Upgrade IBM® Spectrum Symphony
to the latest version by performing a silent installation of the .exe packages,
using only the command line. The .exe method is only supported if the cluster
uses advanced WEM. Typically, you install IBM Spectrum Symphony on the primary host using the interactive
method, and then upgrade on management and compute hosts using either the interactive or silent
method. (If you do want to upgrade on the primary host using the silent method,
contact IBM support
for assistance.) This topic describes how to upgrade silently using .exe
packages on management and compute hosts.
About this task
After you upgrade IBM Spectrum Symphony on the primary host using the interactive
method (see Performing a rolling upgrade on Windows), follow the steps in this
topic to upgrade silently on management or compute hosts. When you upgraded IBM Spectrum Symphony on the primary host, the installer generated
the SymInstallManagement-version.bat
and SymInstallCompute-version.bat installer files under the installation directory. You will run the .bat
files in the following steps.
Procedure
-
Log on to your host using the same installation user operating system account that you used to
install your previous version of IBM Spectrum Symphony.
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Copy the following installer files from the installation directory of the primary host where you upgraded
IBM Spectrum Symphony, to the management
and compute hosts on which you want to upgrade IBM Spectrum Symphony. Note that you may have
other versions of these installer files in your directory. Ensure that you copy the 7.3.2 version of the files:
- SymInstallManagement-version.bat
- SymInstallCompute-version.bat
- SymInstallManagement-version.iss
- SymInstallCompute-version.iss
- sym-version.exe
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Upgrade the IBM Spectrum Symphony
.exe package (sym-version.exe) by
opening a command prompt, going to the directory where the file is located, and running the
appropriate command:
The .bat files use the following parameters and values. The MASTERHOST
parameter is mandatory; all other parameters are optional or conditional. If you do not specify an
optional parameter, the installer will use the default values described in these parameter
descriptions:
Option |
Description |
MASTERHOST |
Set the name of the primary host. |
INSTALLDIR |
Optional. Set the path to the installation directory. For a rolling upgrade, set this to the
directory where you have your previous version of IBM Spectrum Symphony installed. The default is
C:\Program Files\IBM\SpectrumComputing. Change this directory if your previous installation was not to the default
directory. |
CLUSTERNAME |
Optional. Define the name of the cluster. The default is
cluster1.Your cluster name is permanent; you cannot change it after installation.
Do not use the name of any host or user as the name of your cluster. Consider the following rules
when naming your cluster:
- The cluster name can contain up to 39 alphanumeric characters.
- The cluster name can contain the underscore character (_), the hyphen character (-), and the
period (.). No other special characters are supported.
- The cluster name cannot contain spaces.
|
CLUSTERADMIN |
Optional. Specify the cluster administrator OS user account name in the format
domain\user_name. If you are using a local user, specify
.\user_name and ensure that the user password is the same
on all hosts.
The default is your installation account.
|
CLUSTERID |
Mandatory if you are running the installation to upgrade IBM Spectrum Symphony. Set the ID of the cluster.
|
BASEPORT |
Optional. Set the connection base port for the cluster. The default is
7869. |
DBHOST |
Optional. Specify the name of the host where Derby (the non-production database) will run.
Do not specify an external database instead of Derby. |
DISABLESSL |
Optional. For management hosts, specify Yes to disable
security, which is enabled by default during installation to secure
web server communication. The web servers are accessible on the following default ports:
- The cluster management console web server:
With security disabled, the default port is 8080. Otherwise, the
default port is 8443.
- The REST web server: With security disabled,
the default port is 8180. Otherwise, the default port is 8543.
Note: Check for port conflicts to ensure that the specified ports are free.
|
- Open a command prompt on the upgraded version, and run the
egosh -V command to confirm the upgrade on your hosts. The output should list the
EGO version as 4.0.0.
egosh -V
EGO 4.0.0 build xxxxxx, MMM DD YYYY
binary type: win-x64
What to do next
After upgrading IBM Spectrum Symphony to the latest version by
performing a silent installation of the .exe packages, complete the remaining
steps in Performing a rolling upgrade on Windows to access the cluster management console, to verify that you have
installed the applicable IBM Spectrum Symphony packages, and to complete
any post-upgrade tasks.