Back Up the Current SP Configuration
Note -
You cannot use Oracle Enterprise Ops Center for this portion of the
upgrade procedure.
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Set a 16-character passphrase for encryption of the SP configuration
information. Type:
-> set /SP/config passphrase=<XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX>
Set 'passphrase' to 'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX'
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Note the passphrase for later use.
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Create the backup of the SP configuration information. Type:
-> set /SP/config dump_uri=scp://<username>@<ip_address_or_hostname>/backup_XXXXXXXX.xml
Enter remote user password: *********
Dump successful.
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The backup file might take several minutes to write, depending on the
amount of platform-specific data in your configuration.
Note the name and location of the SP backup file.
Note -
If you are upgrading the system firmware on more than one server, Oracle recommends using a different file name for each SP backup.
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Load the initial firmware image.
See Load the Initial System Firmware Image.