10-31-2011 11:46 AM
Hello all,
We have a MS Cluster EV 9.01 with 2 nodes, on Windows 2008R2 and we want to upgrade to version 10.0. We have about 1Tb data archived including 5Gb of database size.
Questions:
- How much effort does it take (in days)? Counting preparing the servers, checking pre-requisites, planing, backup, upgrade, deployment of new clien/forms, live
- How much time does it take to upgrade from version 9 to version 10 on 2 cluster nodes. Estimative.
- Can this be done online? Must I have a full stop of archiving? So all my users don't have access to archives during the upgrade proccess? How much downtime? Estimative?
- Also, besides the upgrade document in the v10 DVD media, is there any other document / technote that I should read?
Thank you very much.
Kind regards,
NS
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10-31-2011 12:08 PM
Hi
First of all - this is a User-to-User forum. If you have an "urgent" question, kindly open up a support call with Symantec where you have a valid contract with appropriate reaction times.
To your questions:
- As your Servers already seem to meet the Software pre-requisites, and assuming you meet the hardware pre-requisites, the real "work" should be possible to be done in a day. This does not include testing, which varies heavily depending on the customer
- Which time do you mean? Installing binaries and doing the "basic" upgrade? 2 hours. Converting all the indexes to the new versions? Possibly weeks.
- Real downtime is probably about 4 hours, lifting both servers, doing basic upgrade, doing basic tests.
- The Upgrade Document is a very good start. You should also search for the "EV 10 Late Breaking News" document, and read it.
Cheers
10-31-2011 12:08 PM
Hi
First of all - this is a User-to-User forum. If you have an "urgent" question, kindly open up a support call with Symantec where you have a valid contract with appropriate reaction times.
To your questions:
- As your Servers already seem to meet the Software pre-requisites, and assuming you meet the hardware pre-requisites, the real "work" should be possible to be done in a day. This does not include testing, which varies heavily depending on the customer
- Which time do you mean? Installing binaries and doing the "basic" upgrade? 2 hours. Converting all the indexes to the new versions? Possibly weeks.
- Real downtime is probably about 4 hours, lifting both servers, doing basic upgrade, doing basic tests.
- The Upgrade Document is a very good start. You should also search for the "EV 10 Late Breaking News" document, and read it.
Cheers
10-31-2011 02:25 PM
I would strongly recommend that you engage your local Symantec Partner that provide Professional Services to guide and help you with your planning and upgrade processes.
10-31-2011 08:10 PM
11-01-2011 04:26 AM
Also, the time consuming parts can be the database upgrades/changes etc, and it sounds like you've got a fair amount of records in there. If you have FSA Archiving, I would point out the "Upgrade_Instructions" document, and the note about "Upgrading FSA metadata" and also the section "Requirements for upgrading the Enterprise Vault databases".