System Management Services(SMS) software: Upgrade Requirements

Asset ID:	1-71-1002075.1
Update Date:	2011-06-09
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Solution 1002075.1 : System Management Services(SMS) software: Upgrade Requirements

Applies to:

Sun Fire 15K Server
Sun Fire 12K Server
Sun Fire E20K Server
Sun Fire E25K Server
All Platforms
***Checked for relevance on 25-May-2011***

Goal

To upgrade System Controllers (SC's) in a Sun Fire[TM] 12K/15K/E20K/E25K server, you must follow the steps detailed in the System Management Services (SMS) Installation Guide for your version of SMS.

When skipping versions (for example, if you upgrade from SMS version 1.2 to version 1.6,) the inbetween versions must be used to get to 1.4.1 and then with Patch ID 137195-01 you can go straight to version 1.6.

All existing SMS 1.5, 1.4.1, 1.4, 1.3, 1.2, and 1.1 users are encouraged to migrate to SMS 1.6 at this time.

Sustaining support for SMS 1.5 was discontinued effective July 30, 2008.
Sustaining support for SMS 1.4.1 was discontinued effective July 15, 2006.
Sustaining support for SMS 1.3 was discontinued effective October 5, 2005.
Sustaining support for SMS 1.4, 1.2, and 1.1 was discontinued effective June 9, 2004.

As of July 30, 2006, SMS 1.6 is the only supported SMS release.

Solution

Note: Before upgrading, make sure that failover between the two System Controllers is active, that no files are queued in `showdatasync`, and that a test failover between the two System Controllers works.

At the end of the upgrade process, both system controllers must have the same version of SMS software.

When upgrading, follow the upgrade path as follows:

From ...

SMS 1.1 --> All patches up to date --> upgrade to SMS 1.2 *
SMS 1.2 --> All patches up to date --> smsupgrade to SMS 1.3 *
SMS 1.3 --> All patches up to date --> smsupgrade to SMS 1.4.1
SMS 1.4 --> All patches up to date --> smsupgrade to SMS 1.4.1 *
SMS 1.4 --> All patches up to date --> smsupgrade to SMS 1.5 *
SMS1.4.1 --> SMS1.6 ( See Patch 137195-01 Readme for instructions) *
SMS 1.4.1 --> All patches up to date --> smsupgrade to SMS 1.5
SMS 1.5 --> All Patches up to date --> smsupgrade to SMS 1.6

* Upgrade is not reversible. You will not be able use smsversion to revert back to the old installation after the upgrade.

SMS 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.4.1 , 1.5 & 1.6 have two versions of software, one for Solaris[TM] 8 Operating System(OS), and one for Solaris[TM] 9 OS (or 9 and 10 for SMS 1.6). Please use the correct version of software for your upgrade path.

SMS 1.2

SC Requirements

Solaris 8 2/02 or Solaris 9 05/02
smsbackup,
installation of SMS 1.2 software,
smsrestore of your platform's configuration,
run smsversion to set the new version of SMS software.

SMS 1.3

SC Requirements

Solaris 8 2/02 or Solaris 9 05/02
Java[TM] 1.2.2

SMS 1.4

SC Requirements

Solaris 8 2/02

108528-24
115831-01
115829-01 or later

Solaris 9 12/03
Java[TM] 1.2.2 or later

SMS 1.4.1

SC Requirements

Solaris 8 02/02

117002-01
108528-24
115831-01
115829-01

Solaris 9 04/04

113027-03

Java 1.2.2 later

Domain Requirements

Solaris 8

110826-09
111335-18

Solaris 9 12/03 or patch 112233-09 or later.

SMS 1.5

SC Requirements

Solaris 8 02/02
117002-01
108434-17
108528-24
115831-01
115829-01
3rd party version of SSH that supports SSH 2.0 protocol (required for built-in security)
Solaris 9 04/04
113027-03
111712-12
(SSH is included in Solaris 9, so a 3rd party version is not required.)
Java[TM] 1.2.2 or later

Domain Requirements

Solaris 8 2/02

110826-09
111335-18

Solaris 9 12/03 or patch 112233-09 or later
Solaris 10 3/05

SMS 1.6

SC Requirements

SMS 1.6 has different binary packages for the Solaris 9 OS and the Solaris 10 OS on the SCs. You must install the correct SMS package for your OS version. For more information about the correct package to use for your version of the Solaris OS, refer to the System Management Services (SMS) 1.6 Installation Guide.

Note: that SMS 1.6 with Solaris 10 is not supported on CP1500s see Alert "Memory Shortage on Sun Fire 12K/15K CP1500 System Controllers Running Solaris 10 (Doc ID 1017340.1)".

The software requirements shown in this section are the minimum software requirements for SMS 1.6. They vary by operating system.

Solaris 8 OS is not supported on the SCs. Solaris 8 OS is supported on the domains only
Solaris 9 OS Minimum Requirements for SMS 1.6

Solaris 9 4/04 OS release

Same version of SMS software on both system controllers (SCs)

Installation of the Entire Distribution software group of the Solaris OS, including update version and installed patches, on both SCs.

Patches:

113027-03 or later

111712-12 or later

Solaris 10 OS Minimum Requirements for SMS 1.6
Note CP1500s are not supported for this configuration see SUN Alert 102819

Solaris 10 1/06 OS release

Same version of SMS software on both system controllers (SCs)

Installation of the Entire Distribution software group of the Solaris OS, including update version and installed patches, on both SCs.

Patches:

121946-01 or later

121286-02 or later

Domain requirements

Solaris 8 OS Requirements

Solaris 8 2/02 OS

Solaris 8 OS is not supported on domains running on UltraSPARC IV+ processors.

Solaris 9 OS Minimum Requirements

Solaris 9 4/04 OS release

Patches:

112233-09 or later

On systems with UltraSPARC IV+ 1.8 GHz processors, the first supported version of the Solaris 9 OS is Solaris 9 9/05.

Solaris 10 OS Minimum Requirements

Solaris 10 3/05 (minimum for UltraSPARC III+, UltraSPARC III++, and UltraSPARC IV) or Solaris 10 3/05 HW1 (minimum for UltraSPARC IV+).

Solaris 10 1/06 is supported

Patches:

121946-01 or later

121286-02 or later

For more information see the Installation Guide and Release Notes for each version that you are going to use for your upgrade.

(All can be found at http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E19065-01/index.html )

819-4663-11 - System Management Services (SMS) 1.6 Installation Guide
819-4659-10 - System Management Services (SMS) 1.6 Release Notes
817-7294-10 - System Management Services (SMS) 1.5 Installation Guide
817-7297-10 - System Management Services (SMS) 1.5 Release Notes
817-5409-10 - System Management Services (SMS) 1.4.1 Installation Guide
817-5407-10 - System Management Services (SMS) 1.4.1 Release Notes
817-3055-10 - System Management Services (SMS) 1.4 Installation Guide
817-3058-10 - System Management Services (SMS) 1.4 Release Notes
816-5320-10 - System Management Services (SMS) 1.3 Installation Guide
816-5321-10 - System Management Services (SMS) 1.3 Release Notes
816-5261-10 - System Management Services (SMS) 1.2 Installation Guide and Release Notes

If the system controllers needs a fresh OS install, the Entire Distribution Software group must be selected.

For more details about upgrading the SC OS and SMS at the same time see "Sun Fire[TM] 12K/15K: How to migrate System Controllers from Solaris 8/SMS1.3 to Solaris 9/SMS 1.4.1 (Doc ID 1010912.1)"

Customers can download SMS 1.6 as <Patch 10264594>.
Internally you can download old SMS versions from here: http://panacea.uk.oracle.com/twiki/bin/view/Products/ProdInfoStarcatSmsSoftware.

See the TSC patch page http://panacea.uk.oracle.com/twiki/bin/view/Products/ProdPatchesFirmwareStarcat for all SMS recommended patches.

Bug ID 4975691 smsupgrade from SMS 1.3 to SMS 1.4.1 fails.
See also "System Management Services Software: upgrade to SMS 1.4.1 failed (Doc ID 1004970.1)"
Solaris 8 SMS 1.4.1 domain patch requirement: Patch ID 115829-01

Without the patch, the following error is given when upgrading;

./smsupgrade
/var/tmp/sms_1_4_1_sparc/System_Management_Services_1.4.1/Product
Library file "/usr/lib/fm/libdiagcode.so.1" not installed.
Fatal error: SMS Version 1.4.1 could not be installed. Please correct any reported issues and restart smsupgrade.
Log file is /var/sadm/system/logs/smsupgrade. Exiting.

BugID: 6431521 Inconsistency between SMS 1.6 's Release Note doc & Install doc. (removed reference to Patch ID 113027-05 from this doc)

There have been several questions of confusion about the minimum Solaris 8 requirements for different versions of SMS. For the software itself, Solaris 8 02/02 is the minimum version needed. This will support all platforms with US-III+ processors in the domains. However, in order to use US-IV or US-IV+ processors, the SC must be running a minimum Solaris 8 02/04. Please understand that the requirement here is based on the processors, not SMS. This is not clearly stated in the SMS 1.5 Installation Guide, so please refer to the SMS 1.6 Release Notes for the most recent info.

For getting latest SMS 1.6 patches tarball see http://panacea.uk.oracle.com/twiki/bin/view/Products/ProdPatchesFirmwareStarcat

SMS, upgrade, installation, 15k, 12k, starcat, sms 1.5, sms 1.6
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