User Guide

Novell Cluster Services Overview and Installation
Novell Cluster Services Overview and Installation
103-000154-001
August 29, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
Prepare Cluster Servers for an Upgrade
If you are upgrading Novell Cluster Services from a previous version and your
cluster has shared storage, you must prepare your cluster servers before
upgrading them to NetWare 6 and before upgrading Novell Cluster Services.
This preparation is necessary to ensure existing shared-volume trustee
assignments can be used after the upgrade.
To prepare cluster servers for an upgrade, from a NetWare client run
NWDEPLOY.EXE from the root of the NetWare 6 Operating System CD to
launch the NetWare Deployment Manager, and then complete the following
steps:
In the NetWare Deployment Manager, open the Network Preparation
Folder and click Prepare a Novell Cluster for Upgrade.
Continue through the screens until you get to the screen that prompts you
to select an existing cluster to prepare for upgrade.
Specify the cluster name, eDirectory tree, and context for the cluster you
are preparing for upgrade.
Choose whether you want the servers you are going to upgrade to go
down after completing the preparation for upgrading cluster servers. Then
click Next to run the program for preparing cluster servers for upgrade.
Bringing down all cluster servers before an upgrade ensures NSS
volumes on shared storage (your SAN) are deactivated prior to upgrading
to NetWare 6.
If you choose to not bring down all cluster servers after completing the
preparation for upgrading cluster servers, you must do it manually before
upgrading cluster servers to NetWare 6.
Once you have completed the process for preparing cluster servers for upgrade
and upgrading those servers to NetWare 6, continue with the instructions in
“Run the Installation Program” on page 19.