6 Automated Site Upgrade

There are multiple methods available for upgrading a site. The newest and most efficient way to upgrade a site is the Automated Site Upgrade feature. As the name implies, this feature upgrades an entire site (SOAM's and DP servers) with a minimum of user interaction. Once the upgrade is initiated, the upgrade automatically prepares the server(s), performs the upgrade, and sequences to the next server or group of servers until all servers in the site are upgraded. The server upgrades are sequenced in a manner that preserves data integrity and processing capacity.

Automated Site Upgrade can be used to upgrade the SOAM and DP servers. However, Auto Site Upgrade cannot be used to upgrade PMAC or TVOE at a site.

With this feature, a site upgrade can be initiated on SO-A SG and all of its sub-servers (in this example, DP1 SG) using a minimum of GUI selections. The upgrade performs the following actions:

1. Upgrade SOA-1 and SOA-2.
2. Upgrade the servers in DP1 SG.
3. Immediately begin the upgrade of any other server groups, which are the sub-servers of SO-A SG (not shown). These upgrades begin in parallel with server upgrade in DP1 SG.

Note:

Auto Site Upgrade does not automatically initiate the upgrade of TSite 2 in parallel with TSite 1. However, the feature allows the user to initiate Auto Site Upgrade of multiple sites in parallel manually.

Figure 6-1 Upgrade Perspective of SDS Site Topology