DataCore™ Hot Upgrade Lab
Upgrading from SANmelody or SANsymphony to
SANsymphony-V
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Review this in its entirety before starting
the Upgrade
 Overview
 Objectives
 List of Documents
 Review Upgrade Guide
 Connecting to the Lab environment
 Check and Start Activity on the Lab Environment
 Planning the Upgrade
 Start the Upgrade
 Desired end result
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Overview
 This presentation provides an overview of how to proceed with a
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Hot Upgrade from SANmelody or SANsymphony to
SANsymphony-V in your Lab Environment.
This Online Training Course is Self-paced without an Instructor
Up to 24 hours is allowed for the course from GMT–12hrs until
GMT+12 hrs
Your task is to upgrade a fully functional SANmelody or
SANsymphony configuration to SANsymphony-V with the same
capability. Note: Changes to the configuration are needed to
Upgrade
You will use the Upgrade Advisor Tool provided on the Lab to
identify changes needed
You will notify training@datacore.com when you have
completed the course attaching the checklist to the email
You will end with a fully functional SANsymphony-V
configuration
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List of Documents
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You have been provided with the package called
SSV_Upgrade_Materials.zip which contains:
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01_Read_First.pptx (this PPT presentation)
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02_SSV8.1PSP1Upgrade Guide.pdf
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03_Hot_Upgrade_Appendix_v2.xls
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04_Student Guide for DataCore Virtual Training Site.pdf
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Review the Upgrade Guide
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Read the Upgrade Guide in its entirety to be familiar
with the upgrade process before you start the real
Hot Upgrade of the Remote environment.
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The upgrade guide is the attached document
“02_SSV8.1PSP1Upgrade Guide.pdf”
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Connecting to the Lab Environment
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Read the document “04_Student Guide for DataCore
Virtual Training Site.pdf” in its entirety.
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This document contains the instructions to connect to the
Lab environment.
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Use the URL, Userid and Password in the email sent to
you to connect to the Lab environment.
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Check and start up the Lab environment: 1 of 3
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On the Datacore Server’s Desktop is a SSV Upgrade
Folder containing the Upgrade Advisor.msi and the
SANsymphony-V 8.1 PSP1 Update 1. (SANsymphony sample shown here)
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Check and start up the Lab environment: 2 of 3
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Open DataCore MPIO on Server B to verify all paths are
available to all Virtual Volumes.
Open IOmeter using the folder on the Desktop, select ONLY
the mirrored volumes. (SANsymphony sample shown here)
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Check and start up the Lab environment: 3 of 3
 Select Access Specifications, and double-click Default
 Set Transfer Delay to 10000, click OK and Assign this
workload. Then START the IOmeter workload
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About the Upgrade
 Do NOT open any GUI’s unless specifically instructed to.
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The Upgrade Guide has steps for backing up the Boot
drive (Appendix A), it is NOT necessary in this lab
environment.
 This Lab uses iSCSI, upgrading Fibre Channel
environments are the same.
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Planning the Upgrade
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Use “02_SSV8.1PSP1Upgrade Guide.pdf” to identify all
items that need pre-upgrade and post upgrade reconfiguration
 Fill out the 03_Hot_Upgrade_Appendix_v2.xls checklist
with those items that require reconfiguration.
 The “03_Hot_Upgrade_Appendix_v2.xls” checklist will
also give you general guidance on reconfiguration steps.
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Upgrade Customer Expectations for Lab
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Existing Data must be retained on ALL volumes
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A Linear Vvol is OK to be upgraded to 3PAP, we have storage
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A Standard Mirror is OK to be upgraded to 3PAP
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The data on the Snapshot MUST be retained
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Start the Upgrade
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You can start the Upgrade of the Lab according to the
instructions in Upgrade Guide.
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The Upgrade Advisor tool will also confirm what items require
reconfiguration before upgrading.
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Please complete the 03_Hot_Upgrade_Appendix_v2.xls
during the upgrade.
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Post-Upgrade, use the the 03_Hot_Upgrade_Appendix_v2.xls
to restore settings to thresholds, port roles, etc.
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Desired End Result
 You completed the Hot Upgrade to SANsymphony-V.
 Both DataCore Servers are Up and Running
 The Host was able to send I/O to the Mirror virtual disks
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without any interruption.
FORWARD your Training Confirmation e-mail to
training@datacore.com with the subject “Training Hot
Upgrade Done” containing your comments about the
upgrade as well as the completed and zipped
03_Hot_Upgrade_Appendix_v2.xls.
The Training Team will review the running HA lab and
verify all data is present over the next day and inform
you of the result.
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