HP 6400/8400 HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array updating product softwar - Page 3

Contents 1 Getting started 9 Upgrade overview ...9 Evaluate your configuration ...9 XCS 09522000 upgrade considerations 10 Upgrade paths ...11 Reference documentation ...11 Required kits ...12 2 Pre-upgrade tasks 15 Checking current controller software version 15 Checking current software versions 15 Checking the HP Command View EVA version 16 Checking the storage system hardware 17 Checking and upgrading your SAN infrastructure 19 Collecting SAN configuration data using SAN Visibility 19 Installing SAN Visibility 20 Using SAN Visibility ...20 Obtaining a report from HP 23 Reading the report ...26 Selecting an appropriate time to perform an online upgrade 27 Analyzing storage system I/O using HP Command View EVAPerf 27 Tips for using HP Command View EVAPerf 27 HP Command View EVAPerf command options 28 Running HP Command View EVAPerf 28 Managing host I/O timeouts for an online upgrade 31 HP-UX ...32 Default timeout values 32 IBM AIX ...32 Checking or changing timeouts 32 Linux ...33 Mac OS X ...34 Microsoft Windows ...34 Checking timeout values 34 NetWare ...34 OpenVMS ...35 Solaris ...35 Checking or changing timeouts 35 VMware ...35 Xen Citrix ...36 Back up all storage system data 36 Upgrading HP Command View EVA 36 Upgrading on a management server 37 Verifying the installation on the management server 38 Upgrading the management module 39 Verifying the installation on the management module 41 HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array updating product software guide (XCS 09522000) 3