--- OCFS2-Newest-Kernel ---

OCFS Hierarchy 
   Primary     Secondary
   hanfs1      hanfs2         
   banapp2     banapp            
   banapp3     banapp4 banapp5         
   banapp2t    banappt            
   bandoc1     bandoc2
Part I
Which OLE Release is it?
    cat /etc/oracle-release |awk '{print $5}'
    
If it is 7 then the VMWARE tools should be removed and the open-vmm-tools installed.
/usr/sbin/vmtoolsd -v                 ### What tool version is running
systemctl status vmware-tools.service ### Status VMTools
vmware-uninstall-tools.pl             ### Follow the prompts

Install, Enable and Start open-vm-tools
yum install open-vm-tools.x86_64
systemctl enable vmtoolsd.service
systemctl start vmtoolsd.service
systemctl status vmtoolsd.service

Update GRand Unifed Boot Loader
If is is 6 then
vmware-config-tools.pl                  ### Follow the prompts

Which GRUB is it?
   ls -1d /boot/grub*
If grub2 then
    grub2-mkconfig > /boot/grub.cfg
If grub then
    cd /boot/grub
    vi menu.list

Pre Reboot
Make sure all servers in the OCFS set have the same kernel.
OR will after the reboot (see grub order).
Check that the values indicae it will boot with the grub being used.
lsinitrd /boot/initramfs-<kernal version<<OS version kernel series>.x86_64.img | grep -i vm

Reboot
First the Primary machine in the OCFS set.
Make sure it is stable and presenting the OCFS disk.
Follow with the rest of the set.
Part II
Find the new kernel:      
  --Show all      
    yum search --showduplicates kernel-uek   
  -- Should show wewest
    yum search --showduplicates kernel-uek |sort -n |egrep kernel-uek-4 |tail -1     
    
Clean Up Old Kernels
   Remove Kernels

Install the newest kernel ### 12-2019 - kernel-uek-4.1.12-124.33.4.el6uek.x86_64 

Pre Reboot
Make sure all servers in the OCFS set have the same kernel.
OR will after the reboot (see grub order).

Reboot
First the Primary machine in the OCFS set.
Make sure it is stable and pesenting the OCFS disk.
Follow with the rest of the set.

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