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ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser 14.1 Installation Guide

4.1.5 Upgrading from older products

When the Softek Storage Cruiser Manager or a previous version level of the ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser Manager has been installed, you can save the setting data and have the current version of ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser Manager inherit the saved data.


4.1.5.1 Upgrading from Softek Storage Cruiser

See "Appendix D Procedure for Upgrading from Softek Storage Cruiser".


4.1.5.2 Upgrading from a previous version level

This section explains how to upgrade from a previous version level of the ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser.

Note

Before migration, refer to "Chapter 3 Restrictions and advisory notes" for confirmation.


4.1.5.2.1 Upgrading from a previous version level (non-cluster environment)
  1. Back up the setting data of the previous version level of ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser Manager.

    See

    Refer to "9.1.1.2.1 Backup of Solaris OS Manager" in the ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser User's Guide, for how to perform backup.

  2. Uninstall the previous version level of ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser Manager.

    See

    Refer to "9.1 [Solaris] Manager uninstallation" in the ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser Install Guide for the previous version level, for how to uninstall the Manager.

  3. Install the ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser Manager.

    See

    Refer to "4.1 [Solaris OS] Manager", for how to install and set up the Manager.

  4. Restore the backup data created by step 1 (the setting data of the previous version level of ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser Manager).

    See

    Refer to "9.1.1.3.1 Restoring Solaris OS Manager" in the ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser User's Guide, for how to restore.

  5. Update the configuration information of the performance management function.

    When monitoring the performance for number of active disks,power consumption and temperature:

    When the performance management function is used for ETERNUS DX60/DX80/DX90, ETERNUS DX400 series, ETERNUS DX8000 series, ETERNUS2000, ETERNUS4000 (except models 80 and 100) and ETERNUS8000, start the Manager, then update the configuration information of those devices by referring to "7.2.11 Updating configuration information" in the ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser User's Guide.

    When migrating from ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser 13.0:

    When the performance management function is used for devices that meet the following conditions, start the Manager, then update the configuration information of those devices by referring to "7.2.11 Updating configuration information" in the ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser User's Guide.

    Storage device

    Firmware version

    ETERNUS3000 models 80 and 100

    V20L85 or later, or V30L15 or later

    ETERNUS4000 models 80 and 100

    V30L15 or later

    ETERNUS4000 (except models 80 and 100)
    ETERNUS8000

    V10L50 or later

    When migrating from ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser 13.1 or 13.2:

    When the performance management function is used for devices that meet the following conditions, start the Manager, then update the configuration information of those devices by referring to "7.2.11 Updating configuration information" in the ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser User's Guide.

    Storage device

    Firmware version

    ETERNUS4000 (except models 80 and 100)
    ETERNUS8000

    V11L40 or later

    When migrating from ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser 13.3 or later:

    There is no need to update the configuration information.

Information

When migrating from ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser 13.0 or 13.1, a tool tip displayed on the performance control window tree will show a RAID level of "RAID1+0" as "RAID0+1". The "RAID0+1" is only a different name, referring to RAID configuration, the same as "RAID1+0".

The "RAID1+0" will be displayed by updating the configuration information of the performance control.

Refer to "7.2.11 Updating configuration information" in the ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser User's Guide, for how to update the configuration information.


4.1.5.2.2 Upgrading from a previous version level (cluster environment)
  1. Back up the setting data of the previous version level of ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser Manager.

    See

    Refer to "9.1.1.2.2 Backup of Solaris OS Manager (cluster environment)" in the ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser User's Guide, for how to perform backup.

  2. Uninstall the previous version level of ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser Manager.

    See

    Refer to "Appendix A High-availability admin servers" in the ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser Install Guide for the previous version level, for how uninstall the Manager.

  3. Install the ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser Manager.

    See

    Refer to "Appendix A High-availability admin servers", for how to install and set up the Manager.

  4. Restore the backup data created by the step 1 (the setting data of the previous version level of ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser Manager).

    See

    Refer to "9.1.1.3.2 Restoring Solaris OS Manager (cluster environment)" in the ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser User's Guide, for how to restore.

  5. Update the configuration information of the performance management function.

    When monitoring the performance for number of active disks,power consumption,temperature:

    When the performance management function is used for ETERNUS DX60/DX80/DX90, ETERNUS DX400 series, ETERNUS DX8000 series, ETERNUS2000, ETERNUS4000 (except models 80 and 100) and ETERNUS8000, start the Manager, then update the configuration information of those devices by referring to "7.2.11 Updating configuration information" in the ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser User's Guide.

    When migrating from ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser 13.0:

    When the performance management function is used for devices that meet the following conditions, start the Manager, then update the configuration information of those devices by referring to "7.2.11 Updating configuration information" in the ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser User's Guide.

    Storage device

    Firmware version

    ETERNUS3000 models 80 and 100

    V20L85 or later, or V30L15 or later

    ETERNUS4000 models 80 and 100

    V30L15 or later

    ETERNUS4000 (except models 80 and 100)
    ETERNUS8000

    V10L50 or later

    When migrating from ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser 13.1 or 13.2:

    When the performance management function is used for devices that meet the following conditions, start the Manager, then update the configuration information of those devices by referring to "7.2.11 Updating configuration information" in the ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser User's Guide.

    Storage device

    Firmware version

    ETERNUS4000 (except models 80 and 100)
    ETERNUS8000

    V11L40 or later

    When migrating from ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser 13.3 or later:

    There is no need to update the configuration information.

Information

When migrating from ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser 13.0 or 13.1, a tool tip displayed on the performance control window tree will show a RAID level of "RAID1+0" as "RAID0+1". The "RAID0+1" is only a different name, referring to RAID configuration, the same as "RAID1+0".

"RAID1+0" will be displayed by updating the configuration information of the performance control.

Refer to "7.2.11 Updating configuration information" in the ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser User's Guide, for how to update the configuration information.