HP 9000 Containers A.03.01 on HP Integrity Server Administrator Guide HP-UX 11i v3 (5900-3112, June 2013)

6 Upgrading HP 9000 Containers versions
This chapter describes the steps for upgrading the current version of HP 9000 Containers to the
latest version.
6.1 Upgrading from HP 9000 Containers A.03.0x
You can install HP 9000 Containers A.03.0y on a system, which has containers created using HP
9000 Containers A.03.0x (where x is less than y).
Before installing the new version of HP 9000 Containers, backup any configuration files that are
manually modified. For example,
/opt/HP9000-Containers/config/hp9000_switch_commands
$ cd /opt/HP9000-Containers/config
$ cp –p hp9000_switch_commands hp9000_switch_commands.bkp
Then, install the new depot:
$ swinstall –s <path to HP9KContainers depot> \*
When the installation is completed, restore the configuration file (that is backed up):
$ cd /opt/HP9000-Containers/config
$ cp –p hp9000_switch_commands.bkp hp9000_switch_commands
During the installation process, an existing HP 9000 container does not undergo any change. If
the container rules file /etc/cmpt/<srp_name>.rules was modified manually after previous
container creation or upgrade, take a back up of it. Then run the following commands:
$ srp –stop <srp_name>
$ srp –replace <srp_name> -s init,cmpt
$ srp –start <srp_name>
6.2 Upgrading from HP 9000 Containers A.01.0x
HP 9000 Containers A.01.0x used a container model similar to the classic container in HP 9000
Containers A.03.0x. You can manually upgrade such a container to a classic container using
some scripts provided with the newer HP 9000 Containers version.
To switch a container to the system container type, delete and reconfigure the container (with the
same file system). This involves some environment-specific steps and more manual effort than
upgrading to classic container type.
In either case of upgrade, a downtime is required.
6.2.1 Upgrading to HP 9000 classic container
HP 9000 Containers requires HP-UX 11i v3 March 2011 update (or later). If the existing container
host Integrity system uses an older version of HP-UX 11i v3, update it to the latest HP-UX 11.31
OE.
To upgrade a container to HP 9000 classic container type:
1. Stop the container after updating the HP-UX 11i v3 OE:
$ srp –stop <srp_name>
2. Manually associate the compartment tag if it is not present.
Associate the compartment tag for every additional (non-primary) IP address configured for
using the container in the /etc/rc.config.d/netconf file. This was not a mandatory
requirement for the earlier versions of the product, but with HP 9000 Containers A.03.01 this
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