HP Serviceguard for Linux Base Version 12.00.00 Release Notes, May 2014

7.5 Supported rolling upgrade paths
Table 5 describes the supported upgrade paths for HP Serviceguard for Linux:
Table 5 Upgrade paths
Offline upgrade
Rolling upgrade the
traditional way
Rolling upgrade using
cmupgrade toolServiceguard version
YesYesYesTo upgrade from A.11.20.X to
A.12.00.00
YesYesNoTo upgrade from A.11.19.X to
A.12.00.00
YesNoNoTo upgrade from A.11.18.X to
A.12.00.00
7.6 Performing rolling upgrades
You can perform online or offline rolling upgrade of HP Serviceguard for Linux across major versions
starting from A.11.20.X and later in the following ways:
“Rolling upgrade from A.11.20.X to A.12.00.00”
“Rolling upgrade from A.11.19.X to A.12.00.00”
“Performing offline rolling upgrade from A.11.18.X to A.12.00.00”
You can also upgrade from HP Serviceguard for Linux Base to HP Serviceguard for Linux Advanced
or HP Serviceguard for Linux Enterprise, in which case the additional components are installed.
For more information on how to upgrade, see “Upgrading HP Serviceguard for Linux packages.
7.6.1 Rolling upgrade from A.11.20.X to A.12.00.00
You can perform rolling upgrade of HP Serviceguard for Linux from A.11.20.X to A.12.00.00 in
the following ways:
“Upgrading HP Serviceguard for Linux using cmupgrade tool”
“Upgrading HP Serviceguard for Linux the traditional way”
“Upgrading HP Serviceguard for Linux using YUM or Zypper
Upgrading HP Serviceguard for Linux using cmupgrade tool
The cmupgrade is the new tool introduced in HP Serviceguard for Linux A.12.00.00 which helps
you in upgrading HP Serviceguard and its components, such as Serviceguard Manager, Toolkits,
Extended Distance Cluster and Metrocluster except for SGeSAP.
The cmupgrade tool can be used to perform the previously mentioned upgrades on all Linux distros
supported by Serviceguard. For information about supported versions, see HP Serviceguard for
Linux Certification Matrix available at http://www.hp.com/go/sglx/info.
Prerequisites
Before you begin to use the cmupgrade tool, ensure that the following prerequisites are met:
You must be a root user to run the cmupgrade tool.
You must have execute permission to run the cmupgrade tool.
Ensure that PERL is installed on the system to run the cmupgrade tool.
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