DPOD software updates are available from time to time and include enhancements, security updates, component upgrade, bug fixes etc.
The following sections describe the process of upgrading an existing installation.
To upgrade for v.1.0.8.0 you must be at version v1.0.7.0 ..
You should consider full backup.
Appliance Mode Users Only - The upgrade will upgrade your DPOD installation to an advanced level of Operating System (CentOS 7.4). Therefore the upgrade command will required to be executed twice: 1) For Operating System upgrade 2) For Application upgrade. This procedure will document this to steps upgrade
Obtain the software update
DPOD software updates are available through IBM fix central.
The download consists of two types of files :
- The update file in the format of : DPOD-fixpack-<version number>.sfs (for example: DPOD-fixpack-1_0_10_0.sfs)
- The md5 hash calculation of the update file : DPOD-update-<version number>.md5
Copy the software update to the DPOD server
Copy the update files to the following directory on the DPOD server :
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/installs/update/fix/TODO |
If the directory is missing for some reason, please re create it :
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mkdir -p /installs/update/fix/TODO |
Install the software update
Run the following command from the location you downloaded the update files to.
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MonTierUpdateInstaller.sh -u DPOD-update-<version number>.sfs -s DPOD-update-<version number>.md5 |
For example:
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MonTierUpdateInstaller.sh -u DPOD-update-1_0_10.sfs -s DPOD-update-1_0_10.md5 |
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Software update :
Please DO NOT interrupt during the process !
Are you sure you want to continue ? [y/n] |
When the software update level is not compatible with the current system version you will receive the following message on the console output :
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error, software update can NOT be applied to this system version. aborting update... |
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Do Not interrupt the software update process after it has begun |
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Starting software update. log file is /installs/update/fix/logs/montier-update-2017-08-01_16-13-35.log
stopping application ...
application stopped successfully.
starting software update.....
updated complete successfully
starting application ...
application started successfully.
update DPOD-update-1_5_0.sfs was installed successfully. log file /installs/update/fix/logs/montier-update-2017-08-01_16-13-35.log |
Please review the upgrade log file if the console displays any error messages.