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The Question is: Hi! We are having a cluster of 2 AlphaServer 1000A 4/266. These are having one system disk. Also, we are having HSZ40 with the firmware V3.1Z4. We are upgrading to OpenVMS V7.1-2. Will this HSZ40 firmware be supported by OpenVMS V7.1-2? Also, what is the mini mum SRM version is supported? Do I need to run the upgrade on both systems or only on one system? Please guide me in the matter... Thanks and Regards.. Mahesh The Answer is : The SRM version information and a variety of other prerequisites and upgrade-related details are included in the appropriate OpenVMS upgrade and installation guide, part of the OpenVMS documentation set. The current version of this manual is online at the OpenVMS website. Please contact your field service organization for the current HSZ firmware -- OpenVMS is generally not particularly sensitive to most storage controller firmware, thus the general recommendation is to run the most current controller firmware. With multiple system disks, you can perform a rolling upgrade. With the current configuration with one system disk, both systems must be shut down for the duration of the OpenVMS upgrade. When the upgrade is completed on one of the systems sharing the system disk, a few steps will be performed when each of the other systems sharing the system disk next bootstrap, and these steps will complete the upgrade in the context of each of the other systems. For details of upgrading this and other OpenVMS Cluster configurations, please see the OpenVMS upgrade and installation documentation. In addition to skimming the upgrade documentation, the OpenVMS Wizard also strongly recommends a quick review of the new features manual, as well as the release notes.
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