Chapter 5 Upgrading Your HP XC System To This Release

Table of Contents

Software Upgrade Overview

Supported Upgrade Paths
Is Upgrading Appropriate for Your System Configuration?
Upgrade Characteristics
Upgrade Commands

Task 1: Prepare for the Upgrade

Task 2: Prepare the System State

Task 3: Install the Upgrade RPM and Prepare the System

Task 4: Upgrade Linux and HP XC RPMs

Task 5: Reboot the Head Node and Verify the New Kernel

Task 6: Install Patches and Reinstall Additional Software

Task 7: Manually Merge File Customizations

Task 8: Configure the System and Propagate the Golden Image

Task 9: Image and Boot the System and Start Compute Resources

Task 10: Start Availability Tools After the Upgrade

Task 11: Verify the Upgrade

This chapter describes how to use the upgrade process to install HP XC System Software Version 3.2.1 on an HP XC system that is running a previous version of the HP XC System Software.

This chapter addresses the following topics:

“Software Upgrade Overview”
“Task 1: Prepare for the Upgrade”
“Task 2: Prepare the System State”
“Task 3: Install the Upgrade RPM and Prepare the System”
“Task 4: Upgrade Linux and HP XC RPMs”
“Task 5: Reboot the Head Node and Verify the New Kernel”
“Task 6: Install Patches and Reinstall Additional Software”
“Task 7: Manually Merge File Customizations”
“Task 8: Configure the System and Propagate the Golden Image”
“Task 9: Image and Boot the System and Start Compute Resources”
“Task 10: Start Availability Tools After the Upgrade”
“Task 11: Verify the Upgrade”

Chapter 5 Upgrading Your HP XC System To This Release

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