Using the IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller Installer to upgrade SAN Volume Controller Console

You can upgrade the SAN Volume Controller Console using the IBM® System Storage® SAN Volume Controller Installer. You can also use this process for reinstalling an existing installation.

Before you can upgrade or reinstall the SAN Volume Controller Console and PuTTY in graphical mode, you must ensure that you have performed the following tasks:

Ensure that your system meets the IBM System Storage Productivity Center hardware and software requirements provided in the IBM System Storage Productivity Center Introduction and Planning Guide
Download the SAN Volume Controller Console zip file from the following Web site:
Support for SAN Volume Controller (2145) Web site

After you have downloaded the zip file, you can extract the contents and write it to a CD or you can extract the contents to a directory on your system and perform the installation tasks from that directory.

If you are upgrading, you need to know the following information before initiating the upgrade of the SAN Volume Controller Console:

The SAN Volume Controller Console superuser password
The administrator password for each SAN Volume Controller cluster that is being managed by the SAN Volume Controller Console. You need the administrator passwords to ensure that you do not lose access to the SAN Volume Controller Console during the upgrade to 5.1.0. When you upgrade from SAN Volume Controller Console version 4.3.1 to 5.1.0, the cluster superuser password is initially set to the cluster's administrator password from 4.3.1.
If you are upgrading the SAN Volume Controller Console from version 4.3.1 to version 5.1.0 and do not know the administrator password, you can reset it using the front panel of a node, or you can reset the password from the command-line interface by issuing the svctask chcluster -admpwd command.
Note: The svctask chcluster -admpwd command is only available on 4.3.1 and earlier releases.

The SAN Volume Controller Console version 5.1.0 and later does not share the superuser password between all clusters that it manages. Instead you access the same level of function for a particular cluster by using a password that is unique to that cluster. This password is called the cluster superuser password. When upgrading from 5.1.0 to a later release, cluster superuser passwords are kept during the upgrade process.

During the upgrade or reinstallation process, you use the IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller Console Launchpad application. The Launchpad allows you to select from the following options:

Console overview: Provides information about the SAN Volume Controller Console and its components.
Readme file: Provides any last minute product information that is not provided in the topics for installing the SAN Volume Controller Console.
Configuration guide: Provides instructions for installing and configuring the SAN Volume Controller Console.
License agreement: Provides information about the license for the SAN Volume Controller Console.
SAN Volume Controller Web site: Opens the SAN Volume Controller product Web site.
Installation wizard: Starts the SAN Volume Controller Console installation program.
Post installation tasks: Details information about validating the installation, accessing the SAN Volume Controller Console URL and adding the SAN Volume Controller Console cluster to the SAN Volume Controller Console management facility.
Exit: Exits the SAN Volume Controller Console LaunchPad program.

The SAN Volume Controller Console installation program determines if this is a reinstallation or an upgrade of the SAN Volume Controller Console. If the installation wizard determines that the SAN Volume Controller Console was previously installed on the system, it does a comparison of the current version, release, modification, and fix code level with that of the code that is currently installed on the system.

If the level is the same, this is a reinstallation.
If the new code has a higher level, it is an upgrade.
Note: You cannot upgrade to SAN Volume Controller Console version 5.1.0 from releases before version 4.3.1. If you want to upgrade from a 4.3.0 version of the SAN Volume Controller Console, you must first upgrade to version 4.3.1, then upgrade to version 5.1.0.
If the new code level is lower than the level on the system, the installation is not valid.

Complete the following steps to upgrade the SAN Volume Controller Console:

Log on to the system as a local system administrator.
Perform one of the following steps:
- If you wrote the contents of the zip file to a CD and you have autorun mode set on your system, insert the CD into the drive. The IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller Console Launchpad application starts.
- If you wrote the contents of the zip file to a CD and you do not have autorun mode set on your system, insert the CD into the drive. Open a command prompt window and change to the W2K directory on the CD.
  Issue the following command:
```
Launchpad
```
  The IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller Console Launchpad application panel is displayed.
- If you did not write the contents of the zip file to a CD, open a command prompt window and change to the following directory:
  extract_directory\W2K
  
  Where extract_directory is the directory where you extracted the zip file.
  
  Issue the following command:
```
Launchpad
```
  The IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller Console Launchpad application panel is displayed.
Click Readme file in the LaunchPad window to read installation information that is specific to this SAN Volume Controller Console software level.
Click Installation wizard in the LaunchPad window to start the installation.
Note: The LaunchPad panel remains open behind the installation wizard so that you can access product information during the installation process. You can click Exit if you want to close LaunchPad.

There might be a slight delay while the software loads on your system. After the software loads, a command prompt window opens to display the following message:
```
Initializing InstallShield Wizard...
Preparing Java <tm> Virtual Machine ...................
......................................................
......................................................
```
The Welcome panel for the installation wizard is displayed. The Welcome panel provides the names of the documentation that you should read before you continue with the installation.
Click Next to continue or Cancel to exit the installation. If you click Next, the license agreement panel is displayed.
Read the license agreement information and perform one of the following steps:
- Select I accept the terms of the license agreement and click Next to accept the license agreement.
- Select I do not accept the terms of the license agreement and click Cancel to exit the installation.
Wait while the installation wizard verifies that your system meets all of the requirements. You might have to perform additional steps before the installation process can start if any of the following apply:
- The installation wizard checks for previous versions of the Service Location Protocol (SLP) service that was installed with SAN Volume Controller Console. If other versions of SLP are installed on the system that are different from the version installed with the SAN Volume Controller Console, they should be removed before completing the installation wizard.
- During an upgrade from SAN Volume Controller Console version 4.3.1 to version 5.1.0, if the SLP, the IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller Pegasus Server, or IBM WebSphere® Application Server V6 - SVC services are started, the installation program stops these services during the installation. If you are installing a 5.1.0 version of the SAN Volume Controller Console, then the installation program only installs IBM WebSphere Application Server V6 - SVC.
Note: If you or any of your users plan to use the SAN Volume Controller command-line interface (CLI) in addition to the SAN Volume Controller Console, you can use the putty-<version>-installer.exe file that is located in the SSHClient/PuTTY folder that is included as part of the SAN Volume Controller Console zip file to install PuTTY on your system.

If you are upgrading from SAN Volume Controller Console version 4.3.1 to version 5.1.0, the Product Installation panel displays with the Preserve Configuration option. If you chose to preserve the current configuration under in the backup directory, the installation program skips the next steps and goes directly to the Installation Confirmation panel. If you do not preserve the current configuration or are installing the SAN Volume Controller Console for the first time, the Destination Directory panel is displayed.
Select one of the following options from the Destination Directory panel:
- Click Next to accept the default directory.
- Click Browse to select a different directory for installation and then click Next to continue the installation process.
- Click Cancel to exit the installation process.
Note:
- The directory name, including the drive letter, can be a maximum of 40 characters. When specifying a directory, the following characters cannot be used: \ / : * ?< > !.
After you click Next, the program checks to ensure there is adequate space available on the system for the SAN Volume Controller Console. If the program detects insufficient space for the SAN Volume Controller Console installation in the chosen destination, an error message is displayed. You can free some space on the destination drive and then click Next, or you can stop the installation program by clicking Cancel. You can also click Back, and select a different destination. After the system verifies the space requirements for the destination directory, the Updating Embedded WAS Ports panel is displayed.
Update the default ports assignments by typing unique port numbers (SOAP port, RMI port, HTTP port, and HTTPS port) for the IBM WebSphere Application Server V6 - SVC. The installation program checks for available ports; however, you can check the availability of ports manually. To check the ports manually that are in use, issue the netstat -a command and view the C:\WINNT\system32\drivers\etc\services file. Click Next to continue. The Install Confirmation panel displays.
Click Install to confirm the installation location and file size and to start the installation. Click Cancel to exit the installation wizard or click Back to go to the previous panel. If you click Cancel a pop-up panel opens and asks you to confirm the cancellation of the installation wizard. Click Yes to confirm the cancellation or click No to continue the installation. If you confirm the cancellation, the information that you entered or selected in the previous panel is not saved and you must restart the installation process. If you choose to continue the installation, the Installation Progress panel indicates how much of the installation has been completed. Installation usually takes 3 - 10 minutes depending on the configuration of your workstation. If you are upgrading from SAN Volume Controller Console version 4.3.1 to version 5.1.0, the Migration Input panel is displayed. Use this panel to provide user account information to migrate users on the existing clusters to the upgraded version of the clusters. For each cluster IP address, provide the administrator password that is used. The migration status for the cluster displays whether the migration failed or succeeded for each user account that was specified. If the there are errors in the connection to the cluster or with password authorization, they are displayed on the Migration Results panel. Because the Migration Results panel does not display detailed error messages if the migration fails, you can run the migration tool manually after the installation program completes to get detailed error results for the migration.
After the installation completes successfully, the Finish panel displays. Click Finish to complete the wizard. The wizard displays the post installation task file that provides an overview of the task that need to be complete to complete the configuration of a cluster. You need to reboot your system before launching the SAN Volume Controller Console. When your system restarts, the program automatically starts IBM WebSphere Application Server V6 - SVC.
Review the log file for error messages. The log file is located in install_directory\logs\install.log, where install_directory is the directory where the SAN Volume Controller Console was installed. The install.log file contains a trace of the installation process. After the wizard finishes the Post Installation Readme file displays. This file contains important information on the next steps for completing your configuration. Follow the instructions in this file to complete the post installation tasks for the SAN Volume Controller Console. You can now launch the
Use the Services component of the Windows® Computer Management utility to verify that the following services Status is set to Started and Startup Type is set to Automatic:
- IBM WebSphere Application Server V6 - SVC
You can now launch the by selecting Start > All Programs > IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller > Launch SVC Console.
Note: The SAN Volume Controller Console version 5.1.0 does not prompt you for a password when it first starts. Instead it immediately displays the Welcome panel from which you can access the list of available clusters. After selecting a cluster, you are prompted for a password. You can complete either of the following actions to access the cluster:
- Enter superuser for the user name and the cluster superuser password, which was the cluster administrator password on the 4.3.1 version of the SAN Volume Controller Console.
- Enter a user name and password of a SAN Volume Controller Console user account that was successfully migrated during the installation. The superuser password that was used to access SAN Volume Controller Console version 4.3.1 is no longer used by the system.