--- 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.