HP StorageWorks Clustered File System 3.1.1p1 Linux Edition Upgrade Guide (February 2006)

Chapter 3: Rolling Upgrade Procedure 8

HP Clustered File System 3.1.0

Complete the following steps to upgrade to HP Clustered File System

3.1.1p1.

NOTE: Upgrade the server with the highest IP address first. Then

continue to upgrade the servers in descending order of IP address,

with the lowest numbered server being upgraded last.

1. Disable the server to cause any active Virtual NFS Services to migrate

to another server. (Right-click on the server and select Disable).

2. Back up the HP Clustered File System configuration on the node being

upgraded as described under “Back Up the Existing Cluster” on page

3. Stop HP Clustered File System on the server:

# /etc/init.d/pmxs stop

4. Remove any HP Clustered File System patches:

# rpm -e mxfs-fastpatch

5. Uninstall the following HP Clustered File System packages from the

server. Run the following commands. (You may see an error message

stating that a failure occurred. You can ignore this message; the

uninstall was successful.)

# rpm -e mxfs

# rpm -e mxfs-sles9-support

# rpm -e mxfs-patches

6. Uninstall the HP Clustered File System Support RPM:

# rpm -e pmxs-sles9-support

7. Uninstall any HP Clustered File System patches installed on the

server:

# rpm -e pmxs-patch

8. Uninstall HP Clustered File System 3.1.0 from the server. This step

does not remove your existing cluster configuration or log files. The

cluster software must be uninstalled from a location outside of the

cluster directory structure (/opt/hpcfs).