DPOD software updates are available from time to time and include enhancements, security updates, component upgrade, bug fixes etc.
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Upgrading Cell Environment
To upgrade a Cell environment - first stop DPOD on the Cell Manager and on all Cell Members, then upgrade the Cell Members, and only after all Cell Members have been upgraded, upgrade the Cell Manager.
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Ensure squashfs Support (only for Non-Appliance Installation)
Make sure the update file can be mounted (squashfs support) using the following command:
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lsmod | grep squash
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squashfs |
Copy the Software Update to DPOD Server
DPOD software updates are available through IBM Fix Central. The download consists of two types of files:
- The update file: DPOD-fixpack-<version number>.sfs (for example: DPOD-fixpack-1_0_811_50.sfs)
- The md5 hash calculation of the update file: DPOD-fixpack-<version number>.md5 (for example: DPOD-fixpack-1_0_811_50.md5)
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Make sure the update file can be mounted (squashfs support) using the following command:
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Copy the
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Copy the update files to the following directory on DPOD server:
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mkdir -p /installs/update/fix/TODO |
If the directory is missing for some reason, please create it:
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mkdir -p
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Make Sure there is Enough Disk Space
Root ("/") Mount Point Free Space
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The "/installs" mount point free space can be displayed using the following command:
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df -h /installs Output example: Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/mapper/vg_inst-lv_inst 7.0G 5.5G 1.6G 79% /installs |
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To calculate the needed available disk space for the internal configuration database backup please use the following command (in this example DB size is 43MB):
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du -ksh /app/derby/ Output example: 43M /app/derby/ |
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If there is not enough free disk space on the "/installs" mount point you may free some by deleting files from the following directories:
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| /installs/update/fix/TODO | Remove old DPOD update files (.sfs) |
| /installs/update/fix/backups | Remove old DPOD backup directories |
| /installs/APPL-setup | Remove DPOD installation file |
| /installs/MonTierInstaller | Remove the content of this directory |
Follow Special Steps
Some versions require special steps. Make sure to follow them:
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Install the Software Update
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Execute the following command from
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Run the following command from the location where you downloaded the update files to:
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MonTierUpdateInstaller.sh -u DPOD-updatefixpack-<version number>.sfs -s DPOD-updatefixpack-<version number>.md5 For example: MonTierUpdateInstaller.sh -u DPOD-updatefixpack-1_0_311_0.sfs -s DPOD-updatefixpack-1_30_11_0.md5 |
You may encounter Note: Some updates make changes to the MonTierUpdateInstaller.sh file itself. In that case, the following message will be displayed, and the command above should be rerun:
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INFO file MonTierUpdateInstaller.sh was updated successfully.
INFO important !!! Please run MonTierUpdateInstaller.sh again. |
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Do Not not interrupt the software update process after it has begunstarted. |
Please review the upgrade log file if the console displays any error messages.
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