HP 4400 HP Enterprise Virtual Array Updating Product Software Guide (XCS 10000 - Page 3

Contents 1 Getting started 5 Upgrade overview...5 Upgrade paths...5 Reference documentation...6 Required kits...6 2 Preparing for the upgrade 9 Checking the controller software version 9 Checking management software versions 9 Checking the array hardware 11 Checking and upgrading your SAN infrastructure 12 Collecting SAN configuration data using SAN Visibility 13 Installing SAN Visibility 13 Using SAN Visibility...13 Obtaining a report from HP 16 Creating a report automatically 17 Creating a report manually 18 Reading the report...19 Evaluating your configuration 20 XCS 10000000 upgrade considerations 21 Selecting a time to perform an online upgrade 23 Analyzing array I/O using HP Command View EVAPerf 23 Guidelines for using HP Command View EVAPerf 23 HP Command View EVAPerf command options 24 Running HP Command View EVAPerf 24 Identifying virtual disk activity 25 Managing host I/O timeouts for an online upgrade 27 HP-UX...27 IBM AIX...28 Linux Red Hat and SUSE...28 Mac OS X...29 Microsoft Windows...29 OpenVMS...30 Solaris...30 VMware...30 Xen Citrix...30 Managing application I/O timeouts for an online upgrade 31 Managing external devices...31 Managing an SVSP configuration for an online upgrade 31 Backing up all array data...31 Upgrading HP P6000 Command View 31 Upgrading on a management server 32 Verifying installation on the management server 33 Upgrading the management module 33 Verifying installation on the management module 35 Upgrading browsers and JRE 35 HP Insight Remote Support software 35 Upgrading HP P6000 Replication Solutions Manager (optional 36 Monitoring array stability...36 Preparing the HP P6000 Continuous Access environment for an upgrade 38 Upgrading disk drive firmware in an HP P6000 Continuous Access environment 39 Checking the disk grouping policy 39 Contents 3