HP Serviceguard A.11.20.10 for Linux Release Notes, December 2012

Rolling software upgrade for Serviceguard XDC environment
If you have already deployed XDC A.01.01 or later with HP Serviceguard for Linux A.11.19.xx,
you can upgrade HP Serviceguard and XDC software one node at a time without bringing down
your clusters. You can complete this process at a time when one system needs to be taken offline
for hardware maintenance or patch installations.
On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5:
If Serviceguard A.11.19.xx version is installed on the node, first you must upgrade to Serviceguard
A.11.20.00 version.
After Serviceguard is upgraded to the A.11.20.10 version:
1. Verify whether xdc rpm is installed on the node:
#rpm -q xdc
xdc-A.01.01-0.rhel5.noarch
2. Uninstall the xdc rpm:
#rpm -e xdc-A.01.01-0.rhel5.noarch
3. Download SGLX_00339.tar.shar.
4. Run the # sh `SGLX_00339`.tar.shar command.
The contents of the .shar file are:
• SGLX_00339.doc
• install
• SGLX_00339.tar
5. Extract the patch files from the SGLX_00339.tar file.
6. Run sgupdate script following the steps given in the install file.
On SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11:
If Serviceguard A.11.19.xx version is installed on the node, first you must upgrade to Serviceguard
A.11.20.10 version.
After Serviceguard is upgraded to the A.11.20.10 version:
1. Verify whether xdc rpm is installed on the node:
#rpm -q xdc
xdc-A.01.02-0.suse11.noarch
2. Uninstall the xdc rpm:
#rpm -e xdc-A.01.02-0.sles11.noarch
3. Install the Serviceguard-xdc A.11.20.10 on the node:
#rpm -i serviceguard-xdc-A.11.20.10-0.sles11.x86_64.rpm
Verifying installation
After you install Serviceguard-xdc , run the following command to ensure that the software is
installed:
# rpm -qa | grep serviceguard-xdc
In the output, the product name, Serviceguard-xdc -A.11.20.10-0 must be present. The presence
of this file verifies that the installation is successful.
Rolling upgrade in Serviceguard Manager
Serviceguard Manager does not support rolling upgrade.
Compatibility and installation requirements 31