upgrading flare and using cli

[happyadm]

Hello,

We are doing a flare upgrade on Sunday. We are going from FLARE 19 to FLARE 26. We use emc snapview to backup our database clones and have the scripts running on the master backup server. The engineer from EMC told me that we would also have to refresh our admsnap or any other software related to the backup scripts. Since we do not use admsnap, and it looks like we use the navisphere CLI(the scripts were written before I got here), I assume all he means is updating the agent, and navisphere CLI on the server that does the backups. Is there a command comparison guide somewhere that would show me if any commands have changed between the two versions of the CLI 19 > CLI 26.

Thank you!

Happyadmin

[dynamox]

you can look at release notes for each flare/navi cli.

[happyadm]

Thank you Dynamox!

[nandas]

Also refer to the Rel 26 CLI Reference Guide. A major difference will be the use of Secure CLI with Rel 26. You may still continue using classic CLI as in Rel 19 - but Secure CLI is preferred and in that case, you need to configure the user authentication. Please refer to the CLI Guide for Rel 26.

Apart from Navisphere Suite, you need to check the compatibility of other Storage related software - mainly PowerPath, HBA Driver/Firmware etc and consider upgrading those as well.

Thanks,
Sandip

[happyadm]

Thank you Sandip and Dynamox!

[happyadm]

Hi,

The strange thing is my backup server is a Solaris machine. When I go to the downloads tab, I can download Sparc for the CLI/Agent, however, I don't see an option to download secure CLI for flare 26 on Solaris Sparc machines.

Solaris Navisphere Server Software 6.26
Navisphere Storage System Initialization Utility (Solaris SPARC) 6.26.30.0.99
Navisphere Storage System Initialization Utility (Solaris SPARC) 6.26 Software Download.
zip 0.2 MB August 25, 2009
Navisphere Secure CLI (Solaris x64) 6.26.30.0.99 Navisphere Secure CLI (Solaris x64) 6.26 Software Download.
zip 3.4 MB August 25, 2009
Navisphere Server Utility (Solaris SPARC) 6.26.30.0.99
Navisphere Server Utility (Solaris SPARC) 6.26 Software Download.
zip 3.9 MB August 25, 2009
Navisphere Server Utility (Solaris x64) 6.26.30.0.99
Navisphere Server Utility (Solaris x64) 6.26 Software Download.
zip 4.4 MB August 25, 2009
Navisphere Host Agent (Solaris SPARC) 6.26.30.0.99
Navisphere Host Agent (SPARC Solaris) 6.26 Software Download.
zip 4.0 MB August 25, 2009
Navisphere Storage System Initialization Utility (Solaris x64) 6.26.30.0.99
Navisphere Storage System Initialization Utility (Solaris x64) 6.26 Software Download.
zip 1.3 MB August 25, 2009
Navisphere CLI (Solaris SPARC) 6.26.30.0.99
Navisphere CLI (Solaris SPARC) 6.26 Software Download.
zip 18.1 MB August 25, 2009

Thank you!

[dynamox · Accepted solution]

it's inside of this file:

Navisphere CLI (Solaris SPARC) 6.26.30.0.99

[happyadm]

Thank you Dynamox!

[nandas]

The secure CLI is included within the CLI package - no seperate download needed for Secure CLI.

You may also use Rel 29 (Latest) CLI - which supports Flare 26 on CX & CX-3 series arrays.

Thanks,
Sandip