Upgrading the metadata server package

This topic describes how to upgrade the metadata server package from release 2.1.

Prerequisites

This procedure assumes that you have already switched to the engine you are upgrading (if you are accessing the metadata servers from a single KVM) or that you have established an SSH session between the master console and the engine that you are upgrading. In addition, it assumes that the metadata server is already stopped.
To upgrade the metadata server package, enter the following command:
rpm -Uvh metadata_server_package_name 
For example:
rpm -Uvh /usr/tank/packages/sfs-server-linux 
Attention: Running rpm -e instead of rpm -U when upgrading the metadata server might cause problems when restarting, as described in the following bullets:
  • If you did run the rpm -e sfs.admin.linux command, some configuration files and settings might be lost. Verify that the following entry exists in /etc/inittab before attempting to restart the metadata server:
    sfs:35:wait:/etc/rc.d/init.d/sanfs start
  • If the entry is missing, run the setupsfs command without the -overwrite option to restore it. If you use the -overwrite option with the setupsfs command, all data is lost.

Parent topic: Upgrading metadata server engines

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