VCS 6.0 cant directly upgraded to 6.0.1 for Solaris 10 ?
Created: 12 Nov 2012 | Updated: 12 Nov 2012 | 6 comments
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Environment
OS = Solaris 10
VCS/HA = 6.0
I want to upgrade the vcs 6.0. I saw two things under the SORT web site. See first for the rederence below:
When I select my installed product/Version/Platform, I can see that I have sfha-sol10_sparc-6.0RP1 Rolling Patch as an update. But when I select Select a product version 6.0.1 it gives me an update name sfha-sol10_sparc-6.0.1 Maintenance Release , means we also have an update name sfha-sol10_sparc-6.0.1 Maintenance Release which is more latest than sfha-sol10_sparc-6.0RP1. So why I am not able to directly update my product to sfha-sol10_sparc-6.0.1 Maintenance Release.
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There is a problem with SORT because as you have pointed out, if you select 6.0.1 as the version you have, it lists 6.0.1 as a patch you can apply and you can't apply 6.0.1 to itself, so if you look at other patches like 5.1SP1, this doesn't list itself, only patches that can be applied to 5.1SP1.
If you follow 6.0.1 link then this also says this can ONLY be appplied to itself - https://sort.symantec.com/patch/detail/6756 :
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Thanks for your words Mike. The below(sfha-sol10_sparc-6.0.1 Maintenance Release) means its a sfha version 6.0.1....The below does not means that its a Maintenance Pack of 6.0.1
sfha-sol10_sparc-6.0.1 Maintenance Release.
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Zahid Haseeb
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There are no MPs for 6.0, or 6.0.1. 6.0.1 is a Maintenance Release which is just yet another type of the seamingly unending growing types of patches, so now there are 9 types of patches !!
SP=Service Pack; PR=Platform Release; MP=Maintenance Pack; RP=Rolling Patch; P=P-patch; CP=Cumulative Patch; PP=Point Patch; HF=Hot Fix; MR=Maintenance Release
The latest version of SFHA is essentially 6.0.1, so this is the recommended version to have installed. (you should only install a HF or PP if the issues these fix are relevent to you).
6.0.1 can be applied to 6.0 - i.e SORT is wrong, the 6.0.1 install guide is right.
Mike
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Thanks Mike, we will bring this to the attention of the SORT team.
As for the versioning aspect, SFHA 6.0.1 was the first SFHA release to use the new versioning which provides consistency with our enterprise products. Going forward it should reduce confusion associated with MPs/RPs/PRs etc.
From release notes:
"Symantec made some changes to simplify the versioning process to ensure that customers have a unified experience when it comes to deploying our different products across Storage, Availability, Backup, Archiving and Enterprise Security products. With this change, all the products will have a 3 digit version. Incomplying with this approach, the current SFHA Solutions release is available as version 6.0.1."
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tony
Thanks Mike and Tony for your kind words. Giving thumb to both and marking the post as solution Mike ;-)
@ Tony / Symantec Nice Move
ferent products across Storage, Availability, Backup, Archiving and Enterprise Security products. With this change, all the products will have a 3 digit version. Incomplying with this approach, the current SFHA Solutions release is available as version 6.0.1."
@ Mike
thanks for making the thing simple as I only need to run the 6.0.1 installer to upgrade my 6.0 version
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Just a follow up, the SORT team have now corrected this on the SORT portal.
Thanks for bringing it to our attention.
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tony
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