Downgrading a Resource Type

You can downgrade a resource to an older version of its resource type. The conditions under which you can downgrade a resource to an older version of the resource type are more restrictive than when you upgrade to a newer version of the resource type. You must first unmanage the resource group. In addition, you can only downgrade a resource to an upgrade-enabled version of the resource type. You can identify upgrade-enabled versions by using the scrgadm -p command. In the output, upgrade-enabled versions contain the suffix :version.

How to Downgrade a Resource to an Older Version of Its Resource Type

You can downgrade a resource to an older version of its resource type. The conditions under which you can downgrade a resource to an older version of the resource type are more restrictive than when you upgrade to a newer version of the resource type. You must first unmanage the resource group. In addition, you can only downgrade a resource to an upgrade-enabled version of the resource type. You can identify upgrade-enabled versions by using the scrgadm -p command. In the output, upgrade-enabled versions contain the suffix :version.

1. Switch the resource group that contains the resource you want to downgrade offline.

   scswitch -F -g resource_group

2. Disable the resource that you want to downgrade and all resources in the resource group.

   scswitch -n -j resource_to_downgrade scswitch -n -j resource1 scswitch -n -j resource2 scswitch -n -j resource3 ...

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   Note –

   Disable resources in order of dependency, starting with the most dependent (application resources) and ending with the least dependent (network address resources).

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3. Unmanage the resource group.

   scswitch -u -g resource_group

4. Is the old version of the resource type to which you want to downgrade still registered in the cluster?

   • If yes, go to the next step.

   • If no, reregister the old version that you want.

     scrgadm -a -t resource_type_name

5. Downgrade the resource by specifying the old version that you want for Type_version.

   scrgadm -c -j resource_to_downgrade -y Type_version=old_version

   If necessary, edit other properties of the same resource to appropriate values in the same command.

6. Bring the resource group that contains the resource that you downgraded to a managed state, enable all the resources, and switch the group online.

   scswitch -Z -g resource_group