Storage Foundation 7.4.2 Configuration and Upgrade Guide - AIX

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Product(s): InfoScale & Storage Foundation (7.4.2)
Platform: AIX
  1. Section I. Introduction and configuration of Storage Foundation
    1. Introducing Storage Foundation
      1. About Storage Foundation
        1.  
          About Veritas Replicator Option
      2.  
        About Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager
      3.  
        About Veritas Services and Operations Readiness Tools (SORT)
    2. Configuring Storage Foundation
      1.  
        Configuring Storage Foundation using the installer
      2. Configuring SF manually
        1.  
          Configuring Veritas File System
      3.  
        Configuring DMP support for booting over a SAN
      4.  
        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.  
          Preparing for an upgrade of Storage Foundation
        3.  
          Creating backups
        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.  
          Verifying that the file systems are clean
        6.  
          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 with the product installer
      2. Upgrade Storage Foundation and AIX on a DMP-enabled rootvg
        1.  
          Upgrading from prior version of SF on AIX 7.1 to SF 7.4.2 on a DMP-enabled rootvg
        2.  
          Upgrading the operating system from AIX 7.1 to AIX 7.2 in Veritas InfoScale 7.4.2
      3.  
        Upgrading SF on a Virtual I/O server (VIOS) from 6.2.1 or later to 7.4.2
      4.  
        Upgrading the AIX operating system
      5. Upgrading Volume Replicator
        1. Upgrading VVR without disrupting replication
          1.  
            Upgrading VVR on the Secondary
          2.  
            Upgrading VVR on the Primary
      6.  
        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. Performing post-upgrade tasks
      1.  
        Optional configuration steps
      2.  
        Recovering VVR if automatic upgrade fails
      3.  
        Resetting DAS disk names to include host name in FSS environments
      4.  
        Upgrading disk layout versions
      5.  
        Upgrading VxVM disk group versions
      6.  
        Updating variables
      7.  
        Setting the default disk group
      8.  
        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. Support for AIX Live Update
      1.  
        Support for AIX Live Update (Technology preview)
    2. Appendix B. Installation scripts
      1.  
        Installation script options
      2.  
        About using the postcheck option
    3. Appendix C. 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 AIX
    4. Appendix D. Changing NFS server major numbers for VxVM volumes
      1.  
        Changing NFS server major numbers for VxVM volumes

Supported upgrade paths

You can upgrade to Veritas InfoScale 7.4.2 only if your currently installed product has one of the base versions: 6.2.1, 7.2, 7.3.1, 7.4.1. If your existing installation does not have one of these base versions, you must first upgrade your current installation to one of these versions. Then, follow the procedures mentioned in the Configuration and Upgrade Guide for the component configured with your InfoScale product.

Table: Supported upgrade paths lists the supported upgrade paths.

Table: Supported upgrade paths

From product version

From OS version

To OS version

To product version

To component

6.2.1

AIX 7.1 TL2, TL3, TL4, TL5

AIX 7.1 TL4, TL5

AIX 7.2 TL3, TL4

Veritas InfoScale Storage 7.4.2

SF

7.2

AIX 7.1 TL3, TL4, TL5

AIX 7.2 TL0, TL1, TL2

AIX 7.1 TL4, TL5

AIX 7.2 TL3, TL4

Veritas InfoScale Storage 7.4.2

SF

7.3.1

AIX 7.1 TL4, TL5

AIX 7.2 TL0, TL1, TL2, TL3, TL4

AIX 7.1 TL4, TL5

AIX 7.2 TL3, TL4

Veritas InfoScale Storage 7.4.2

SF

7.4.1

AIX 7.1 TL4, TL5

AIX 7.2 TL0, TL1, TL2, TL3

AIX 7.1 TL4, TL5

AIX 7.2 TL3, TL4

Veritas InfoScale Storage 7.4.2

SF