HP P4000 9.0.00 P4000 SAN Solution Software Release Notes (AX696-96046, March - Page 13

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upgrading. Upgrade the primary site to 9.0 immediately after upgrading the remote site to 9.0. Refer to "How to verify management group version" on page 14. Increase the size of the OS disk on both VSAs (ESX) and Failover Managers (ESX) if upgrading from pre-8.5 version Due to changes in the size of the VMware tools that get installed during this software upgrade, you must increase the size of the OS disk before upgrading the VSA (ESX) and the Failover Manager (ESX). Additional space requirements are necessary for future software releases, as well. Therefore, we recommend increasing the size of the OS disk to accommodate both requirements at this time. NOTE: These instructions apply to VMware ESX Server. Other VMware products have similar instructions for extending a virtual disk. Please consult the appropriate VMware documentation for the product you are using To increase the OS disk size on the VSA: 1. Using the CMC, power off the VSA. 2. Open the VI Client and select VSA > Edit Settings > Hardware. 3. Select Hard disk 1 (verify that the Virtual Device Node is SCSI (0:0)). 4. Under Disk provisioning, change the provisioned size to 8 GB. 5. Click OK. 6. Repeat these steps for Hard disk 2 (verify the Virtual Device Node is SCSI (0:1)) 7. Using the VI Client, power on the VSA. 8. Find the VSA in the CMC and apply the 9.0 upgrade. To increase the OS disk size on the Failover Manager: 1. Using the CMC, power off the Failover Manager. 2. Open the VI Client and select VSA > Edit Settings > Hardware. 3. Select Hard disk 1 (verify that the Virtual Device Node is SCSI (0:0)). 4. Under Disk provisioning, change the provisioned size to 8 GB. 5. Click OK. 6. Repeat these steps for Hard disk 2 (verify the Virtual Device Node is SCSI (0:1)) 7. Using the VI Client, power on the Failover Manager. 8. Find the Failover Manager in the CMC and apply the 9.0 upgrade. Verify management group version • When upgrading to release 9.0, the management group version will not change to release 9.0 until all storage systems in the management group (and in the remote management group if a Remote Copy relationship exists) are upgraded to release 9.0. • When upgrading to release 9.0, the upgrade process validates the hardware identity of all of the storage systems in the management group. If this validation fails for any reason, the management group version will not be upgraded to 9.0. For example, if a management group has a mix of platforms, some of which are unsupported by a software release; then only the supported platforms get upgraded successfully. Therefore, the management group version will not be upgraded if the unsupported platforms remain in that management group. P4000 SAN Solution software release notes 13

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upgrading. Upgrade the primary site to 9.0 immediately after upgrading the remote site to 9.0. Refer
to
“
How to verify management group version
”
on page 14.
Increase the size of the OS disk on both VSAs (ESX) and Failover Managers (ESX) if upgrading
from pre-8.5 version
Due to changes in the size of the VMware tools that get installed during this software upgrade, you
must increase the size of the OS disk before upgrading the VSA (ESX) and the Failover Manager
(ESX). Additional space requirements are necessary for future software releases, as well. Therefore,
we recommend increasing the size of the OS disk to accommodate both requirements at this time.
NOTE: These instructions apply to VMware ESX Server. Other VMware products have similar
instructions for extending a virtual disk. Please consult the appropriate VMware documentation for
the product you are using
To increase the OS disk size on the VSA:
1.
Using the CMC, power off the VSA.
2.
Open the VI Client and select
VSA
>
Edit Settings
>
Hardware
.
3.
Select
Hard disk 1
(verify that the Virtual Device Node is SCSI (0:0)).
4.
Under Disk provisioning, change the provisioned size to 8 GB.
5.
Click
OK
.
6.
Repeat these steps for Hard disk 2 (verify the Virtual Device Node is SCSI (0:1))
7.
Using the VI Client, power on the VSA.
8.
Find the VSA in the CMC and apply the 9.0 upgrade.
To increase the OS disk size on the Failover Manager:
1.
Using the CMC, power off the Failover Manager.
2.
Open the VI Client and select
VSA
>
Edit Settings
>
Hardware
.
3.
Select
Hard disk 1
(verify that the Virtual Device Node is SCSI (0:0)).
4.
Under Disk provisioning, change the provisioned size to 8 GB.
5.
Click
OK
.
6.
Repeat these steps for Hard disk 2 (verify the Virtual Device Node is SCSI (0:1))
7.
Using the VI Client, power on the Failover Manager.
8.
Find the Failover Manager in the CMC and apply the 9.0 upgrade.
Verify management group version
•
When upgrading to release 9.0, the management group version will not change to release 9.0
until all storage systems in the management group (and in the remote management group if a
Remote Copy relationship exists) are upgraded to release 9.0.
•
When upgrading to release 9.0, the upgrade process validates the hardware identity of all of the
storage systems in the management group. If this validation fails for any reason, the management
group version will not be upgraded to 9.0. For example, if a management group has a mix of
platforms, some of which are unsupported by a software release; then only the supported platforms
get upgraded successfully. Therefore, the management group version will not be upgraded if the
unsupported platforms remain in that management group.
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