H06.27 Software Installation and Upgrade Guide

H06.25
See the H06.25 Release Version Update Compendium for a list of new features and associated
migration and fallback alerts.
Halt and Hard Reset Processors When Upgrading to H06.25
When upgrading to H06.25 from an earlier RVU, the processors must be hard reset after halting
and before loading the system as described in “4. (Required for Upgrade to H06.25 or Later)
Perform a Hard Reset” (page 118).
Safeguard
Fallback and migration considerations exist for the new Safeguard features. See the H06.25
Release Version Update Compendium for more information.
SQL/MX Release 3.2
SQL/MX Release 3.2 replaces SQL/MX Release 2.3.4 as the default SQL/MX version on the SUT
starting with H06.25 . Users have a choice of staying with the latest SQL/MX Release 2.3.4 SPRs
released as Time Critical Fixes (TCFs) or to migrate to SQL/MX Release 3.2. Please refer to the
instructions in hotstuff HS03173 for more details before installing H06.25.
NOTE: Starting with SQL/MX Release 3.2, mxtool includes the fixmxcsmd option, which
supports the conversion of the SQL/MX Release 2.3.x CPU list format to the SQL/MX Release
3.2.x CPU list format in the ENVIRONMENTVALUES MXCS metadata table. To perform the CPU list
format conversion, you must run the mxtool command with the fixmxcsmd option as described
in the SQL/MX Connectivity Service Manual for SQL/MX Release 3.2.
H06.26
This section provides information only for new features and changes that affect the software
installation and upgrade steps for H06.26. See the H06.26 Release Version Update Compendium
for more information about these and other H06.26 products and their associated migration and
fallback alerts.
CLIM Fallback Considerations for Multiple Providers per CLIM
Multiple Providers per CLIM functionality and the requirments for CLIM fallback from H06.26 an
earlier RVU are described in “A. If Falling Back to H06.25 or an Earlier RVU” (page 117).
Halt and Hard Reset Processors When Upgrading to H06.26 or Later
When upgrading to H06.26 or a later H-series RVU from H06.24 or an earlier RVU, the processors
must be hard reset after they are halted and before loading the system as described in “4. (Required
for Upgrade to H06.25 or Later) Perform a Hard Reset” (page 118).
NonStop Server for Java 7.0
NonStop Server for Java 7.0 (NSJ7) is the first release of NonStop Server for Java to be delivered
via RVU instead of as an independent product and supports the latest Java SE 7 standard. For
information about NSJ7 features, see the NonStop Server for Java 7.0 Programmer Reference and
the NonStop Server for Java 7.0 Tools Reference.
NonStop SOAP 4.1
See the H06.26 Release Version Update Compendium for information about NonStop SOAP 4.1.
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