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
ZCSAM STARTED Started OFF
PROV1 STARTED Invalid (0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15)
Check the Status of the Spooler Collector
Check that the spooler collector is active and not 100 percent full.
At a TACL prompt, start SPOOLCOM and issue a COLLECT, STATUS command. For example:
1> spoolcom $spls; collect, status
COLLECT STATE FLAGS CPU PRI UNIT DATA FILE %FULL
$S ACTIVE 3 , 1 154 4 $OPS0.SPL.DATA 44
Check for Sufficient Swap File Space
You must ensure that you have configured kernel-managed swap files of sufficient size for all your
system and application software processes. The optimal amount of swap space varies, depending
on the configuration of your system. You must be a super-group user (255, n) in order to change
the KMSF configuration by adding, altering, stopping, or deleting swap space. Only one super-group
user at a time can use NSKCOM to change the configuration.
KMSF swap files need to be larger than in G-series RVUs. The best practice is to monitor swap file
usage. See the Kernel-Managed Swap Facility (KMSF) Manual for information on configuring swap
file space.
To check the size of the configured swap files for each processor:
1. At a TACL prompt, start NSKCOM:
$SYSTEM STARTUP 5> nskcom
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$SYSTEM.SYSTEM.ZSYSCFG
KMS.SWAPFILE = 0 $SYSTEM.ZSYSSWAP.SWAP00
KMS.SWAPFILE = 1 $SYSTEM.ZSYSSWAP.SWAP01
KMS.SWAPFILE = 2 $SYSTEM.ZSYSSWAP.SWAP02
KMS.SWAPFILE = 3 $SYSTEM.ZSYSSWAP.SWAP03
2. Issue the STATUS SWAPFILE * command to display the peak pages reserved so that you
can compare that information to the total amount of swap space available.
$SYSTEM TOOLS 50> nskcom STATUS SWAPFILE *
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Copyright 1995 Compaq Computer Corporation
$SYSTEM.SYSTEM.ZSYSCFG
KMS.SWAPFILE = 0 $SYSTEM.ZSYSSWAP.SWAP00
KMS.SWAPFILE = 1 $SYSTEM.ZSYSSWAP.SWAP01
KMS.SWAPFILE = 2 $SYSTEM.ZSYSSWAP.SWAP02
KMS.SWAPFILE = 3 $SYSTEM.ZSYSSWAP.SWAP03
Status of $SYSTEM.ZSYSSWAP.SWAP00
CPU 0
CPU Pages: Total 102305* Reserved 14936 Available 87369
Peak CPU Pages ever reserved 101855
Threshold 86959 CPU pages
* Default swapfile extents may not be fully allocated.
Status of $SYSTEM.ZSYSSWAP.SWAP01
CPU 1
CPU Pages: Total 102305* Reserved 12213 Available 90092
Peak CPU Pages ever reserved 15239
Verify System Processes 47