8100 Updating Product Software Guide (XCS 6.250) (5697-1716, February 2012)

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Contents

1 Getting started...........................................................................................6

Upgrade overview....................................................................................................................6

Resynchronization................................................................................................................6

Online upgrade...................................................................................................................6

Offline upgrade (shutdown upgrade)......................................................................................6

Upgrade paths.........................................................................................................................7

Reference documentation...........................................................................................................7

Required kits............................................................................................................................7

2 Pre-upgrade tasks.......................................................................................9

Checking current controller software version.................................................................................9

Checking current software versions..............................................................................................9

Checking the HP P6000 Command View version...................................................................10

Checking the storage system hardware......................................................................................11

Checking the battery .........................................................................................................12

Checking and upgrading your SAN infrastructure.......................................................................13

Collecting SAN configuration data using SAN Visibility..........................................................14

Installing SAN Visibility..................................................................................................14

Using SAN Visibility......................................................................................................14

Obtaining a report from HP............................................................................................18

Obtaining a report automatically................................................................................18

Obtaining a report manually......................................................................................19

Reading the report........................................................................................................20

Evaluating your configuration...................................................................................................21

XCS 6.250 upgrade considerations..........................................................................................22

Selecting an appropriate time to perform an online upgrade........................................................22

Analyzing storage system I/O using HP P6000 Performance Data Collector..............................23

Guidelines for using HP P6000 Performance Data Collector...............................................23

HP P6000 Performance Data Collector command options...................................................23

Running HP P6000 Performance Data Collector................................................................24

Identifying virtual disk activity....................................................................................24

Managing host I/O timeouts for an online upgrade....................................................................26

HP-UX...............................................................................................................................26

IBM AIX............................................................................................................................27

Linux................................................................................................................................27

Mac OS X........................................................................................................................28

Microsoft Windows............................................................................................................28

NetWare..........................................................................................................................29

OpenVMS........................................................................................................................29

Solaris..............................................................................................................................29

Checking or changing timeouts.......................................................................................29

Tru64...............................................................................................................................29

VMware...........................................................................................................................30

Xen Citrix..........................................................................................................................30

Managing application I/O timeouts for an online upgrade..........................................................30

Managing external devices......................................................................................................30

Back up all storage system data................................................................................................31

Upgrading HP P6000 Command View......................................................................................31

Upgrading using the typical installation................................................................................31

Verifying the installation......................................................................................................31

Upgrading browsers and JREs..................................................................................................32

HP Insight Remote Support software..........................................................................................32

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