Infoscale Enterprise Upgrade
Hello Team, We have an Infoscale cluster hosted Veritas Enterprise Vault. This cluster consists of two nodes in the main site and one node in the DR site, configured with VVR replication. We are planning to upgrade IS from version 7.4.2 to 8.0.2. What is the best approach to minimize downtime during the upgrade process? Option 1: Stop replication, upgrade all nodes simultaneously, and then restart replication. Option 2: Upgrade the DR node first (without stopping services or replication from the HQ), fail over to the DR site, and then upgrade the HQ nodes. Option 3: Upgrade the DR node first (without stopping services or replication from the HQ), stop replication, and then upgrade the HQ nodes. Thank you.
Veritas InfoScale 7.0.1 (for AIX/Linux/Solaris): Documentation Available
The Veritas InfoScale 7.0.1 patch for AIX/Linux/Solaris is a maintenance-level release, which provides several updates on top of the InfoScale 7.0 products. The highlights of this release are: Upgrade bundled OpenSSL from 1.0.1m to 1.0.1p IPM protocol is no longer supported for CP server and InfoScale Availability clusters. The following platforms are newly supported: Linux: SLES11SP4 and RHEL6u7, OL 6u7 Solaris: Solaris10x64 is supported on InfoScale Availability Virtualization: VMware vSphere 6.0 u1 The documentation for Veritas InfoScale 7.0.1 is now available at the following locations: PDF and HTML versions: SORT documentation page Late Breaking News: http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH230620 Hardware Compatibility List: http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH230646 Software Compatibility List: http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH230619
InfoScale 7.0 for Windows: Transitioning from one InfoScale product to another InfoScale product
To transition to an InfoScale product, on the system where you already have an InfoScale product installed, run the product installer for the InfoScale product you want to transition to. The following table lists the supported paths to transition from one InfoScale product to another InfoScale product: For information about installing an InfoScale product, see: Veritas InfoScale™ Installation and Upgrade Guide InfoScale documentation for other platforms can be found on the SORT website.InfoScale 7.0 for Windows: Upgrading Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions to InfoScale 7.0
To upgrade to an InfoScale product, your systems must have a corresponding Symantec Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions product of version 6.x or 6.0.x already installed. If your current installation does not meet this minimum required level, you must manually apply the appropriate product upgrades before you proceed with the upgrade. The following table lists the supported upgrade paths: For information about upgrading to InfoScale 7.0, see: Veritas InfoScale™ Installation and Upgrade Guide InfoScale documentation for other platforms can be found on the SORT website.InfoScale 7.0 for Windows: Upgrading VCS Java Console and VEA to 7.0
If you had installed Storage Foundation for Windows (SFW) or Veritas Cluster Server (VCS) clients only (VCS Java Console or VEA), you cannot upgrade them to 7.0 version. To install the latest version of clients-only, uninstall its earlier version and then install the current version. For information about installing the clients only, see: Veritas InfoScale™ Installation and Upgrade Guide InfoScale documentation for other platforms can be found on the SORT website.InfoScale 7.0 for Windows: Performing a roll back to a previous installation after upgrading to InfoScale 7.0
The Symantec Storage Foundation and High Availability products included support to perform a rollback from the upgraded version to the original version. The rollback process allowed you to revert back to its earlier installation and restore the configuration and tunable parameters. The InfoScale products (7.0 release for Symantec Storage Foundation and High Availability products with new packaging) do not support the rollback process. If you upgrade to an InfoScale product, you cannot revert back to its earlier installation and restore the configuration. In this case, you must uninstall the InfoScale product and then install the previous version of the product. For information about uninstalling an InfoScale product, see: Veritas InfoScale™ Installation and Upgrade Guide InfoScale documentation for other platforms can be found on the SORT website.