Storage Foundation 7.4 Configuration and Upgrade Guide - Linux
- Section I. Introduction and configuration of Storage Foundation
- Section II. Upgrade of Storage Foundation
- Planning to upgrade Storage Foundation
- Upgrading Storage Foundation
- Performing an automated SF upgrade using response files
- Performing post-upgrade tasks
- Optional configuration steps
- Re-joining the backup boot disk group into the current disk group
- Reverting to the backup boot disk group after an unsuccessful upgrade
- Recovering VVR if automatic upgrade fails
- Resetting DAS disk names to include host name in FSS environments
- Upgrading disk layout versions
- Upgrading VxVM disk group versions
- Updating variables
- Setting the default disk group
- Verifying the Storage Foundation upgrade
- Section III. Post configuration tasks
- Section IV. Configuration and Upgrade reference
- Appendix A. Installation scripts
- Appendix B. Configuring the secure shell or the remote shell for communications
- About configuring secure shell or remote shell communication modes before installing products
- Manually configuring passwordless ssh
- Setting up ssh and rsh connection using the installer -comsetup command
- Setting up ssh and rsh connection using the pwdutil.pl utility
- Restarting the ssh session
- Enabling rsh for Linux
About the upgrade
This release supports upgrades from 6.1 and later versions. If your existing installation is from a pre-6.1 version, you must first upgrade to version 6.1, then follow the procedures mentioned in this document to upgrade the product.
The installer supports the following types of upgrade:
Full upgrade
Automated upgrade using response files
Table: Veritas InfoScale product mapping after upgrade describes the product mapping after an upgrade.
Table: Veritas InfoScale product mapping after upgrade
Product (6.2.x and earlier) | Product (7.0 and later) | Component (7.0 and later) |
|---|---|---|
SF Basic | No upgrade supported | Not applicable |
SF | Veritas InfoScale Storage | SF |
SF | Veritas InfoScale Foundation | SF |
SF | Veritas InfoScale Enterprise | SF |
Note:
From 7.0 onwards, the existing Veritas InfoScale product upgrades to the higher version of the same product. For example, Veritas InfoScale Enterprise 7.1 gets upgraded to Veritas InfoScale Enterprise 7.2.
During the upgrade, the installation program performs the following tasks:
Stops the product before starting the upgrade
Upgrades the installed packages and installs additional packages
Slf license key files are required while upgrading to version 7.4 and later. The text-based license keys that are used in previous product versions are not supported when upgrading to version 7.4 and later. If you plan to upgrade any of the InfoScale products from a version earlier than 7.4, first contact Customer Care for your region to procure an applicable slf license key file. Refer to the following link for contact information of the Customer Care center for your region: https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/contact-us.html.
If your current installation uses a permanent license key, you will be prompted to update the license to 7.4. Ensure that the license key file is downloaded on the local host, where you want to upgrade the product. The license key file must not be saved in the root directory (
/) or the default license directory on the local host (/etc/vx/licesnes/lic). You can save the license key file inside any other directory on the local host.If you choose not to update your license, you will be registered with a keyless license. Within 60 days of choosing this option, you must install a valid license key file corresponding to the entitled license level.
Restores the existing configuration.
For example, if your setup contains an SF installation, the installer upgrades and restores the configuration to SF. If your setup included multiple components, the installer upgrades and restores the configuration of the components.
Starts the configured components.
Note:
Before you upgrade RHEL 7.4 OS on a virtual machine, you need to first upgrade Veritas InfoScale 7.3.1. Later upgrade RHEL 7.4 OS, else the virtual machine may go in an unstable state.
Use -ignorechecks CPI option on RHEL 7.0, 7.1, 7.2 version to successfully upgrade Veritas InfoScale product.