InfoScale™ 9.0 Storage Foundation for Oracle® RAC Configuration and Upgrade Guide - Linux

To upgrade InfoScale using YUM

1. Configure an InfoScale repository on the node.

   • Create a repository file (.repo) under /etc/yum.repos.d.

     # cat /etc/yum.repos.d/infoscale<version>.repo

   • Add the following contents to the repository file:

     [repo-infoscale<version>]
     name=Repository for InfoScale infoscale<version>
     baseurl=file:///<image_dir>/rpms/
     enabled=1
     gpgcheck=1
     gpgkey=file:///<image_dir>/rpms/RPM-GPG-KEY-veritas-infoscale

     The values for the baseurl attribute can start with http://, ftp://, or file:///. The URL you choose should be able to access the repodata directory. It also needs to access all the SF Oracle RAC RPMs in the repository that you create or update.

   • Save the changes and exit the file editor.

   • Update the yum repository.

     # yum repoList

     # yum updateinfo

2. If applicable, perform a minor OS version upgrade as follows:

   • Disable the InfoScale repository.

     # yum update --disablerepo=[Infoscale repo]

   • Update the minor OS version.

3. Take one of the following courses of action depending on the InfoScale version from which you are upgrading:

   • Upgrades from InfoScale 7.4.1.x (mixed-version clusters are not supported)

     Run the following command on any node to stop the Cluster Server (VCS) high availability daemon (HAD) across the entire cluster:

     # /opt/VRTSvcs/bin/hastop -all -force

     Note: Do not start HAD on any node until all the nodes have been upgraded to the new version.

   • Upgrades from InfoScale 7.4.2.x onwards (rolling upgrades are supported)

     Run the following command on a single node at a time to forcefully stop HAD:

     # /opt/VRTSvcs/bin/hastop -local -force

     Alternatively, run the following commands to temporarily freeze the Cluster Volume Manager (CVM) and other service groups that contain the CVMVoldg or DiskGroup resources.

     # /opt/VRTSvcs/bin/hagrp -freeze cvm

     # /opt/VRTSvcs/bin/hagrp -freeze <service_group>

4. Upgrade InfoScale.

   Run the following command to update the required rpms:

   # yum update VRTS*

5. Take one of the following courses of action depending on the InfoScale version from which you are upgrading:

   • Upgrades from InfoScale 7.4.1.x (mixed-version clusters are not supported)

     After all the nodes have been upgraded, run the following command on each node to start HAD:

     # /opt/VRTSvcs/bin/hastart

     Note: Do not start HAD on any node until all the nodes in the cluster have been upgraded.

   • Upgrades from InfoScale 7.4.2.x onwards (rolling upgrades are supported)

     Start HAD, if you had stopped it earlier.

     # /opt/VRTSvcs/bin/hastart

     Alternatively, if applicable, unfreeze the service groups.

     # /opt/VRTSvcs/bin/hagrp -unfreeze cvm

     # /opt/VRTSvcs/bin/hagrp -unfreeze <service_group>

6. Manually generate and install the installer scripts for the configuration:

   # /opt/VRTS/install/bin/UXRT<version>/add_install_scripts

7. Reboot the node as follows:

   • If the application service group is online on the current node, fail it over to an alternate node.

     # /opt/VRTSvcs/bin/hagrp -switch <app_service_group> -to <alternate_node_name>

   • Stop the VCS high availability daemon locally.

     # /opt/VRTSvcs/bin/hastop -local

   • Gracefully reboot the node.

     # shutdown -r now

To update the protocol versions and types definition manually

1. Update the VCS protocol version.

   # /opt/VRTSvcs/bin/haclus -version -update <protocol_version>

2. Update the types definition.

   # /opt/VRTSvcs/bin/hatrigger -updatetypes 1 <node_name> 1

3. Update the CFS protocol version.

   # vxupgrade -n <protocol_version> <file_system_name>

4. Update the CVM protocol version.

   # vxdctl upgrade

(Optional - InfoScale 9.0.2 onwards) To update the protocol versions and types definition using the script

• Execute the following script to update the VCS, CVM, and CFS protocol versions and the VCS types definition:

  # python3 /opt/VRTS/install/yum_postupgrade.py

To update the storage component versions

1. Update the disk group (DG) version.

   # vxdg upgrade <disk_group_name>

2. Update the file system disk group layout version (DLV).

   # vxupgrade <mount_point>