H06.08 Software Installation and Upgrade Guide

H06.08 Installation, Migration, and Fallback

Considerations

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Visual Inspect

Restart $IMON Required

If you use Visual Inspect, you must restart the Inspect Monitor process ($IMON) every

time you restart the system.

Upgrading Visual Inspect Client to Version 3.x

If you are currently running Visual Inspect client version 2.x, upgrading to version 3.x is

optional. However, to get the full benefit of the features and performance of the

H-series Visual Inspect servers and client, you must upgrade to Visual Inspect client

version 3.x. If you do plan to upgrade Visual Inspect client, HP recommends that you

upgrade to the latest version.

ServerNet Cluster

Starting in H06.05, the HP NonStop ServerNet Switch (model 6780) can support the

long-distance option in a three-zone configuration of the layered topology. Before this

RVU, the long-distance option was restricted to a two-zone configuration. To use the

ServerNet cluster long-distance option in a three-zone configuration, you must install

the H06.05 or later H-series RVU or the T0502H01^AAP or later SPR.

HP recommends upgrading the Integrity NonStop NS-series servers to the H06.05 or

later H-series RVU if the servers will be connected to a long-distance ServerNet

Cluster. If the long-distance cluster also contains NonStop S-series servers, HP

recommends upgrading those servers to the G06.28 or later G-series RVU. H-series

RVUs starting with H06.05 contain T9050H02^AQD or later, and G-series RVUs

starting with G06.28 contain T9050G09^AQB or later. These two T9050 SPRs correct

a performance defect that affects Inter-Processor Communication (IPC) long-distance

cluster transfers to and from Integrity NonStop NS-series servers. For details, see the

T9050H02^AQD and T9050G09^AQB softdocs.

Other than the T0502H02^AAP or later SPR, a three-zone long-distance configuration

requires the same SPRs as a two-zone long-distance configuration.

SMF

Beginning in the H06.05 RVU, SMFINTRFCE (T0063) is merged into the SMF (T8472)

product. The merging of these T-numbers can cause a problem if you are installing the

SMF bundle (T8472H01^ACW or later) on a pre-H06.05 system without installing the

entire SUT. (The problem does not occur if you are installing the entire G06.28 or later

SUT.)

The problem occurs because the merged version of SMF and the existing T0063

component in your current (pre-H06.05) RVU both attempt to place the file ZSMFC in