HP 3PAR Service Processor 2.5.2 Patch P003 Release Notes (QL226-97108)

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components

IMPORTANT: Installing this patch requires that all affected software components in your storage

environment be upgraded or installed in a specific order as detailed in the following list.

Please note that any listed host applications accessing the HP 3PAR storage system must be

upgraded to the specified software levels in order for the storage environment to take full advantage

of the patch functionality. Depending on the number of host applications in your storage

environment, the full installation process could take a considerable amount of time to complete.

Please note that the host application upgrades listed in step 1 below can be completed weeks

ahead of the remaining upgrade/install steps, if needed.

1. Upgrade the following to the revision level indicated in any order desired:

• Recovery Manager for Exchange (RME): 4.4.2

• Recovery Manager for SQL (RMS): 4.4.2

• Recovery Manager for HyperV (RMH): 1.1

• Recovery Manager for VMware (RMV): 2.4 –P01

• Recovery Manager for Oracle (RMO): 4.4 –P01

• VSS Provider: 2.2.2

• HP 3PAR Cluster Extension for Windows (CLX): 3.02.00

2. Upgrade the HP 3PAR Management Console to: 4.4.2

3. Upgrade the CLI and SNMP to: 2.3.1 MU5 P35

4. Upgrade the Service Processor to: 2.5.2 P003

5. Upgrade the HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage SmartStart Software (SS) to: 1.2.2

6. Upgrade the HP 3PAR OS to: 2.3.1 P35

7. Finally, upgrade the following applications to the revision level indicated in any order desired:

• Storage Replication Adapter for VMware: 4.1.0, 5.1.1 or 5.5, depending on your

environment. See “Storage Replication Adapter for VMware Support Matrix” (page 6)

for more information.

• System Reporter (SR): 3.1 MU2

• HP Metrocluster / Serviceguard: B.12.00.00

The patch has impact on the HP Metrocluster for 3PAR product. It is recommended to

generate the cert or the certificate exception file and save it in all HP Metrocluster 3PAR

package nodes of the cluster. HP Metrocluster supports only the default location of the

cert or the certification file. For more information about the impact of the patch on HP

Metrocluster 3PAR, see the HP Metrocluster documentation.

Table 1 Storage Replication Adapter for VMware Support Matrix

HP 3PAR

OperatingHP 3PAR Array Models

Connectivity

ProtocolsHypervisor Versions

Site

Replication

SRA

Version

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