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DataCore™ Hot Upgrade Lab
Upgrading from SANmelody or SANsymphony to
SANsymphony-V
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Review this in its entirety before starting
the Upgrade
Overview
Objectives
List of Documents
Review Upgrade Guide
Connecting to the Lab environment
Check and Start Activity on the Lab Environment
Planning the Upgrade
Start the Upgrade
Desired end result
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Overview
This presentation provides an overview of how to proceed with a
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Hot Upgrade from SANmelody or SANsymphony to
SANsymphony-V in your Lab Environment.
This Online Training Course is Self-paced without an Instructor
Up to 24 hours is allowed for the course from GMT–12hrs until
GMT+12 hrs
Your task is to upgrade a fully functional SANmelody or
SANsymphony configuration to SANsymphony-V with the same
capability. Note: Changes to the configuration are needed to
Upgrade
You will use the Upgrade Advisor Tool provided on the Lab to
identify changes needed
You will notify [email protected] when you have
completed the course attaching the checklist to the email
You will end with a fully functional SANsymphony-V
configuration
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List of Documents
You have been provided with the package called
SSV_Upgrade_Materials.zip which contains:
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01_Read_First.pptx (this PPT presentation)
02_SSV8.1PSP1Upgrade Guide.pdf
03_Hot_Upgrade_Appendix_v2.xls
04_Student Guide for DataCore Virtual Training Site.pdf
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Review the Upgrade Guide
Read the Upgrade Guide in its entirety to be familiar
with the upgrade process before you start the real
Hot Upgrade of the Remote environment.
The upgrade guide is the attached document
“02_SSV8.1PSP1Upgrade Guide.pdf”
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Connecting to the Lab Environment
Read the document “04_Student Guide for DataCore
Virtual Training Site.pdf” in its entirety.
This document contains the instructions to connect to the
Lab environment.
Use the URL, Userid and Password in the email sent to
you to connect to the Lab environment.
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Check and start up the Lab environment: 1 of 3
On the Datacore Server’s Desktop is a SSV Upgrade
Folder containing the Upgrade Advisor.msi and the
SANsymphony-V 8.1 PSP1 Update 1. (SANsymphony sample shown here)
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Check and start up the Lab environment: 2 of 3
Open DataCore MPIO on Server B to verify all paths are
available to all Virtual Volumes.
Open IOmeter using the folder on the Desktop, select ONLY
the mirrored volumes. (SANsymphony sample shown here)
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Check and start up the Lab environment: 3 of 3
Select Access Specifications, and double-click Default
Set Transfer Delay to 10000, click OK and Assign this
workload. Then START the IOmeter workload
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About the Upgrade
Do NOT open any GUI’s unless specifically instructed to.
The Upgrade Guide has steps for backing up the Boot
drive (Appendix A), it is NOT necessary in this lab
environment.
This Lab uses iSCSI, upgrading Fibre Channel
environments are the same.
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Planning the Upgrade
Use “02_SSV8.1PSP1Upgrade Guide.pdf” to identify all
items that need pre-upgrade and post upgrade reconfiguration
Fill out the 03_Hot_Upgrade_Appendix_v2.xls checklist
with those items that require reconfiguration.
The “03_Hot_Upgrade_Appendix_v2.xls” checklist will
also give you general guidance on reconfiguration steps.
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Upgrade Customer Expectations for Lab
Existing Data must be retained on ALL volumes
A Linear Vvol is OK to be upgraded to 3PAP, we have storage
A Standard Mirror is OK to be upgraded to 3PAP
The data on the Snapshot MUST be retained
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Start the Upgrade
You can start the Upgrade of the Lab according to the
instructions in Upgrade Guide.
The Upgrade Advisor tool will also confirm what items require
reconfiguration before upgrading.
Please complete the 03_Hot_Upgrade_Appendix_v2.xls
during the upgrade.
Post-Upgrade, use the the 03_Hot_Upgrade_Appendix_v2.xls
to restore settings to thresholds, port roles, etc.
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Desired End Result
You completed the Hot Upgrade to SANsymphony-V.
Both DataCore Servers are Up and Running
The Host was able to send I/O to the Mirror virtual disks
without any interruption.
FORWARD your Training Confirmation e-mail to
[email protected] with the subject “Training Hot
Upgrade Done” containing your comments about the
upgrade as well as the completed and zipped
03_Hot_Upgrade_Appendix_v2.xls.
The Training Team will review the running HA lab and
verify all data is present over the next day and inform
you of the result.
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