HP StorageWorks P4000 Series SAN Solution Upgrade Instructions (AX696-96010, March 2010)

1. Using the CMC, power off the Failover Manager.
2. Open the VI Client and select VSA -> Edit Settings -> Hardware.
3. Select Hard disk 1 (verify that the Virtual Device Node is SCSI (0:0)).
4. Under Disk provisioning, changed the provisioned size to 8 GB.
5. Click OK.
6. Repeat these steps for Hard disk 2 (verify the Virtual Device Node is SCSI (0:1))
7. Using the VI Client, power on the Failover Manager.
8. Find the Failover Manager in the CMC and apply the 8.5 upgrade.
Upgrade software on storage nodes
If you see the following type of message during the upgrade process
ERROR: 8.5.xx.xxxx-- Upgrade will now be aborted.
or if you encounter any other problems during the upgrade, please run the 8.5 Service Console
scheduled task to upload a new set of SAN logs and then call customer support based on your support
contract.
1. Right-click the first storage node to upgrade and select Install Software. The Install Software
window opens.
2. Select from the list which storage nodes to upgrade.
3. Select the upgrade.
4. Click Install.
Upgrade Failover Manager
You can upgrade the Failover Manager from release 8.0, and 8.1 to release 8.5. However, there is
no upgrade from release 7.0 to release 8.x Failover Manager. You must first uninstall the 7.0 Failover
Manager and then install the 8.5 Failover Manager.
Verify management group version
• When upgrading from version 7.x to release 8.5, the management group version will not move
to release 8.5 until all storage nodes in the management group (and in the remote management
group if a Remote Copy relationship exists) are upgraded to release 8.5 SAN/iQ.
• When upgrading from version 7.x to release 8.5, the upgrade process validates the hardware
identity of all of the storage nodes in the management group. If this validation fails for any reason,
the management group version will not be upgraded to 8.5. For example, if a management group
has a mix of platforms, some of which are unsupported by a software release; then only the sup-
ported platforms get upgraded successfully, the management group version will not be upgraded
if the unsupported platforms remain in that management group.
How to verify management group version
In the CMC navigation window, select the management group, and then select the Registration tab.
The management group version number is at the top of the Registration Information section, as shown
in Figure 3.
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