How to Upgrade the OS Provisioning Plug-In

To upgrade the OS provisioning plug-in from version 2.0 to version 3.0, follow these steps:

Steps

1. Upgrade the N1 SPS software to version 5.2, as explained in Chapter 10, Upgrading to the Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.2, in Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.2 Installation Guide.

2. Acquire and import the com.sun.n1osp_2.0_3.0.jar file.

   For instructions about how to install the OS Provisioning Plug-In, see Installing the OS Provisioning Plug-In.

3. Upgrade the OS provisioning (control) server.

   You must use the OS provisioning plug-in 3.0 software to recreate any existing OS provisioning servers. See Creating the OS Provisioning Server

4. Upgrade the OS image servers in your environment.

   You must use the OS provisioning plug-in 3.0 software to recreate any existing OS image servers.

   • For instructions about how to create a JET Solaris image server, see How to Create the JET Solaris Image Server.

   • For instructions about how to create a Red Hat Linux image server, see Creating a RedHat Linux Image Server.

   • For instructions about how to create JET SuSe Linux image server, see Creating a SuSe Linux Image Server.

   • For instructions about how to create a Windows image server, see Setting Up the Windows Server.

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   Note –

   When you recreate the boot and install servers, you must use the value that you used previously for the installPath variable. If the previous installPath variable value is no longer valid, you must create a new boot and install server with the valid installPath variable value.

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5. Change the variable for the remote agent in any existing OS profiles.

   The product_version_spsra variable in the profile must reflect the current N1 SPS RA software version. Edit any existing profiles and change the value of the product_version_spsra variable to 5.2. For more information about this variable, see Component Variables for Solaris Remote Agents.

Troubleshooting

• If the OS Provisioning Plug-In package for the Solaris OS fails to install, remove the package, then try to install the package again.

• If you want to use new variables in the OS Provisioning Plug-In 3.0, you must recreate the target hosts in your N1 SPS environment. For more information about how to create target hosts, see Chapter 9, Target Hosts for OS Provisioning.

  If you prefer to use your existing target host definitions, you can continue to provision these hosts with the OS Provisioning Plug-In 3.0.