Re: Solaris 2.6 to 8 upgrade rm6 foulup

From: Chris Newport (me_at_see-my-sig.invalid)
Date: 09/28/03 

Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 01:07:14 +0100

On Sunday 28 September 2003 12:07 am in comp.sys.sun.admin Scott Howard
wrote:

> Chris Newport <me@see-my-sig.invalid> wrote:
>> I have run into major hassles upgrading an E450 with vxvm and
>> an A1000 array plus internal disks.
>>
>> The existing rm6 software (06.01.01.11a) and the associated (?)
>> kernel/drv/rdriver appear to be at the root of the issue.
>> There is no kernel/drv/sparcv9/rdriver.
>
> 6.01.* is extremely old, and very much unsupported under Solaris 8 (or any
> other OS version for that matter).
>
>> It looks like I need a new rm6, but which version and where can
>> I download it.
>
> You can get 6.22.1 from
> http://www.sun.com/storage/software/raid_manager.html You'll also need to
> apply patch 112126-06 (make sure you read the instructions included in the
> patch - you must follow them in order).
>
> You will also need to upgrade both the firmware _and_ NVSRAM on your
> A1000 - details are in the Release Notes which is at
> http://docs.sun.com/db/doc/805-7758-13 and the upgrade guide which is at
> http://docs.sun.com/db/doc/806-7792-14
> Make sure you read _both_ of these, not just one...

Thanks, from first sight of the docs this looks like a major
upgrade task with lots of caveats and gotchas to be wary of.
I will need to spend some time on planning my escape from the
current mess.

Fortunately I kept one half of the root mirror to one side so I
was able to fall back to the original and put the machine back
into service.
The client is not happy about the downtime so far .... 

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