HP-UX SNAplus2 R7 Upgrade Guide (September 2005)

Upgrading from Earlier Versions of SNAplus2 to R7

Phased Upgrade of a Running Client/Server System

Chapter 216

For each Windows client in turn, use the procedure in “Upgrading a

Windows Client”.

Changing the Conﬁguration during the Upgrade

Process

While the network contains both Release 6 and Release 7 computers, you

can manage both using Release 6 administration tools, as long as you are

not using any new Release 7 features.

CAUTION If you use the Release 7 administration tools to conﬁgure new features

on Release 7 servers, and then subsequently use Release 6 tools, the

conﬁguration information for the new features will be lost.

Adding New Servers or Clients During the Upgrade

Process

If you need to add a new computer, either a server or a client, to the

SNAplus2 system while you are in the process of upgrading it, you can do

either of the following:

• Install the R6 software on this computer. This procedure ensures

that the new computer can access the resources of all servers, both

Release 6 and Release 7, as soon as it is installed. You then need to

upgrade it later to the new release. Add the machine in the same way

you added the existing servers and clients, following the same order

as described earlier in this section (servers in order of precedence,

and then clients). If you are adding a server, this server cannot

become a master or backup server until it is upgraded (because you

cannot change the sna.net ﬁle on back-level servers during the

upgrade process).

• Alternatively, you can install the Release 7 software on this

computer. Installing this software will avoid having to upgrade later,

but it means that the new computer can access only resources on

Release 7 servers (either new or upgraded).