Table Of Contents - HP 6100 Software Manual

Contents
1 Getting started .................................................................................. 9
Upgrade overview ...................................................................................................................... 9
Upgrade paths ......................................................................................................................... 10
Reference documentation ........................................................................................................... 10
Required kits ............................................................................................................................ 11
2 Pre-upgrade tasks ............................................................................ 13
Checking current controller software version ................................................................................. 13
Checking current software versions .............................................................................................. 13
Checking the HP Command View EVA version ....................................................................... 15
Checking the storage system hardware ........................................................................................ 15
Checking and upgrading your SAN infrastructure ......................................................................... 17
Collecting SAN configuration data using SAN Visibility .......................................................... 17
Installing SAN Visibility ................................................................................................ 18
Using SAN Visibility ..................................................................................................... 18
Creating a report ......................................................................................................... 21
Reading the report ....................................................................................................... 23
Evaluating your configuration ..................................................................................................... 24
Selecting an appropriate time to perform an online upgrade .......................................................... 24
Analyzing storage system I/O using HP Command View EVAPerf ............................................. 25
Tips for using HP Command View EVAPerf ...................................................................... 25
HP Command View EVAPerf command options ................................................................ 26
Running HP Command View EVAPerf .............................................................................. 26
Managing host I/O timeouts for an online upgrade ...................................................................... 29
HP-UX ............................................................................................................................... 29
Default timeout values .................................................................................................. 29
IBM AIX ............................................................................................................................ 30
Checking or changing timeouts ..................................................................................... 30
Linux ................................................................................................................................. 30
Mac OS X ......................................................................................................................... 31
Microsoft Windows ............................................................................................................ 31
Checking timeout values ............................................................................................... 31
NetWare .......................................................................................................................... 32
OpenVMS ......................................................................................................................... 32
Solaris .............................................................................................................................. 32
Checking or changing timeouts ..................................................................................... 32
Tru64 ............................................................................................................................... 32
VMware ............................................................................................................................ 33
Xen Citrix .......................................................................................................................... 33
Managing application I/O timeouts for an online upgrade ............................................................ 33
Back up all storage system data .................................................................................................. 34
Upgrading HP Command View EVA ............................................................................................ 34
Upgrading using the typical installation ................................................................................. 35
Verifying the installation ...................................................................................................... 35
Upgrading browsers and JREs .................................................................................................... 36
HP StorageWorks 4x00/6x00/8x00 Enterprise Virtual Array Updating Product Software Guide (XCS
6.220) 3