HP Matrix Operating Environment 7.1 Release Notes

Suggested action
Before beginning an upgrade to Matrix OE 7.1, save a copy of user-modified properties files or
note any changes made to the files so that you can insert those modifications into the new versions
of the files.
Following is a partial list of properties files that are commonly modified. Verify in your environment
if you have modified these files before beginning an upgrade, and if you have modified them,
save the files to a location that is not under the ..\Program Files\HP\Virtual Server
Environment directory tree.
C:\Program Files\HP\Virtual Server Environment\conf\esa.properties
C:\Program Files\HP\Virtual Server Environment\conf\lsa\hp_lsa_service.conf
C:\Program Files\HP\Virtual Server Environment\conf\lsa\lsa.properties
C:\Program Files\HP\Virtual Server Environment\conf\lsa\lsaclient.properties
C:\Program Files\HP\Virtual Server Environment\conf\lsa\vc\vcController.properties
C:\Program Files\HP\Virtual Server Environment\conf\lsa\vmm\vmmController.properties
C:\Program Files\HP\Virtual Server Environment\conf\lsa\storage\storageController.properties
After the upgrade has completed, but before the services are restarted or the CMS is rebooted,
edit the new properties files and add any custom entries made to the previous version of the file.
Re-scaling stored CPU utilization data in Capacity Advisor
A new copy of the Performance Index Database, which holds server performance benchmarks, is
installed whenever you upgrade Matrix OE.
The Performance Index Database is used in pre-scaling the CPU utilization data that is stored for
capacity planning. After a Matrix OE upgrade, some of the data must be recomputed and re-scaled.
This process can take a long time if there is a large history of utilization data.
In Matrix OE 7.1, the recomputing task is performed after the rest of the Matrix OE upgrade is
complete and the CMS is back online. This change was made to reduce the downtime of the CMS.
Although new Capacity Advisor data is not collected while the recomputing process runs, the rest
of Matrix OE is available.
To recompute the utilization data, follow these steps:
1. Wait until the Matrix OE 7.1 upgrade is complete.
The time of day to perform the recomputing task is flexible. Pick a time when Capacity Advisor
data collection can be suspended.
2. Log in to the CMS console.
3. Navigate to one of the following locations, depending on the operating system:
• Windows CMS: C:\Program Files\HP\Virtual Server
Environment\bin\capupgrade
• HP-UX CMS: /opt/vse/bin/capupgrade
4. Recompute the data:
• Windows CMS: Run capupgrade.bat.
• HP-UX CMS: Issue the capupgrade command. No parameters are required.
The recomputing process:
• Stops Capacity Advisor data collection.
• Determines the data to be recomputed.
• Copies the new Performance Index Database.
• Recomputes the pre-scaled data.
• Restarts the Capacity Advisor data collection service.
Recomputing can take several hours to run, depending on the number of systems and the amount
of collected data. The text output for capupgrade provides an estimate of the time.
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