J06.13 Software Installation and Upgrade Guide

Table 11 Required Information Checklist, Before You Start (continued)
ValueType of Information
SWAN2 firmware
ServerNet Cluster firmware
• Cluster Switch
• Cluster Switch (logic board; router-2)
SS7 Controller firmware
DSM/SCM product version (server and client)
Processor type
Record the information in Table 12 while you perform the upgrade.
Table 12 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 13 Upgrade Checklist
Done?ReferenceTask Description
“Preparing to Upgrade the Server Software (Preinstallation
Tasks)” (page 44)
1. Perform all the necessary
pre-installation tasks before updating
the system console and receiving the
SUT.
2. Before you receive and install the
SUT, first copy the DSM/SCM server
• Appendix C: “Copying the DSM/SCM, NonStop
Software Essentials, and SWID SPRs from the SUT
Using NonStop Software Essentials”
and client product SPR and SWID
SPR from the SUT to your host system.
• “ Copying the DSM/SCM and SWID SPRs from the
SUT Using the Planner Interface” (page 153)
“Back Up Important Files” (page 44)3. Back up important files.
“Record the Current SYSnn” (page 45) and Table 11
(page 39)
4. Record the current SYSnn.
“Save the Current Configuration File (CONFxxyy)”
(page 45)
5. Save current system configuration
file.
6. Install required or recommended
fallback SPRs and node
interoperability SPRs, if necessary.
• “Using DSM/SCM With NonStop Software Essentials
to Install SPRs” (page 131) or “Using DSM/SCM With
the Planner Interface to Install SPRs” (page 138)
(procedures)
• “Install Node Interoperability SPRs” (page 52) (list of
required SPRs)
“Updating System Consoles (Optional)” (page 15)7. Upgrade system console software.
40 Upgrade Checklist