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Updating OS (Standalone)

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  • Products: FlashGrid Server on AWS
  • Products: FlashGrid Server on Azure
  • Products: FlashGrid Server on GCP

Note: Running yum updatewithout first stopping Oracle and FlashGrid services may result in the services restarting non-gracefully during the update.

To update OS on a running server, perform the following steps

  1. Create a backup snapshot of the OS disk

    a. Flush OS buffers:

    # sync; sync

    b. Create a snapshot of the OS disk using the cloud console or CLI

  2. Stop all running databases.

  3. Stop Oracle High Availability Services:

    # crsctl stop has

  4. Stop FlashGrid Storage Fabric services:

    # flashgrid-node stop

  5. Install OS updates:

    # yum update

  6. Reboot the server

    # sync; sync
# reboot
  7. On the server run flashgrid-health-check command to verify that the status is good and all checks have passed successfully.