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ETERNUS SF AdvancedCopy Manager 14.2 Operator's Guide forCopy Control Module

Chapter 5 Upgrades

This chapter describes how to upgrade from ETERNUS SF AdvancedCopy Manager Copy Control Module 13.4 or later editions.

Follow the procedures below to perform the upgrade. The command examples is for Windows operating system.

  1. Backup environment settings files.

    Backup the environment settings file as described in the manual for the version currently being used.

    • Backing up the environment settings file

  2. Backing up the license management database of License Manager

    Backup the license management database of ETERNUS SF License Manager by using "esflm backup" command. For details of "esflm backup" command, refer to the "ETERNUS SF Installation and Setup Guide" for the currently using version.

    • Example of executing "esflm backup" command

      > esflm backup Backup.dat
      Backup of license database was performed successfully
  3. Uninstall the software.

    Uninstall the software as described in the manual for the version currently being used.

  4. Install the new version of the software.

    For details, refer to "2.1.1 Installation on the Windows environment", "2.1.2 Installation on the Solaris environment" or "2.1.3 Installation on the Linux environment".

  5. Restoring the license management database of License Manager

    Restore the license management database that has been backed up. For the restoration procedures, refer to "esflm restore (License management database restore command)" in the "ETERNUS SF AdvancedCopy Manager Installation and Setup Guide".

    • Example of executing "esflm restore" command

      > esflm restore Backup.dat
      Restoration of license database was performed successfully
  6. Restore the environment settings files.

    For details on how to restore the files backed up in step 1, refer to "3.3.2 Restoring environment settings files".

  7. Reconfigure the ETERNUS disk storage systems information. [Excluding Linux 5 for Intel Itanium]

    Reconfigure the ETERNUS disk storage systems information.

    For Windows, perform this procedure only when upgrading from ETERNUS SF AdvancedCopy Manager Copy Control Module 14.0 or earlier.

    1. Confirm the registered ETERNUS disk storage systems by using "A.2.3 acarray list (ETERNUS disk storage systems information display command)".

      C:\>acarray list
      
      Name  BOX-ID                                   IP Address
      ----- ---------------------------------------- ------------
      E4000 00E4000M3#####E450S20A####KD4030639004## 10.124.6.251
      E8000 00E8000M9#####E890S20A####KO4070639003## 10.124.6.241
    2. Confirm the detail information of the registered ETERNUS disk storage systems by using "A.2.4 acarray detail (ETERNUS disk storage systems detail information display command)".

      C:\>acarray detail -a E4000
      
      Disk Array Name : E4000
      BOX-ID          : 00E4000M3#####E450S20A####KD4030639004##
      IP Address      : 10.124.6.251
      Admin User      : root
      Access Path     : X:
      
      C:\>acarray detail -a E8000
      
      Disk Array Name : E8000
      BOX-ID          : 00E8000M9#####E890S20A####KO4070639003##
      IP Address      : 10.124.6.241
      Admin User      : root
      Access Path     : Y:
    3. Remove all of registered ETERNUS disk storage systems by using "A.2.6 acarray remove (ETERNUS disk storage systems registration information deletion command)".

      C:\>acarray remove -a E4000
      Successful completion.
      
      C:\>acarray remove -a E8000
      Successful completion.
    4. Re-register all of ETERNUS disk storage systems that were removed in step 3 by using "A.2.1 acarray add (ETERNUS disk storage systems registration command)".

      C:\>acarray add -a E4000 -ip 10.124.6.251 -user root -password root -path X:
      Successful completion.
      
      C:\>acarray add -a E8000 -ip 10.124.6.241 -user root -password root -path Y:
      Successful completion.

      Point

      When the ETERNUS disk storage systems were registered by specifying non existent drive letter or device name in the old AdvancedCopy Manager CCM editions, re-register their ETERNUS disk storage systems as a remote device. [Excluding Linux 5 for Intel Itanium]