DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 7
Maintenance for R7r
555-230-126
Issue 4
June 1999
Additional Maintenance Procedures
6-7Software updates
6
Software Update Procedure — Duplicated SPE
After making the preparations described above, execute the following sequence
of steps, entering the commands shown in bold type. This part of the procedure
normally takes about 3-1/2 hours. Screen output for each command is described
in
Chapter 8, ‘‘Maintenance Commands’’
. If errors are encountered after entering
the
update software
command, follow normal escalation procedures. Avoid
touching the keyboard while the save or upgrade commands are running since
doing so may cause diagnostic messages to be lost.
change sys-par
maint
2 Set the Save Translation, Alarm Origination Activated, CPE
Alarm Level, and Daily Scheduled Maintenance times to the
values that were in effect before starting this procedure.
save translation
2 This step stores the upgraded translations on disk.
backup disk
20 This step makes a backup copy of the new files. If a
coredump from before the upgrade is on disk, this can take
up to 50 minutes.
test stored-data
10 This step verifies that all MSS files are consistent. The next
run of scheduled maintenance will also do this.
list config soft
long
5 Verify that all files are correct.
backup disk
20 Make extra backup copies of the new files as needed. The
next run of scheduled maintenance will also do this.
set vector 8
1 Sets the coredump vector to take a coredump when the
system reboots.
Restore the system as described above.
Table 6-1. Software Update—Simplex SPE — Continued
Step
Time
(min) Remarks
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