HP 6100 HP 4x00/6x00/8x00 Enterprise Virtual Array Updating Product Software G - Page 3

Contents 1 Getting started 6 Upgrade overview...6 Online upgrade...6 Offline upgrade (shutdown upgrade 6 Upgrade paths...7 Reference documentation...7 Required kits...8 2 Pre-upgrade tasks 10 Checking current controller software version 10 Checking current software versions 10 Checking the HP Command View EVA version 11 Checking the storage system hardware 12 Checking the battery ...14 Checking and upgrading your SAN infrastructure 14 Collecting SAN configuration data using SAN Visibility 15 Installing SAN Visibility 15 Using SAN Visibility...15 Creating a report...19 Creating a report automatically 20 Creating a report manually 20 Reading the report...21 Evaluating your configuration 22 XCS 6.240 upgrade considerations 23 Selecting an appropriate time to perform an online upgrade 23 Analyzing storage system I/O using HP Command View EVAPerf 23 Tips for using HP Command View EVAPerf 24 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 Default timeout values...27 IBM AIX...27 Checking or changing timeouts 27 Linux...28 Mac OS X...29 Microsoft Windows...29 Checking timeout values 29 NetWare...29 OpenVMS...30 Solaris...30 Checking or changing timeouts 30 Tru64...30 VMware...30 Xen Citrix...31 Managing application I/O timeouts for an online upgrade 31 Managing external devices...31 Back up all storage system data 32 Upgrading HP Command View EVA 32 Upgrading using the typical installation 32 Verifying the installation...32 Contents 3