HP P6500 HP EVA Updating Product Software Guide (xcs10001000) (5697-2423, Dece - Page 3

Contents 1 Getting started 5 Upgrade overview...5 Upgrade paths...5 Reference documentation...6 Required kits...6 2 Preparing for the upgrade 8 Checking the controller software version 8 Checking management software versions 8 Checking the array hardware 10 Checking and upgrading your SAN infrastructure 11 Collecting SAN configuration data using SAN Visibility 12 Installing SAN Visibility 12 Using SAN Visibility...12 Obtaining a report from HP 15 Creating a report automatically 16 Creating a report manually 17 Reading the report...18 Evaluating your configuration 19 XCS 10001000 upgrade considerations 20 Selecting a time to perform an online upgrade 22 Analyzing array I/O using HP Command View EVAPerf 22 Guidelines for using HP Command View EVAPerf 22 HP Command View EVAPerf command options 23 Running HP Command View EVAPerf 23 Identifying virtual disk activity 24 Managing host I/O timeouts for an online upgrade 26 HP-UX...26 IBM AIX...27 Linux Red Hat and SUSE...27 Mac OS X...28 Microsoft Windows...28 OpenVMS...28 Solaris...29 VMware...29 Xen Citrix...29 Managing application I/O timeouts for an online upgrade 29 Managing external devices...30 Managing an SVSP configuration for an online upgrade 30 Backing up all array data...30 Upgrading HP P6000 Command View 30 Upgrading on a management server 31 Verifying installation on the management server 32 Upgrading the management module 32 Verifying installation on the management module 33 Upgrading browsers and JRE 34 HP Insight Remote Support software 34 Upgrading HP P6000 Replication Solutions Manager (optional 35 Monitoring array stability...35 Preparing the HP P6000 Continuous Access environment for an upgrade 36 Upgrading disk drive firmware in an HP P6000 Continuous Access environment 37 Checking the disk grouping policy 37 Contents 3