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Title
Current firmware is not upgraded on slave -
Description
After upgrading a HA cluster to SPS version 6.0.0 on the Basic Settings -> High availability page the Current Boot firmware version of the Slave node shows the previous version instead of 6.0.
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Cause
The actual running firmware is the "Active" firmware which is 6.0.0. The "Current" firmware is the one which would be started during the next reboot.
This is a known issue in version 6.0.0 to 6.0.2 and 6.1.0 to 6.3b The reason is the symbolic link of the "Current" firmware is not updated during the upgrade process.
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Resolution
RESOLUTION:
This issue is now fixed in SPS v6.0.3 LTS and SPS v6.4 Feature releases.
WORKAROUND:
The link will be upgraded automatically when the master/slave roles are changed (for example when the administrator presses "Activate slave" )
It is also possible to correct the firmware link manually the following way:
- Please log in to the salve node's boot shell. You can do that either by IPMI console or by logging in to the master node and choose Shells -> Remote boot shell from the console menu.
- Please make sure the slave node is indeed running the correct version. Please issue the following command and double-check the versions:
cat /etc/MANIFEST
- Please change directory to /initrd/mnt/boot and list the content. You should find the "current" symbolic link pointed to the old firmware version and the "active" to the new version.
- The fix itself is simply deleting the "current" link and re-creating it to the correct firmware. Please execute the following commands:
rm currentln -s scb-boot-6.0_6.0.0-6.0.0 current
- After that is done please reload High Availability page to make sure the issue is solved.
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Change Request
PAM-10413