H06.27 Software Installation and Upgrade Guide

Table 7 Required Information Checklist, Before You Start (continued)
ValueType of Information
ServerNet Cluster firmware
• Cluster Switch
• Cluster Switch (logic board; router-2)
DSM/SCM product version (server and client)
Processor type
Record the information in Table 8 while you perform the upgrade.
Table 8 Information to Gather During the Upgrade (Checklist)
ValueType of Information
SYSnn created during this RVU Build/Apply
Volume where ZDSMSCM subvolume is located (by default,
$DSMSCM)
Volume where audit trails are located (by default, $AUDIT)
Name of saved configuration file
Upgrade Checklist
Go through this list in order and check off each task in the Done column after it is complete.
Table 9 Upgrade Checklist
Done?ReferenceTask Description
Chapter 5: “Preparing to Upgrade the Server Software
(Pre-installation Tasks)”
1. Perform all of the necessary
pre-installation tasks before updating
the system console and receiving the
SUT.
“Copying the DSM/SCM, NonStop Software Essentials,
and SWID SPRs from the SUT Using NonStop Software
2. Before you receive and install the
SUT, first copy the DSM/SCM server
Essentials” (page 171) or “Installing SWID, DSM/SCMand client product SPR and SWID SPR
from the SUT to your host system. PVU, and Planner Interface (PI) Client Software ”
(page 180)
“Back Up Important Files” (page 70)3. Back up important files.
“Record the Current SYSnn” (page 71)4. Record the current SYSnn.
“Save the Current Configuration File (CONFxxyy)”
(page 71)
5. Save current system configuration
file.
6. Install required or recommended
SPRs and fallback SPRs, if necessary.
• “Using DSM/SCM With NonStop Software Essentials
to Install SPRs” (page 157) or “Using DSM/SCM With
the Planner Interface to Install SPRs”
(page 164)(procedures)
• “DSM/SCM Upgrade Issues/Interoperability SPR
Requirements” (page 59)
• “Install Node Interoperability SPRs” (page 78) (list of
required SPRs)
• Table 10 (page 69)
“Updating NonStop System Console Software
(Optional)” (page 17)
7. Upgrade system console software.
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