Upgrading SIOS Protection Suite/LifeKeeper

You may upgrade from previous versions of SIOS Protection Suite for Windows while preserving your resource hierarchies and mirrors by using the procedure below.

Upgrade Procedure

The following scenario illustrates the upgrade process when upgrading both LifeKeeper and SIOS DataKeeper. The upgrade should be performed on LifeKeeper prior to upgrading SIOS DataKeeper. The LifeKeeper Services and SIOS DataKeeper Service will be stopped during the upgrade process. A system reboot is required after upgrading both LifeKeeper and SIOS DataKeeper.

Given two systems (Sys1 and Sys2), with Sys1 being the primary (active) server, perform the following steps to upgrade LifeKeeper and SIOS DataKeeper:

Upgrading the Backup Server

1. Exit the LifeKeeper GUI and SIOS DataKeeper GUI on backup server Sys2.

2. Open a command window and enter $LKROOT\bin\lkstop (where $LKROOT is the SIOS Protection Suite installation path, by default C:\LK) to stop all the LifeKeeper services. Wait until you see “LIFEKEEPER NOW STOPPED” before continuing.

3. Upgrade LifeKeeper for Windows on the backup server Sys2 by running the setup program. Click Yes to continue upgrading LifeKeeper.

4. The existing LifeKeeper files will be overwritten by the LifeKeeper installation. You should install your new LifeKeeper license (if necessary) using the License Manager utility – pre-7.0 LifeKeeper licenses will not work with LifeKeeper 7.0. Do not reboot the backup server until SIOS Data Replication is upgraded to SIOS DataKeeper.

5. Upgrade SIOS DataKeeper for Windows on the backup server Sys2 by running the setup program. Click Yes to continue upgrading SIOS DataKeeper. You should install your new DataKeeper license (if necessary) using the License Manager utility – SIOS Data Replication licenses will not work with SIOS DataKeeper.

6. Upgrade the Language Supplement Package (if required) and any optional recovery kits at this time by running the appropriate installation program.

7. Reboot the backup server Sys2.

For additional backup servers in your cluster, follow these steps on each server.

Note: Newer versions of SIOS Protection Suite contain links to the SIOS Technical Documentation in lieu of being included in the install package. When performing an upgrade from previous versions which contained the Online Product Manual within the product, the upgrade will not uninstall the old Online Product Manual files. If you would like for these files to be removed, you will need to manually uninstall the OLPM package.

Upgrading the Primary Server

8. Once backup server has been rebooted, allow mirror(s) to resync and return to the Mirroring state.

9. Perform a switchover. This will bring the active resource hierarchies In Service on Sys2 and will reverse the role of the mirror(s) allowing the primary server Sys1 to be upgraded.

10. The above procedure will be repeated on the primary server Sys1. Exit the LifeKeeper GUI and SIOS DataKeeper GUI.

11. Open a command window and enter $LKROOT\bin\lkstop (where $LKROOT is the LifeKeeper installation path, by default C:\LK) to stop all the LifeKeeper services. Wait until you see “LIFEKEEPER NOW STOPPED” before continuing.

12. Upgrade LifeKeeper for Windows on the primary server Sys1 by running the Setup program. Click Yes to continue upgrading LifeKeeper.

13. The existing LifeKeeper files will be overwritten by the LifeKeeper installation. You should install your new LifeKeeper license (if necessary) using the License Manager utility – pre-7.0 LifeKeeper licenses will not work with LifeKeeper 7.0. Do not reboot the server until SIOS DataKeeper is upgraded.

14. Upgrade SIOS DataKeeper for Windows on the primary server Sys1 by running the Setup program. Click Yes to continue upgrading SIOS DataKeeper. You should install your new DataKeeper license (if necessary) using the License Manager utility – SIOS Data Replication licenses will not work with SIOS DataKeeper.

15. Upgrade the Language Supplement Package (if required) and any optional recovery kits at this time by running the appropriate installation program.

16. Reboot the primary server Sys1.

17. Start the LifeKeeper GUI on Sys1 by clicking Start, and then point to Programs, then LifeKeeper, then LifeKeeper GUI and log in to Sys1.

Upgrading from SIOS Data Replication v6.2x to DataKeeper

Because DataKeeper incorporated a new structure called a “job”, upgrading from SIOS Data Replication to DataKeeper requires that you delete your existing mirrors before upgrading to DataKeeper and then recreate them after the upgrade is complete. This insures that the job and mirror information gets set up properly for DataKeeper.

DataKeeper also requires updated licensing, so you will have to install your new DataKeeper licenses when the License Manager screen is presented. We also recommend removing your old SDR v6.2x licenses at this time.

The procedure is exactly the same as the upgrade procedure above, with two exceptions underlined below.

Upgrade Procedure

1. In the SIOS Data Replication UI, delete all existing mirrors.

2. Close the SIOS DataKeeper Replication UI if it is currently running.

3. Perform the upgrade procedure listed above and apply new licensing on each server when prompted.

4. Bring up the DataKeeper UI and recreate your mirrors.

Reinstalling SIOS Protection Suite/LifeKeeper

To reinstall SIOS Protection Suite, perform the same procedures as above, the only exception being that when Setup presents a list of InstallShield options, select Repair.