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Chapter 5
Upgrading vFabric SQLFire
SQLFire 1.1 is not compatible with persistence les (disk stores) that were created in earlier versions of SQLFire
(1.0.x). You must use the sqlf upgrade-disk-store command to upgrade disk stores to the SQLFire 1.1 format after
upgrading the SQLFire software to version 1.1.
Refer to the Release Notes to learn about changes that were introduced in the latest update.
Note: If you installed SQLFire using an RPM from the VMware YUM repository, see RHEL Only: Upgrade
vFabric SQLFire from the VMWare YUM RepositoryWhen VMware releases a new maintenance version of
SQLFire, the appropriate VMware YUM repository is updated to include the new RPM. You can use yum to
quickly upgrade SQLFire to the latest version. for upgrade instructions.
Before You Upgrade
This section provides information you need to know before you begin to upgrade vFabric SQLFire.
If you obtained SQLFire as part of a vFabric Suite package, rst complete the vFabric License Server installation
and license activation procedures in Getting Started with vFabric Suite.Then follow procedures in this document
to set up your environment for SQLFire and to complete any remaining SQLFire-specic installation and
conguration tasks.
During an upgrade from one major SQLFire version to another, you cannot connect members in the same
distributed system to other members running a different major version. Therefore, you cannot perform a rolling
upgrade between major versions of vFabric SQLFire and will need to plan your system downtime accordingly.
See Version Compatibility Rules on page 33 for more information on SQLFire version interoperability.
Read the vFabric SQLFire Release Notes to familiarize yourself with all feature changes.
Know how to congure environment variables for your system.
Conrm that your system meets the requirements to run SQLFire. See Supported Congurations and System
Requirements on page 15.
Note: To check your current Java version, type java -version at a command-line prompt. You
can download Sun/Oracle Java SE from the following location:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html.
If you are upgrading from SQLFire 1.0.x you will need to run the sqlf command upgrade-disk-store
to upgrade each disk store to a format that is compatible with vFabric SQLFire 1.1 See the upgrade instructions
for ZIP les or RPMs for more information.
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