ignite upgrade steps

[Waugh]

Hi,

Steps for ignite upgrade

1)First Take the Ignite tape backup for the nodes


2) take the backup of /var/opt/ignite/clients and /var/opt/ignite/recovery/archives


3) Remove the older vesrion Ignite-UX (C.6.10.97) using swremove command

4) Install the new ignite software version Ignite-UX (C.7.10) using swinstall

5) After upgradtion verify it. scheduled the backup for testing.

Backout Plan:-

1) Restore the ignite tape backup .

Please suggest if is there any modification require or need to add any steps for this plan.

Regards,
Rkumar

[Taifur]

Hi,

Your procedure is ok , go ahead with this procedure.

Cheers//
Taifur

[Wim Rombauts]

If you only need to upgrade the ignite software, take a backup of /var/opt/ignite (I don't think it makes much sense to differentiate the subdirectories) and just swinstall the new ignite version.

As backout plan, I would restore the Ignite backup, I just would swremove the new ignite software and then swinstall the old version.

[raghu_14]

Hi,

After steps (2), (3) and (4) I'd like to do swverify \* and run the swjob commands following it, and ensure there are no errors/warnings.

I believe you can install the latest ignite bits on top of the older ignite bits without uninstalling it. You can try that.

But let me warn you, you may have to take the backup of /var/opt/ignite/INDEX file. Otherwise, the swinstall may overwrite the existing INDEX file having your config entries.

Regards,
Raghu

[Stephan.]

Little much overhead for me, i would go for the following:

1. copy /var/opt/ignite or take a Backup to have all customised things in a safe place

2. Install 7.10 - as far as i know there is no need for a remove the old version

3. Check the installation (swverify \* will need a lot of time)

# swlist -l fileset -a state | grep -v -E '^#|configured'

There should be no output, if there any output you will have to check the fileset shown.

4. Make sure the recovery cmd's depot exist

# /opt/ignite/lbin/pkg_rec_depot

You can force the creation of the depot bei using '-f', but make sure that you don't have any customisation in it before using it.

5. Update the clients

SERVER="Your Ignite Server"
/opt/ignite/lbin/check_version -s $SERVER
if [ $? != 0 ]; then
swinstall -x mount_all_filesystems=false -s $SERVER:/var/opt/ignite/depots/recovery_cmds IUX-Recovery
fi

6. Check the Client - use command from point 3

hth

Stephan