LVM/VxVM and vPars sx2000 Upgrade

Table of

Contents

INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................................3

CAUTIONS ..........................................................................................................................3

NOTES ................................................................................................................................3

GENERAL UPGRADE INFORMATION .....................................................................................3

TERMS AND DEFINITIONS ....................................................................................................3

SX2000 SUPERDOME I/O HARDWARE PATH CHANGES........................................................4

OVERALL UPGRADE FLOW ...................................................................................................5

DETERMINING WHAT IS CONFIGURED IN EACH NPARTITION................................................6

Finding all the OS instances:..........................................................................................................6

DETERMINING THE PROCEDURE THAT YOU WILL FOLLOW FOR EACH NPARTITION................9

PROCEDURE A ...................................................................................................................10

Pre-upgrade steps .......................................................................................................................10

EFI Post-upgrade steps.................................................................................................................10

OS Post-Upgrade Steps ...............................................................................................................11

PROCEDURE B ...................................................................................................................16

Pre-upgrade steps .......................................................................................................................16

EFI Post-upgrade steps.................................................................................................................17

OS Post-Upgrade Steps ...............................................................................................................17

PROCEDURE C ...................................................................................................................21

Pre-Upgrade Steps......................................................................................................................21

EFI Post-Upgrade Steps................................................................................................................21

OS Post-Upgrade Steps ...............................................................................................................22

PROCEDURE D ...................................................................................................................24

Pre-Upgrade Steps......................................................................................................................24

EFI Post-Upgrade Steps................................................................................................................24

OS Post-Upgrade Steps ...............................................................................................................24

Appendix 1 EXAMPLE START OF UPGRADE WORKSHEET...................................................26