HP 3PAR Upgrade Pre-Planning Guide

2 Guidelines for Online Upgrades

Follow the guidelines in this chapter for online HP 3PAR OS upgrades.

Planning Information for Online HP 3PAR OS Upgrades

The host connectivity environment must adhere to the qualified and supported environments. For

more information, see the interoperability information on the HP SPOCK website.

HP service representatives will request this information for review before performing an online

upgrade. Relevant details include:

• Host platform

• Architecture (for example, SPARC/x86)

• Operating system (version and patch level)

• Host multipath software

• HBA and CNA (vendor, model, driver, firmware, and version. Also include FCODE and BIOS

level if booting from the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage)

• Switch (vendor, model and firmware)

• Information on host software provided by HP is needed. Examples include: HP 3PAR Recovery

Manager (SQL, Exchange, Oracle), HP 3PAR VSS Provider, HP 3PAR MPIO for Microsoft

Windows, HP 3PAR ODM Definition for IBM AIX, HP 3PAR System Reporter, and so on

NOTE: For hosts running AIX and using HP 3PAR MPIO 2.2, upgrade to HP 3PAR ODM

3.1 before upgrading from HP 3PAR OS 2.3.1 to HP 3PAR OS 3.1.x. See HP 3PAR ODM

3.1 Software for IBM AIX Readme (QL226-96076) for upgrade procedures on the HP SPOCK

website.

• In addition to verifying that the driver and firmware levels match the information in HP SPOCK,

there may be host configuration settings needed as documented in the HP 3PAR host OS

implementation guides. Verify these settings before performing an online upgrade.

Detailed information about drivers, configurations, and interoperability is available on the HP

SPOCK website.

HP 3PAR host OS implementation guides are available on the HP Storage Information Library:

www.hp.com/go/storage/docs

General Guidelines

HP provides the following host software:

• HP 3PAR Recovery Manager (SQL, Exchange, Oracle, VMware)

• HP 3PAR VSS Provider

• HP 3PAR MPIO for Microsoft Windows

• HP 3PAR ODM Definition for IBM AIX

• HP 3PAR System Reporter

6 Guidelines for Online Upgrades