Upgrading the container to 11.2.1.10 or later

Deployment options: Netezza Performance Server for Cloud Pak for Data System

Learn how to upgrade the Netezza Performance Server container to 11.2.1.10 or later.

Before you begin

  1. Ensure that you completed the steps that are described in Before you begin upgrading to Netezza Performance Server 11.2.1.10 or later.
  2. Ensure that your Cloud Pak for Data System is on version 1.0.8 or later, but it is suggested to be the most recent one.

Procedure

  1. Download the nps-container-11.2.1.X-unpack self-extracting archive from Fix Central.
    You can save it at /opt/ibm/appliance/storage/ips/ips1_deployment.
  2. As root, unpack the package and accept the default extraction location. 
    bash /opt/ibm/appliance/storage/ips/ips1_deployment/nps-container-v11.2.1.X-unpack

    Replace v11.2.1.X with your version number.

    Example:
    [root@e1n1 /]# /opt/ibm/appliance/storage/ips/ips1_deployment/nps-container-v11.2.1.10-unpack

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IBM NPS -- IBM Netezza Performance Server 11.2.1.10
(C) Copyright IBM Corp. 2023  All Rights Reserved.
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Where would you like to extract the container? /opt/ibm/appliance/storage/ips/ips1_deployment

Unpacking into /opt/ibm/appliance/storage/ips/ips1_deployment/v11.2.1.10

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Unpacking of NPS Container is done, Please find files in /opt/ibm/appliance/storage/ips/ips1_deployment/v11.2.1.10

To deploy a new NPS container, run

/opt/ibm/appliance/storage/ips/ips1_deployment/v11.2.1.10/nzdeploy -i

Or, to upgrade an existing container, extract the NPS software package, and upgrade NPS, run

/opt/ibm/appliance/storage/ips/ips1_deployment/v11.2.1.10/nzdeploy -P
  3. Enable the maintenance mode by running: 
    /nz/support/bin/nz_maintenance_mode -on
  4. Run the following command to verify if any active transactions are running: 
    /nz/kit/bin/adm/nzdumptxjournal /nz/data/TxJournal

    If there are transactions displayed, wait till the transactions are complete. If not, abort the active sessions and wait for some time.

    Proceed with next step, if the following message is displayed after running above command.
    NO RECOVERY NEEDED
  5. Run the nzdeploy command with the -P option to upgrade the container and Netezza Performance Server. 
    /opt/ibm/appliance/storage/ips/ips1_deployment/v11.2.1.X/nzdeploy -P

    Replace 11.2.1.X with your version number.

    Example:
    /opt/ibm/appliance/storage/ips/ips1_deployment/v11.2.1.10/nzdeploy -P
    Important: Contact IBM support if you see the error message during the upgrade.
    ERROR: Duplicate Records found in $n databases.
Please contact IBM customer support for assistance.
  6. Disable the maintenance mode by running the following command.

    Make sure to run this only after system is online.

    /nz/support/bin/nz_maintenance_mode -off

What to do next

  1. If you upgrade from 11.0.X to 11.2.X.X, you must upgrade the dependent artifacts with the corresponding 11.2.X.X release. For more information, see SQL Extension ToolKit and Installing and upgrading Netezza Performance Server Analytics on Netezza Performance Server for Cloud Pak for Data System.
  2. If you upgrade from 11.0.X to 11.2.X.X, you must recompile the UDXs. See the instructions that are described in Recompiling UDXs and reregistering IBM Fluid Query.
  3. Optional: Reinstall third-party software.

    For more information, see Installing third-party software.

  4. Now, you can redeploy the ipshost1 container on the other control plane nodes as described in Redeploying the container to 11.2.1.10 or later.