When you want to upgrade from IBM Fusion
2.8.0 or 2.8.2 Metro-DR setup to IBM Fusion 2.9.0 Metro-DR setup, then upgrade your tiebreaker from
IBM Storage Scale 5.2.0.1 to 5.2.1.1.
Before you begin
- You must have the entitlement access to download the scale code package.
- You must have a minimum of 2 GB available to download the package.
Procedure
-
SSH into the tiebreaker virtual machine.
- Download the IBM Storage Scale Data
Management 5.2.1.1 from IBM Entitled System Support.
- Log in to IBM Entitled System Support - https://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/ess/landing/index.html.
- Go to My entitled software > Software
Downloads.
- In the Product, search for 5771-PP7 (IBM Fusion HCI System) and click Add
Product.
The
Storage_Scale_Data_Management-5.2.1.1-x86_64-Linux-install.tar.gz is available
for IBM Storage Scale Data
Management.
- Select the
Storage_Scale_Data_Management-5.2.1.1-x86_64-Linux-install.tar.gz file to
download.
- Run the following command to extract the IBM Storage Scale package:
chmod +x Storage_Scale_Data_Management-5.2.1.1-x86_64-Linux-install.tar.gz
./Storage_Scale_Data_Management-5.2.1.1-x86_64-Linux-install.tar.gz
- Go to directory /usr/lpp/mmfs/5.2.1.1/ansible-toolkit.
- Run setup command to install ansible.
./spectrumscale setup -s <Tiebreaker IP>
- Run the following command to add the tiebreaker node:
./spectrumscale node add <Tiebreaker IP> -a
- Run the following command for upgrade precheck:
./spectrumscale upgrade precheck --skip ssh
- Run the following command to upgrade tiebreaker:
./spectrumscale upgrade run --skip ssh
- Reboot the tiebreaker.