HP 3PAR OS 3.1.3 Upgrade Instructions

Contents
1 Introduction...............................................................................................4
2 Supported Update Types and Paths...............................................................6
3 Pre-Installation Requirements........................................................................7
Verifying the Service Processor Software Level..............................................................................7
Check the SP Release Level....................................................................................................7
Update the SP if Necessary.......................................................................................................8
4 Installing the HP 3PAR OS onto the Service Processor via CD...........................9
5 Installing the Service Processor update via SPOCC.......................................10
6 Deploying the HP 3PAR OS to the Service Processor via the Secure Service
Collector....................................................................................................11
7 HP 3PAR OS Update Task Overview...........................................................12
8 Pre-Update Tasks......................................................................................13
Verifying the HP 3PAR OS Software Level...................................................................................13
Verifying the Health of the Storage System.................................................................................13
Running a Health Check From the SPMAINT Utility.................................................................13
Performing Validation Routines.................................................................................................14
Staging the HP 3PAR OS from Service Processor.........................................................................16
9 Updating the HP 3PAR OS Online..............................................................18
10 Updating the HP 3PAR OS Offline............................................................20
11 Post-Update Tasks....................................................................................23
Verifying the Storage System Configuration................................................................................23
Updating Back-end Components...............................................................................................23
12 Updating the HP 3PAR OS using SPOCC...................................................25
13 Known Issues..........................................................................................27
A VV in an AO configuration might occasionally display incorrect RAID type and device type
information (Issue ID 80428)....................................................................................................27
In the dismissrcopyvv command, options after -pat are ignored (Issue ID 87003).............................27
When an FC adapter is replaced with a CNA adapter, an iSCSI port might enter in config_wait state
intermittently (Issue ID 92692)...................................................................................................27
An issue in rm_config_group_dr sets the target busy bit, but does not clear the target busy bit after
completing the restore command (Issue ID 92831).......................................................................27
Renaming a CPG while tunesys is running might cause tunes to fail (Issue ID 101049)......................27
Downgrading an HP 3PAR StoreServ from version 3.1.3 to an earlier release results in checkhealth
warnings and free node disk space service alerts (Issue ID 101859)..............................................27
The chunklet cleaning display in tunesys always displays zero for the number of chunklets cleaned
in the last interval (Issue ID 102018)..........................................................................................28
14 Documentation feedback.........................................................................29
A HP 3PAR OS Update Checklist...................................................................30
B Maintenance Mode..................................................................................31
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