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180Upgrading to 6.0.3Upgrading to 6.0.3■Upgrading Veritas Products with Solaris OS upgrade■ Upgrading Solaris 10 Update x 6.0.1 to Solaris 10 Update y 6.0.3Prerequisites to upgrade to 6.0.3 using Live Upgrade:■■■■■■The node should have an alternate boot disk that is identical to the primaryboot disk.Installation disc for 6.0.1 and 6.0.3 to be installed on the ABE.Installation disc for target OS to be installed on ABE.The latest list of required patches is available in the Oracle Solaris Live UpgradeSoftware:Patch Requirements (Doc ID 1004881.1) document in My Oracle Support(https://support.oracle.com/).If OS upgrade is involved, then remove the currently installed SUNWluu,SUNWlur and SUNWlucfg packages and install SUNWluu, SUNWlur,SUNWlucfg packages from target OS. Also replace SUNWluzone if zones areinvolved.The vxlustart script takes around 2-3 hours to complete uninterrupted.Symantec recommends to have a network connection that does not time outin the interim.Upgrading Veritas products using Live Upgrade from 6.0.1 to6.0.3 without OS upgradeThis section describes how to upgrade SF, SFHA, SFCFSHA, SFSYBASECE, or SFfor Oracle RAC from 6.0.1 to 6.0.3 using Live Upgrade where OS upgrade is notinvolved.

Upgrading to 6.0.3Upgrading to 6.0.3181To upgrade your Veritas product using Live Upgrade1 Ensure that 6.0.1 is installed and configured on PBE.See your Veritas product 6.0.1 Installation Guide for more information.2 Run the vxlustart -V command to ensure there are no problems beforebeginning the Live Upgrade process.If the vxlustart -V command reports success, proceed with running thevxlustart command.If the vxlustart -V command reports errors, correct the problem, and runthe vxlustart -V command again.Note: This vxlustart -V command does not catch failures that are reportedby Solaris Live Upgrade commands.3 Run the installmr command to upgrade your Veritas product:# ./installmr -rootpath /altroot_path4 Run the vxlufinish command to complete the Live Upgrade:■If the primary root disk is not encapsulated, run the following command:# ./vxlufinish -u target_os_version■If the primary root disk is encapsulated by VxVM, run the followingcommand:# ./vxlufinish -u target_os_version -g diskgroup5 Restart all the nodes in the cluster. The boot environment on the alternatedisk is activated when you restart the nodes.# shutdown -g0 -y -i66 Verify that the alternate boot environment is active.# lustatus7 In a cluster environment, make sure that all the GAB ports are up. Notedifferent ports appear for different products.# gabconfig -a

Upgrading to 6.0.3Upgrading to 6.0.3181To upgrade your <strong>Veritas</strong> product using Live Upgrade1 Ensure that 6.0.1 is installed <strong>and</strong> configured on PBE.See your <strong>Veritas</strong> product 6.0.1 Installation Guide for more information.2 Run the vxlustart -V comm<strong>and</strong> to ensure there are no problems beforebeginning the Live Upgrade process.If the vxlustart -V comm<strong>and</strong> reports success, proceed with running thevxlustart comm<strong>and</strong>.If the vxlustart -V comm<strong>and</strong> reports errors, correct the problem, <strong>and</strong> runthe vxlustart -V comm<strong>and</strong> again.Note: This vxlustart -V comm<strong>and</strong> does not catch failures that are reportedby Solaris Live Upgrade comm<strong>and</strong>s.3 Run the installmr comm<strong>and</strong> to upgrade your <strong>Veritas</strong> product:# ./installmr -rootpath /altroot_path4 Run the vxlufinish comm<strong>and</strong> to complete the Live Upgrade:■If the primary root disk is not encapsulated, run the following comm<strong>and</strong>:# ./vxlufinish -u target_os_version■If the primary root disk is encapsulated by VxVM, run the followingcomm<strong>and</strong>:# ./vxlufinish -u target_os_version -g diskgroup5 Restart all the nodes in the cluster. The boot environment on the alternatedisk is activated when you restart the nodes.# shutdown -g0 -y -i66 Verify that the alternate boot environment is active.# lustatus7 In a cluster environment, make sure that all the GAB ports are up. Notedifferent ports appear for different products.# gabconfig -a

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