Preparing the first engine for upgrade

This topic describes how to prepare the first engine to be upgraded.

Steps

  1. Obtain software to be used on the upgrade process. See Obtain prerequisite software.
  2. Disable the high-availability script. See Disable the high-availability script.
  3. Stop the engine. See Stopping a metadata server.
  4. Disable RSA II timer watchdogs. See Disabling the RSA II watchdogs
  5. Optionally, reassign filesets to other engines. See Reassign filesets to another metadata server in the cluster
  6. Copy configuration files to another location. See Copy configuration files to a backup location.
  7. Upgrade the system BIOS. See Upgrading system BIOS.
  8. Upgrade the RSA II firmware. See Upgrading RSA II firmware.
  9. Optionally, split the boot drive mirror. See Splitting the boot drive mirror.

Parent topic: Upgrading the first metadata server engine

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