hi 

I have a problem with updating Guardium from 11.5x to 12.x when running the Patch file: SqlGuard-11.0p9998 maraca failed, and when checking the log file, the error is as follows:

ERROR: FOR UPGRADE TO v12 APPLIANCE SHOULD BE REBUILT - no root partition.

ERROR: FOR UPGRADE TO v12 APPLIANCE SHOULD BE REBUILT - no var partition.

But they do exist. They were created when installing the Guardium server.

Hi Daniel

My suggestion is fresh installation. We always install fresh devices and move all agents to them. Troubleshooting may consume your time more than fresh installation :) If you have 1 cm 2 collector than install fresh 3 devices and equalize all config. Than start moving agents one by one.

Regards

Mehmet

Hi Daniel

pls. read the patch release notes: Release of Guardium Data Protection pre-upgrade health check 11.0p9998

The patch is not failing - it does what's expected ... the messages are documented in the patch release notes. 
--> It prevents you from doing things that are not good for you ;-) 

In the product documentation you can find the chapter:

>> Upgrading your Guardium system > Planning an upgrade > Identifying the correct upgrade path

The version 12 upgrade patch is incompatible with the following configurations:

• • Guardium systems with custom partitions.
  • Encrypted Logical Volume Management (LVM) disks.
  • Guardium systems that are deployed in cloud environments.

Your disk names are not sth. like /dev/sda1, /dev/sda2 ... 

They are like /dev/mapper/...

--> For me this is a clear sign that you are using custom partitions, LVM or cloud - its definitely no plain-vanilla install within a VM or on plain Hardware --> with default partitioning !  

Conclusion

• 11.0p12001 is NO candidate (for inplace-upgrade) when you installed the appliance by using custom partiions. You might did not know it if someone else installed it (and didn't wrote a deployment log ...)
  
  
• You need to execute a "rebuild"-Upgrade
  • Main Steps: 
    • backup 
    • re-install with v12
    • restore
• Before you start:
  • There is a video at youtoube - Avi gives a very good Introduction (recording from international Virtual User Group (VUG) )
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuQds7moBhg 
    • 1h worth to spend !!!
  • Read Documentation
  • Read Patch Release Notes
  • TEST the stuff in a test environment

//Chris

Hi Daniel

You are using custom partitions..

not /dev/sdX --> but /dev/mapper/xxx

That means: No in-place upgrade is possible --> see https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/gdp/12.x?topic=upgrade-identifying-correct-path

The patch is working as expected - it warns you that p12001 will not work.

Conclusion:
You need to upgrade by a so called Rebuild (Backup, re-install Appliance with v12 iso, restore)

Intro: There is a very good recording from Guardium Virtual User Group (VUG) - Avi explains all the main pitfalls ... --> see  https://youtu.be/nuQds7moBhg

// chris