Table of Contents

• Title and Copyright Information
• My Oracle Support
• What's New in this Guide
• 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 What is Not Covered in This Document
  • 1.2 References
  • 1.3 Acronyms
  • 1.4 Terminologies
• 2 Upgrade Overview
  • 2.1 Supported Upgrade Paths to 9.0.2.0.0
  • 2.2 Geo-Diverse Site Configuration
  • 2.3 Traffic Management During Upgrade
  • 2.4 Automated Site Upgrade
    • 2.4.1 Site Upgrade Overview
    • 2.4.2 Minimum Server Availability
    • 2.4.3 Site Upgrade Options
    • 2.4.4 Cancel and Restart Auto Site Upgrade
  • 2.5 Automated Server Group Upgrade
    • 2.5.1 Cancel and Restart Automated Server Group Upgrade
    • 2.5.2 Site Accept
• 3 Upgrade Planning
  • 3.1 Upgrade Check
  • 3.2 Data Required for Upgrade
    • 3.2.1 Application ISO Image File
    • 3.2.2 Logins, Passwords, and Server IP Addresses
      • 3.2.2.1 Expired Password Workaround Procedure
        • 3.2.2.1.1 Inhibit Password Aging
        • 3.2.2.1.2 Enable Password Aging
        • 3.2.2.1.3 Password Reset
  • 3.3 MySql User Accounts Password
    • 3.3.1 Sanity Check on MySql Passwords
  • 3.4 Upgrade Maintenance Windows
    • 3.4.1 Calculating Maintenance Windows
  • 3.5 Site Upgrade Methodology
    • 3.5.1 DA-MP Upgrade Planning
    • 3.5.2 Pre-upgrade Validation
    • 3.5.3 Maintenance Window 1 for NOAM Site Upgrades
    • 3.5.4 Maintenance Window 2 for SOAM Site Upgrades and Rest of the Servers
    • 3.5.5 IDIH Preupgrade
      • 3.5.5.1 IDIH Upgrade Preparation
      • 3.5.5.2 IDIH Upgrade at Site
        • 3.5.5.2.1 Upgrading IDIH Oracle Guest
        • 3.5.5.2.2 Upgrade the Mediation and Application Guests
• 4 Prerequisite Procedures
  • 4.1 Prerequisite Procedures Overview
    • 4.1.1 Check Required Materials
    • 4.1.2 DSR ISO Administration
    • 4.1.3 Data Collection - Verification of Global and Site Configuration Data
      • 4.1.3.1 Verification of Configuration Data
      • 4.1.3.2 Data Collection for Source Release 9.0 and Later
    • 4.1.4 Back Up TKLCConfigData Files
    • 4.1.5 Full Backup of DB Run Environment at Each Server
      • 4.1.5.1 Full Backup of DB Run Environment for Release 9.0.x and Later
      • 4.1.5.2 Full Backup of DB Run Environment Using the backupAllHosts in GUI (Optional)
    • 4.1.6 Software Upgrade Execution Overview
    • 4.1.7 Accepting the Upgrade
    • 4.1.8 Checking the Network Adapter Settings
• 5 Upgrading NOAM
  • 5.1 NOAM Pre-Upgrade Checks and Backup
    • 5.1.1 NOAM Health Check for Source Release 9.0 and Later
    • 5.1.2 NOAM Pre-Upgrade Backup
  • 5.2 Increase Maximum Number of Open Files
  • 5.3 Disable Global Provisioning
  • 5.4 NOAM Upgrade
  • 5.5 Verify NOAM Post Upgrade Status
  • 5.6 Allow Provisioning
    • 5.6.1 Active NOAM VIP: Enable Global Provisioning and Configuration Updates on the Entire Network
    • 5.6.2 Active NOAM VIP: Add New Network Element
  • 5.7 SNMP Configuration Update (Post NOAM Upgrade)
• 6 Site Upgrade Execution
  • 6.1 Site Preupgrade Activities
    • 6.1.1 Site Preupgrade Backups
    • 6.1.2 Site Preupgrade Health Check for Release 8.0 and Later
    • 6.1.3 Check Site Upgrade Options
    • 6.1.4 Disable Site Provisioning
  • 6.2 Site Upgrade Pre-Checks
    • 6.2.1 Initiate Automated Site Upgrade
    • 6.2.2 Rearrange Automated Site Upgrade Cycles
  • 6.3 Overview of Automated/Manual Server Group Upgrade
    • 6.3.1 Site Upgrade Planning
    • 6.3.2 SOAM Upgrade Overview
    • 6.3.3 Upgrade SOAMs
      • 6.3.3.1 Automated SOAM Upgrade (Active/Standby)
      • 6.3.3.2 Manual SOAM Upgrade (Active/Standby/Spare)
    • 6.3.4 Upgrade Iteration 3
    • 6.3.5 Upgrade Iteration 4
    • 6.3.6 Upgrade Iteration 5
  • 6.4 Upgrade Single Server – DSR 9.x
  • 6.5 Upgrade Multiple Servers – Upgrade Administration
  • 6.6 Manual Completion of Server Upgrade
  • 6.7 Site Post-Upgrade Procedures
    • 6.7.1 Allow Site Provisioning
    • 6.7.2 Post-Upgrade Health Checks
      • 6.7.2.1 Alternate SOAM Post-Upgrade Health Check
    • 6.7.3 Post-Upgrade Procedures
    • 6.7.4 Diameter Custom Applications Post Upgrade Tasks
• 7 Backout Procedure Overview
  • 7.1 Recovery Procedures
  • 7.2 Backout Health Check
  • 7.3 Disable Global Provisioning
  • 7.4 Perform Emergency Backout
    • 7.4.1 Emergency Site Backout
    • 7.4.2 Emergency NOAM Backout
  • 7.5 Perform Normal Backout
    • 7.5.1 Normal Site Backout
    • 7.5.2 Normal NOAM Backout
  • 7.6 Backout Single Server
    • 7.6.1 Active NOAM VIP: Prepare the Server for Backout
    • 7.6.2 Server CLI: SSH to Server
    • 7.6.3 Server CLI: Execute the Backout
    • 7.6.4 Server CLI: SSH to Server
    • 7.6.5 Server CLI: Restore the Full DB Run Environment
    • 7.6.6 Server CLI: Verify the Backout
    • 7.6.7 Server CLI: Reboot the Server
    • 7.6.8 Server CLI: Verify OAM services restart (NOAM/SOAM only)
    • 7.6.9 Active NOAM VIP: Verify Server State is Correct after Backout
    • 7.6.10 Active NOAM VIP: Change/Correct the Upgrade State on Backed out Server to Ready
    • 7.6.11 Active NOAM VIP: Verify Application Version is Correct for the Backed Out Server
  • 7.7 Backout Multiple Servers
    • 7.7.1 Active NOAM VIP: Prepare the Server for Backout
    • 7.7.2 Server CLI: Log in to the Server(s)
    • 7.7.3 Server CLI: Execute the Backout
    • 7.7.4 Server CLI: Restore the Full DB Run Environment
    • 7.7.5 Server CLI: Verify the Backout
    • 7.7.6 Server CLI: Reboot the Server
    • 7.7.7 Server CLI: Verify OAM Services Restart (NOAM/SOAM Only)
    • 7.7.8 Active NOAM VIP: Verify Server State is Correct after Backout
    • 7.7.9 Active NOAM VIP: Change/Correct the Upgrade State on Backed Out Server to Ready
    • 7.7.10 Active NOAM VIP: Remove Upgrade Ready Status
    • 7.7.11 Active NOAM VIP: Correct Upgrade Status on the Backed Out Server
    • 7.7.12 Active NOAM VIP: Verify Application Version is Correct for the Backed Out Server
  • 7.8 Additional Backout Steps
  • 7.9 Additional Post-Backout Steps
  • 7.10 Post-Backout Health Check
  • 7.11 IDIH Backout
• 8 Critical and Major Alarms Analysis
• 9 Workarounds
  • 9.1 Workaround to Resolve DB Site Replication Alarms
  • 9.2 Workaround to Resolve Device Deployment Failed Alarm
  • 9.3 Workaround to Resolve syscheck Error for CPU Failure
  • 9.4 Workaround to Resolve the Server HA Switchover Issue
  • 9.5 Workaround for Errors During Dual Image Upgrade
  • 9.6 Workaround to Resolve Failed Upgrade
  • 9.7 Workaround To Resolve Alarms while upgrading from build 8.5 to 9.0.2.0.0_99.13.0
• A Alternate Server Upgrade Procedures
  • A.1 Alternate Pre-Upgrade Backup
  • A.2 Server Upgrade Using platcfg
• B Network IDIH Compatibility Procedures
• C Recover from a Failed Upgrade
• D Identify the DC Server
• E Limitations of Automated Server Group and Automated Site Upgrade
• F Advanced Health Check Procedure
• G Create a Link for ComAgent
• H Change SOAM VM Profile for Increased MP Capacity on an OpenStack System
• I Change SOAM VM Profile for Increased MP Capacity on a VMware system
• J Reset the SOAP Password
• K Restore the Servers with Backout Errors
• L Dual Hop Upgrade from DSR-8.x to DSR-9.0.2 Using Ansible
  • L.1 Resizing all the Instances in the Setup
    • L.1.1 Resizing Instances if Setup is in KVM Environment
  • L.2 Extending the Partition
    • L.2.1 Resizing /var/TKLC/ Directory
    • L.2.2 Run ISO Administration
  • L.3 Setting up the Active NOAM as Controller
  • L.4 Upgrading Standby NOAM
  • L.5 Verifying Upgrade
  • L.6 Configuring Upgraded Standby NOAM
  • L.7 Setting up Active NOAM as Controller
  • L.8 Upgrading Other Servers