3.1.2 Matrix Server Upgrade Guide

Chapter 3: Single Upgrade Procedures 14

• If you are using MxFS-Linux, you will need to perform an extra step to

unmount PSFS filesystems. See “Unmount Filesystems on Clusters

With MxFS-Linux” on page 25 for details.

Matrix Server 3.1.x Without MxFS-Linux

Complete the following steps to upgrade to Matrix Server 3.1.2.

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. Back up the Matrix Server configuration as described under “Back Up

the Existing Matrix” on page 2.

2. Stop Matrix Server on the server:

# /etc/init.d/pmxs stop

3. If the following Matrix Server configuration files have been modified

at your site, save copies of the files. After installing Matrix Server, you

can merge your local changes into the new versions of the files.

/etc/opt/polyserve/mxinit.conf

/etc/opt/polyserve/scl.conf

/etc/opt/polyserve/fc_pcitable

/etc/opt/polyserve/san_snmp.conf

4. If you will be doing a fresh installation of the operating system, skip to

step 9. Otherwise, continue with the following steps.

5. If you will be upgrading the kernel and the Matrix Server Support

RPM is installed, uninstall it:

# rpm -e pmxs-<os>-support

6. Uninstall any Matrix Server patches installed on the server:

# rpm -e pmxs-patch

7. Uninstall Matrix Server 3.1.0/3.1.1 from the server. This step does not

remove your existing matrix configuration or log files. The matrix

software must be uninstalled from a location outside of the matrix

directory structure (/opt/polyserve). Run this command on the server:

# rpm -e pmxs