J06.08 Software Installation and Upgrade Guide
Table Of Contents
- J06.08 Software Installation and Upgrade Guide
- Contents
- About This Document
- 1 Overview of Installing This RVU
- SUT on DVD
- CLIM Software for This RVU
- Disk Space Requirements
- Operational Differences Between This RVU and H-series RVUs
- Investigating a J-Series RVU
- System Console Requirements
- Using OSM With This RVU
- Using DSM/SCM and NonStop Software Essentials With This RVU
- NonStop Software Essentials and This RVU
- DSM/SCM and This RVU
- DSM/SCM and Public DLLs
- DSM/SCM and OSS
- Upgrading the NonStop Software Essentials Client
- Upgrading the DSM/SCM Client (Planner Interface) and the T6031H02 PVU
- Summary of Software Installation Tasks
- Check or Alter the CONFTEXT File Before Installing This RVU SUT
- Installing CLIM Software
- Backing Out the DSM/SCM Revision
- Managing Microcode and Firmware
- Installation, Migration, and Fallback
- 2 Managing Microcode and Firmware
- Managing ME Firmware and ME FPGA Firmware
- Managing OA Firmware for the c7000 Enclosure
- Managing Server Blade Firmware
- Managing ServerNet Adapter Firmware
- Managing SWAN and SWAN 2 Concentrator Firmware
- Managing NonStop Cluster Switch Firmware
- Managing CLIM Firmware
- Managing S-Series Interoperability Firmware
- 3 Installation, Migration, and Fallback Considerations for This RVU
- 4 Upgrade Checklist
- 5 Preparing to Upgrade the Server Software (Preinstallation Tasks)
- Back Up Important Files
- Record the Current SYSnn
- Save the Current Configuration File (CONFxxyy)
- Verify System Processes
- Check Processor Status
- Check System Components
- Verify the State of the Internal ServerNet Fabric
- Verify Firmware
- Verify Critical System Processes
- Verify Disk Drives
- Verify Tape Drives (If Necessary)
- Verify That the CLIMs Are in the Started State
- Verify That the CIP Providers Are in the Started State
- Check the Status of the Spooler Collector
- Check for Sufficient Swap File Space
- Install Node Interoperability SPRs
- Back Up System Information
- Manually Install the NonStop Software Essentials Server Product
- 6 Installing a SUT for This RVU Using NonStop Software Essentials
- 7 Installing a SUT for This RVU Using the Planner Interface
- 8 Running ZPHIRNM
- 9 Loading This RVU
- 10 Resuming Normal Operations
- Revive the Down Half of the Mirrored Disk
- Validate Your Core License
- Start System Applications
- Run merge_whatis
- Configure Specific Products (Post-System Load)
- 11 Backing Out the DSM/SCM Revision
- 12 Running ZPHIRNM to Reactivate the Previous Software Revision
- 13 Falling Back on the CLIMs, Loading the Previous RVU, and Resuming Normal Operations
- Fallback Considerations for the Power Regulator
- Alerts
- Task Overview
- Before Halting the Processors
- Halt the Processors
- While the Processors are Halted
- Prepare the CLIMs
- Load the System
- Complete CLIM Setup
- Revert Firmware (If Necessary)
- Install Specific OSS Files (If Necessary)
- Verify That the System Is Started
- A Using DSM/SCM and NonStop Software Essentials to Install SPRs
- B Using DSM/SCM and Planner Interface to Install SPRs
- C Installing SWID and DSM/SCM PVU Using NonStop Software Essentials Client Software
- Alerts
- Copy (RESTORE) the H02 DSM/SCM Product Version to Disk (If Necessary)
- Receive the H02 SWID and DSM/SCM SPRs
- Create a New Software Revision for H02 DSM/SCM and SWID SPRs
- Build and Apply the DSM/SCM H02 Software Product Revision
- Run the INSTALL^TEMPLATES Macro
- Restart Applications
- Recovery for Problems While Installing the H02 Version of DSM/SCM
- Install the NonStop Software Essentials Client
- Install the NonStop Essentials Client From the HP Insight Control for NonStop DVD
- D Installing SWID, DSM/SCM PVU, and Planner Interface (PI) Client Software
- Alerts
- Copy (RESTORE) the H02 DSM/SCM Product Version to Disk (If Necessary)
- Receive the H02 SWID and DSM/SCM SPRs
- Create a New Software Revision for H02 DSM/SCM and SWID SPRs
- Build and Apply the DSM/SCM H02 Software Product Revision
- Rename the Applied DSM/SCM H02 Files By Running ZPHIRNM
- Run the INSTALL^TEMPLATES Macro
- Restart Applications
- Recovery for Problems While Installing the H02 Version of DSM/SCM
- Install the DSM/SCM Client From ZDSMSCM
- E Updating SWAN Concentrator CLIP Firmware
- Acronyms
- Index

Falling Back to An Earlier Version of AF_UNIX
If fallback is required:
• If you start $ZPLS in a startup script using the SCF START SERVER command, modify startup
scripts to start $ZPLS using the SCF START SERVER command.
• If you use the STARTOSS utility to start OSS processes, modify the
target-volume.ZOSSINS.OSSINFIL file by changing the line
* SERVER #ZPLS
to
SERVER #ZPLS
NOTE: target-volume is normally $SYSTEM.
This ensures that the OSS Socket Local Server is started correctly as system load.
The OSS Monitor included in AF_UNIX Release 2 software adds database records for the local
server 2 (LS2) processes. If fallback is required, HP recommends that, after the system is no longer
running an RVU containing AF_UNIX Release 2, you delete these records using the SCF DELETE
SERVER command:
ASSUME $ZPMON DELETE SERVER
#ZLS00 DELETE SERVER #ZLS01
...
DELETE SERVER #ZLS15
If you fail to delete the database records:
• The SCF INFO SERVER command will show $ZLS00 through $ZLS15 as UNKNOWN servers
with no parameters.
• Attempts to START, STOP, or ALTER $ZLS00 through $ZLS15 will fail with the diagnostic
"Configuration contains invalid data".
For more information about AF_UNIX Release 2, see the Open System Services Programmer's
Guide.
CLuster I/O Module (CLIM) Software Compatibility
CLIMs with software associated with J06.05 are not compatible with RVUs of J06.06 and later
RVUs. However, if you are migrating from a J06.05 RVU to a J06.06 or later RVU, the software
upgrade procedures in this manual are ordered so that the CLIM and RVU compatibility is assured
because the RVU on the host is updated first, then, while the processors are halted, the CLIMs are
updated to the CLIM software version associated with this RVU. When the system is loaded, the
CLIM and the NonStop host are at the same level and are therefore compatible.
If the CLIM is in the STARTED state, you can determine the CLIM software version by using OSM
Low Level Link, OSM Service Connection or by entering:
SCF-> VERSION CLIM $ZZCIP.clim-name
If the CLIM is not in the STARTED state, you can use the CLIMCMD command with the Linux cat
subcommand by entering:
TACL>climcmd clim-name cat /etc/vproc
Multiple versions of CLIM software are allowed on a system as long as all CLIMs have CLIM SPRs
that are compatible with the host RVU. See the NonStop CLuster I/O Module (CLIM) Compatibility
Reference for all CLIM and host RVU compatibility information.
See the Cluster I/O Protocols (CIP) Configuration and Management Manual for troubleshooting
tips about identifying an incompatibility in CLIM and host CIP software.
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