Firmware upgrade EVA6300

[online1]

Hi!

I need to upgrade our EVA6300 but was is best practise? As I understand there is upgrades for Commando View, EVA and the harddrives, correct?

Is it possible to upgrade on-the-fly?

Please share other tip&tricks for EVA upgrade.

Thanks

[Johan Guldmyr]

Hi, 

1.) Read the UPS guide and release notes for your XCS and CV.

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DocumentIndex.jsp?contentType=SupportManual&lang=en&cc=us&docIndexId=64179&taskId=101&prodTypeId=12169&prodSeriesId=5062117

2.) Download xcs and CV from software.hp.com. Probably easier to reinstall CV rather than of upgrading if on a server.

3.) Don't forget to also upgrade the management module if you have CV installed on a server

[Torsten.]

Don't forget the disks:

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=329290&prodSeriesId=5062167&prodNameId=5193937&swEnvOID=54&swLang=8&mode=2&taskId=135&swItem=co-114828-1

[online1]

Thanks.

1) Yes I did that and got through the check-list.

2) Firmware is downloaded and prepared. I didn't understand that you should use CV "recieve for trial" :)

3) CV is installed on a server, is the management module a seprate installation? any config that need to saved?

During the upgrade/reinstallation of CV will the vdisks still be visable to the hosts? Just asking for safety.. :)

other impacts? or just downtime for me?

In the UPS guide, it's always talking about online upgrade, is it possible to do offline upgrade or is online best practise?

[Torsten.]

The management module needs to updated too, the ABM package has the firmware. Just use the web-interface.

vdisks are available, however the array should not be 100% busy ...

offline would mean to shutdown the connected hosts (except CV station, of course).


I assume you still have CV 10.x running, so you should just "upgrade" to CV10.2 (run the installer; don't uninstall first).

[online1]

OK! I have downloaded the CV_10.2_Restore_T5494-10038 package so it should be OK then.

Okey, that is maybe not so fun :)

cons with online upgrade? minor time-out I guess? prefered to upgrade in the evening or the weekend.

I have CV 9.4 and XCS 10000000, so I really need to upgrade, as I have understand.

[Torsten.]

You cannot upgrade CV 9.4 to 10.2, so better uninstall version 9.4, reboot and install 10.2.

[online1]

I know, the plan was to first upgrade to 10.1 and then 10.2.

[Torsten.]

It doesn't matter, usually there is nothing to keep.

During the XCS upgrade the controller will reboot within the timeout value that you should set on the servers - see- the guide (usually done in <10sec).

[online1]

Ok, thanks!

That's good :) so it should not be any problem to do this during the evening when the array is not that busy.
Will the upgrade affect the array in any how?

And the disk upgrade, is that to be done in CV? It's possible to upgrade all disks at the same time? That should also be done when array is not 100% busy?

[Torsten.]

Did you already read the upgrade instructions?

Disk update is done via CV, disk will be updated in a single procedure, but one by one automatically.

[online1]

I actually didn't find any upgrade instructions for the disks. Maybe I just missed it?

is the management module safe to update "anytime"? Backup config?

[Torsten.]

Disk firmware update is covered by the product update guide. Yes, you can update the ABM anytime.

http://bizsupport2.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c03377096/c03377096.pdf

chapter 3 - step 6

[online1]

Oh! perfect. big thanks. I did miss that...

We will start with upgrading CV and management module and in the beginning of April we will upgrade firmware for controller and the disks.

Thanks!!