When you want to upgrade from IBM Storage Fusion
2.6.x Metro-DR setup to IBM Storage Fusion 2.7.1 Metro-DR setup, then upgrade your tiebreaker from
IBM Spectrum Scale 5.1.7.0 to 5.1.9.1.
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.
About this task
For upgrade from 2.7.1 to 2.7.2, you do not have to upgrade tiebreaker.
Procedure
-
SSH into the tiebreaker virtual machine.
- Download the IBM Spectrum Scale Data
Management 5.1.9.1 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 Storage Fusion HCI)
and click Add Product.
The tar.gz is
available for IBM Spectrum Scale Data
Management.
- Select the tar.gz file for download.
- Run the following command to extract the IBM Storage Scale package:
chmod +x cd776372.tar.gz
./cd776372.tar.gz
- Go to directory /usr/lpp/mmfs/5.1.9.1/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.