Managing Serviceguard 13th Edition, February 2007

Software Upgrades
Performing a Non-Rolling Upgrade
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Performing a Non-Rolling Upgrade
Limitations of Non-Rolling Upgrades
The following limitations apply to non-rolling upgrades:
• Binary configuration files may be incompatible between releases of
Serviceguard. Do not manually copy configuration files between
nodes.
•You must halt the entire cluster before performing a non-rolling
upgrade.
Steps for Non-Rolling Upgrades
Use the following steps for a non-rolling software upgrade:
Step 1. Halt all nodes in the cluster:
# cmhaltcl -f
Step 2. If necessary, upgrade all the nodes in the cluster to the new HP-UX
release.
Step 3. Upgrade all the nodes in the cluster to the new Serviceguard release.
Step 4. Restart the cluster:
# cmruncl