> we are going to attempt to accomplish a hardware upgrade from an
> ultra 2 to an enterprise 450 by swapping the system disk. our
> netadmin on this task has verified this is doable.
related differences between a UE2 and a UE450?
Yeah, it has lockable castors, so you can roll it in.Quote:> all database devices are on a raid cabinet. heres the plan:
> 1. roll in the new machine (I think we can get away with putting it next
> to one rack)
Check its dimensions. Sun always does something stupid
with their systems. In the case of the 450 its its length.
There is no 2.6.1. I think you mean 2.6 hardware 5/98.Quote:> 2. Backup old. (I'm going to start this before we leave)
> 3. UPGRADE THE OS ON THE OLD. We're running Solaris 2.6.0 which
> doesn't work 100% with the e450 hardware. I've got the latest and
> greatest 2.6.1 media ready to go.
You would be better off leaving the old alone. You may needQuote:> 4. Remove sybase from the startup scripts on old, then shutdown
> old.
it to fall back on if anything happens.
Warning Will Robinson! Danger! Danger!Quote:> 5. Swap disks.
Master is defined in the run script, everything else isQuote:> 6. Boot new. Check to make sure that the second SCSI interface
> comes up with the same interface number, so sybase will know where to find
> its disks. (Where does sybase define it's disks?)
in the master..sysdevices table. These are the physical
device paths, so if anything changes you're hosed.
Good luck. You may need it.Quote:> 7. Start Sybase
That's correct. And that's your problem.Quote:> my question concerns item number 6. right now the raid devices are of the
> /dev/rdsk/c1t0xxxx variety. if the interface comes up as '2' then the
> devices will be of the /dev/rdsk/c2t0xxxx variety.
I would leave the old box alone. I would install Solaris on theQuote:> if this happens, the plan is to update the RUN script so that the master
> device is indicated as c2t0xxxx. then the plan is to update the sysdevices
> table so that c1t0xxxx -> c2t0xxxx on old, shutdown the database, and
> move the raid cable to the new box, boot.
> anyone try this before?
> the interface should come up as '1'. just thinking about what to do if
> it does not.
> any other gotchas?
UE450 from scratch. Attach the RAID device and its controller,
reconfigure & reboot and see what it comes up as. If the
controller id is the same you're in luck. If not, its a bit
harder.
Install Sybase on the new box or copy the directory over.
Edit the interfaces file to show the new IP address (if you
copied the IP address of the old machine, make sure you change
its one first and reboot). Run the Sybase start script. If
the controller ID has changed, edit the run script to point
to the new master device and run it with the "-m" option
(i.e. master only). Then change all the sysdevices entries
to suit, shutdown and restart it without -m. Check each of
the databases and make sure you do db dumps before you do
any of the above. When you're done, upgrade the UE2.
-am