8.2 Upgrade DR SDS NOAM

This procedure upgrades the DR SDS NOAM servers.

Note:

The order of the upgrade for the primary NOAM NE and DR NOAM NE needs to be followed as shown in Table 3-7. See section Primary SDS Site or DR SDS Site Upgrade Execution Overview for more details before proceeding.

1. Log in to the SDS NOAM GUI, use the VIP address to access the primary SDS NOAM GUI as described in Access the OAM GUI Using the VIP (NOAM/SOAM).
2. In the Primary SDS NOAM VIP GUI, record name of DR SDS NE site. Expand Status & Manage click HA
3. Click Filter

   Figure 8-18 Filter

   
   

   

   
   
4. In the primary SDS NOAM NE list servers, using the information provided in section Logins, Passwords, and Site Information, select the DR SDS NOAM Network Element from the Scope field. Click Go.

   Figure 8-19 Scope

   
   

   

   
   
5. Identify servers and record server names, identify each server by Host name, Server Role, and OAM HA Role and record the name of each server.

   Figure 8-20 Identify Server

   
   

   

   
   
   Note the following information:

   • Active DR SDS NOAM.
   • Standby DR SDS NOAM.
   • DR SDS Query Server (if equipped)
6. In the Primary SDS NOAM VIP, upgrade the Standby DR SDS NOAM server (as identified and recorded in step 5 of this procedure) using Upgrade Server Administration on SDS 9.0.
7. The next two steps of this procedure can be run in parallel using the Upgrade Server option.
8. In the Primary SDS NOAM VIP, upgrade the Active DR SDS NOAM server (as identified and recorded in step 5of this procedure) using Upgrade Server Administration on SDS 9.0.

   Note:

   This causes an HA activity fail over to the mate primary SDS NOAM server. This happens a couple minutes after initiating the upgrade.
9. Upgrade the DR SDS Query server (as identified and recorded in step 5 of this procedure) using Upgrade Server Administration on SDS 9.0.