrading Exchange. If using the installer GUI, ensure that you do not select any other Exchange 2007 server role. Only the Mailbox server role must be upgraded.

    Verify that the upgrade has completed successfully. In case there are errors or if the upgrade has partially succeeded or has failed, resolve the errors and ensure that the upgrade is successful.

    Refer to the Microsoft Exchange documentation for more information.

  7. Return to the Exchange 2007 Upgrade Wizard and click Continue.

    If the wizard is not running, start the wizard from Start > All Programs > Veritas > Veritas Cluster Server > Configuration Tools > Exchange 2007 Upgrade Wizard or, on Windows 2012 operating systems, from the Apps menu in the Start screen.

  8. The wizard performs the tasks required to set up the VCS environment after the Exchange upgrade. The Tasks table displays the progress of the various tasks. After all the tasks are completed, click Next.
  9. Review the information on the completion panel and then click Finish.

    The wizard displays the status of the Exchange virtual server upgrade. The Summary table provides the details of the Exchange virtual servers in the cluster and their upgrade status on each cluster node.

  10. Repeat these steps on the remaining cluster nodes. After you have upgraded all the cluster nodes that are configured to host the Exchange virtual server, bring the Exchange 2007 service group online in the cluster.

    Note:

    Do not bring the Exchange 2007 service group online until you have completed the upgrade on all the cluster nodes that are part of the service group.

  11. For a disaster recovery environment, repeat this procedure at the secondary (DR) site.