Upgrading VM Recovery Manager HA

Upgrading the KSYS software

1. Contact IBM sales team for information about download location of the VM Recovery Manager HA solution.
2. Copy the filesets to the location where the existing filesets are installed.
3. Decompress the filesets according to the guidelines that are provided with the package.
4. To install the filesets by using SMIT panel, complete the following steps:
   1. To open the SMIT panel, enter the following command:

      smit install

   2. In the Install and Update Software screen, select Update Installed Software to Latest Level (Update All), and press Enter.

                                  Install and Update Software
                                                                                      
      Move cursor to desired item and press Enter.
                                                                                      
        Install Software
        Update Installed Software to Latest Level (Update All)
        Install Software Bundle
        Update Software by Fix (APAR)
        Install and Update from ALL Available Software

   3. In the Update Installed Software to Latest Level (Update All) screen, change the values according to your situation. You must also accept new license agreements. Press Enter after you make all other changes.
5. Check the installation summary at the end of the installation output by scrolling to the end of the output. The output indicates whether the installation of your fileset was successful.

   If trace spooling is enabled and the trace file size is large, you must wait for a few minutes before you run the ksysmgr command. If the installation was not successful, check the reason of failure in the output.

6. After upgrading of the KSYS software successfully, run the following script in the GUI server: /opt/IBM/ksys/ui/server/dist/server/bin/vmruiinst.ksh. Then, restart the GUI server by running the stopsrc -s vmruiserver and startsrc -s vmruiserver commands.

Upgrading VIOS to Version 4.1.2.10

1. Ensure that the VIOS version 3.1.4.21 above and the Postgres version 13 are installed on the VIOS. To check the Postgres version, run the following command:

   cat /var/vio/SSP/<cluster_name> /D_E_F_A_U_L_T_061310/VIOSCFG/DB/PG/PG_VERSION

   To check the mount point of the Postgres database, run the following command:

   mount

2. Ensure that the SSP cluster and database are in a healthy state. To verify the state of the cluster, run the following command in the padmin command-line interface:

   cluster -status

   The padmin command-line interface must display OK state for all the VIOS that are part of the SSP cluster.
3. Upgrade a VIOS, for example VIOS1, to version 4.1.1.0 then check the status of upgrade progress. To check the progress of the upgrade process, run the following command:

   viosupgrade -q -l

   An output that is similar to the following message must display: VIOS upgrade completed successfully.
   Note: After upgrading the VIOS to version 4.1.2.10, verify the status of the ksys_hsmon daemon in VIOS. If the daemon is inoperative, a reboot of the respective VIOS is required.

   To verify daemon status, run the following command:

   lssrc -s ksys_hsmon

4. Wait for two minutes to get the cluster in the stable state. To check the state of the cluster, run the following command:

   cluster -status

   The output must display OK state for the upgraded VIOS.
5. Please verify the VIOS release notes and apply if any mandatory efix required.
6. Restart the VIOS after you have applied the efix.
7. After the VIOS1 is up and running, you must wait for two minutes to get the cluster in the stable state. You can observe that the Postgres version of the VIOS is still version 13.
8. Run the discovery operation on the KSYS controller node. Ensure that the discovery operation completes successfully.
9. Similarly, upgrade all other VIOSes by repeating Step-4 to Step-7 for each VIOS. After all the VIOSes are upgraded, the Postgres version will be update to 15. To check the Postgres version, run the following command:

   cat /var/vio/SSP/<cluster_name> /D_E_F_A_U_L_T_061310/VIOSCFG/DB/PG/PG_VERSION

Upgrading VM agents

Upgrading AIX VM agents

Upgrading AIX VM agents from version 1.10

/var/ksys/config/backup

The backup directory contains copies of configuration files that existed before the upgrade.

If you uninstall the fileset, the system removes the active configuration files but retains the backup files in the /var/ksys/config/backup directory.