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Hello,
The setup is: 2x1 (1 utility node, 2 storage nodes), avamar 5 on gen3 hardware.
Is it possible to upgrade to 7.1? If so, than how does the upgrade path look like? (5.0 -> 6.0 ->7.1 or is it possible to go directly to 7.1)
BR,
Andy
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Posted July 31st, 2014 03:00
Hello,
Avamar 7.1 is supported on GEN3 hardware. You can not upgrade Avamar 5.0 to 7,1 directly. First upgrade to 6.1 and then upgrade to 7.1.
I hope this will be helpful for you.
Regards,
Pawan
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Posted August 1st, 2014 05:00
Hello,
When you install solve desktop and create procedure to upgrade Avamar 5.x to Avamar 6.1, it does not ask how many storage nodes you have. So there should not be any issue if you have 1 utility node and 2 storage nodes. But it asks you if your ADS is at least GEN3 or not. Because 7.1 supports GEN3 and later version only.
Regards,
Pawan
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Posted August 1st, 2014 05:00
Thank you. But is 2x1 (1 utility node, 2 storage nodes) still supported on 7.1?
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Posted August 1st, 2014 06:00
Hello,
I have checked Procedure Generator and did not see 2x1 thats why I asked.
Thank you anyway.
Andy
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Posted August 3rd, 2014 23:00
Jeff,
Thank you very much for such detailed explanation.
BR,
Andrew
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Posted August 1st, 2014 09:00
First on a side note, a 2 data node Non-RAIN configuration is a 1x2, not a 2x1. Also 1x2 does not mean 1 utility and 2 data nodes. the first digit indicates the dimensionality of combined servers, which was implemented in the Global Storage Area Network architecture, but never used. The Idea was that if you had 4 Grids all with 6 Data nodes, they could share a common distributed GSAN and would be a 4x6 Architecture. But that is old unrealized History. If you are interested in the subject or just want to induce sleep, research Distributed Hash Tables on wikipedia (Distributed hash table - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia).
I think you are asking if the 1x2 Non Rain Architecture is supported on Gen 3 with Avamar 7.1, correct?
The Answer is Yes. The Non-Rain Architecture is dependent on the hardware Platform which is supported on Gen 3.
However on Gen 4 and Gen 4s the Non-RAIN architecture is only supported in Single nodes, and AVE, not in a 1x2 configuration.