Installation and Reference Guide for HP MPIO Full Featured DSM for XP family of Disk Arrays 3.00.00 (AA-RVJ6F-TE, March 2008)
2. Reboot the server.
3. Follow steps 2– 9 from the procedure Migrating from Secure Path to HP MPIO XP DSM on
stand-alone systems.
Migrating from HP MPIO Basic Failover to HP MPIO XP DSM
TomigratefromHPMPIObasicfailoverforXParraystoHPMPIOXPDSM,completethestepsbelow:
1. Uninstall HP MPIO basic failover for X P arrays from the server.
2. Reboot the ser
ver.
3. Follow steps 2– 9 from the procedure Migrating from Secure Path to HP MPIO XP DSM on
stand-alone systems.
Migrating from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server
2008 with HP MPIO XP DSM
To migrate from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008 with HP MPIO XP DSM, complete
the steps below:
1. Back up all user data.
2. Install or Upgrade to HP MPIO XP DSM 3.00.00, see Chapter 1.
3. Upgrade to Windows Server 2008.
4. Double-click the batch file (depending on your operating system):
•ForWindowsServer2008x86:
<Target_Dir>\x86\Win2k8Upgrade.bat
• For Windows Server 2008 IA64:
<Target_Dir>\ia64\Win2k8Upgrade.bat
•ForWindowsServer2008x64:
<Target_Dir>\amd64\Win2k8Upgrade.bat
NOTE:
To upgrade cluster configu rations in Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008, see
h
ttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/935197.
Removing HP MPIO XP DSM
To remove the HP MPIO XP DSM, you must re-configuretheSANandrebootyourserver.
CAUTION:
Removing multipathing software from a multipath hardware configuration can cause data loss or
corruption. You must disconnect the ser ver from the multipath storage or eliminate all but one path to
that storage from the server prior to removing the HP MPIO XP DSM.
To remove HP MPIO XP DSM, complete the steps below:
1. Back up all user data on multipath storage.
2. If possible, disconnect the storage from the ser ver. If it is necessary to maintain single-path
connectionsfromtheservertothestorage(asinthecaseofserversthatbootfromaSAN
device) , use the following guidelines:
• If it is a one-host/one-storage array, HP recommends removing redundant cable connections.
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