Sun Cluster 3.0 U1 Release Notes

Sun Management Center Software Upgrade

This section describes how to upgrade from Sun Management Center 2.1.1 to Sun Management Center 3.0 on a Sun Cluster 3.0 U1 configuration.

How to Upgrade Sun Management Center Software

Perform this procedure to upgrade from Sun Management Center 2.1.1 to Sun Management Center 3.0 software on a Sun Cluster 3.0 U1 configuration. For procedures to upgrade Sun Management Center on Sun Cluster 3.0 configurations, see "Sun Management Center 3.0" in the Sun Cluster 3.0 Release Notes Supplement.

  1. Have available the following items.

    • Sun Cluster 3.0 CD-ROM GA release or the path to the CD-ROM image. You will use the CD-ROM to reinstall the Sun Cluster module packages after you upgrade Sun Management Center software.

    • Sun Management Center 3.0 documentation.

    • Sun Management Center 3.0 and Sun Cluster module patches. See "Patches and Required Firmware Levels" for the location of patches and installation instructions.

  2. Stop any Sun Management Center processes.

    1. If the Sun Management Center console is running, exit the console.

      In the console window, select File>Exit from the menu bar.

    2. On each Sun Management Center agent machine (cluster node), stop the Sun Management Center agent process.


      # /opt/SUNWsymon/sbin/es-stop -a
      

    3. On the Sun Management Center server machine, stop the Sun Management Center server process.


      # /opt/SUNWsymon/sbin/es-stop -S
      

  3. As superuser, remove Sun Cluster module packages from the locations listed in Table 1-4.

    You must remove all Sun Cluster module packages from all locations. Otherwise, the Sun Management Center software upgrade might fail because of package dependency problems. After you upgrade Sun Management Center software, you will reinstall these packages.


    # pkgrm module-package
    

    Table 1-4 Sun Cluster Module Package Removal Locations

    Location 

    Package to Remove 

    Each cluster node 

    SUNWscsam, SUNWscsal

    Sun Management Center console machine 

    SUNWscscn

    Sun Management Center server machine 

    SUNWscssv

    Sun Management Center help server machine 

    SUNWscshl

  4. Upgrade Sun Management Center software.

    Follow the upgrade procedures in your Sun Management Center 3.0 documentation.

  5. As superuser, reinstall Sun Cluster module packages to the locations listed in Table 1-5.

    For Sun Management Center 3.0, you install the help server package SUNWscshl on the console machine as well as on the help server machine. The cluster node packages are installed in Step 6.


    # cd /cdrom/suncluster_3_0/SunCluster_3.0/Packages
    # pkgadd module-package
    

    Table 1-5 Sun Cluster Module Package Installation Locations

    Location 

    Package to Install 

    Sun Management Center console machine 

    SUNWscscn, SUNWscshl

    Sun Management Center server machine 

    SUNWscssv

    Sun Management Center help server machine 

    SUNWscshl

  6. Apply Sun Cluster module patches and any Sun Management Center patches to each node of the cluster.

    A Sun Cluster module patch installs the Sun Cluster 3.0 U1 versions of the SUNWscsam and SUNWscsal packages.

  7. Restart the Sun Management Center agent, server, and console processes on all involved machines.

    Follow procedures in "How to Start Sun Management Center" in the Sun Cluster 3.0 U1 Installation Guide.

  8. Load the Sun Cluster module.

    Follow procedures in "How to Load the Sun Cluster Module" in the Sun Cluster 3.0 U1 Installation Guide.

    If the Sun Cluster module was previously loaded, unload the module and then reload it to clear all cached alarm definitions on the server. To unload the module, from the console's Details window select Module>Unload Module.