HP 3PAR Upgrade Pre-Planning Guide
1. Check the status of the quorum by issuing the showrcopy -qw command. For example:
# showrcopy -qw targets
Remote Copy System Information
Status: Started, Normal
Target Information
Name ID Type Status Policy QW-IP Q-Status Q-Status-Qual
s210 3 IP ready mirror_config 10.112.135.205 Started
2. Stop the quorum witness by issuing the setrcopytarget witness stop command. For
example:
# setrcopytarget witness stop s210
3. Verify that the quorum witness is in the Not-started state by issuing the showrcopy-qw
command. For example:
showrcopy -qw targets
Remote Copy System Information
Status: Started, Normal
Target Information
Name ID Type Status Policy QW-IP Q-Status Q-Status-Qual
s210 3 IP ready mirror_config 10.112.135.205 Not-started
4. After the upgrade, restart the quorum witness by issuing the setrcopytarget witness
start command. For example:
setrcopytarget witness start s210
5. Verify that the quorum witness has started by issuing the showrcopy-qw command. For
example:
# showrcopy -qw targets
Remote Copy System Information
Status: Started, Normal
Target Information
Name ID Type Status Policy QW-IP Q-Status Q-Status-Qual
s210 3 IP ready mirror_config 10.112.135.205 Started
16 Guidelines for Online Upgrades