C H A P T E R 5

Upgrading

This chapter describes the procedure to upgrade from earlier versions of Sun Ray Server Software. It also includes instructions for upgrading the Solaris operating environment.

Topics in this chapter include:

Upgrading the Solaris Operating System

Upgrading the Sun Ray Server

Upgrading the Solaris Operating System

To Upgrade the Solaris Operating System

Note - For complete instructions, please refer to the documentation provided with the Solaris software. This procedure may take several hours or more to complete.

1. Log in, or use the rlogin command to log in, as superuser of the Sun Ray server.

2. Use NFS, FTP, or other means to copy the /var/tmp/SUNWut.upgrade/preserve_version.tar.gz
file, if it exists, to a safe location on another server.

3. Make a tape backup of the Sun Ray server's file systems.

4. If you have run utpreserve, re-install or upgrade to the Solaris 8 or Solaris 9 operating environment.

Make an "Entire Distribution" software group installation. Instructions are provided with the Solaris software.

If you have not run utpreserve, go to Step 6.

5. Use NFS, FTP, or other means to return the /var/tmp/SUNWut.upgrade/preserve_version.tar.gz
file to the Sun Ray server.

6. Selectively restore the file systems previously backed up.

7. Go to Upgrading the Sun Ray Server.

Upgrading the Sun Ray Server

To Upgrade the Sun Ray Server

Tip - If you have already mounted the Sun Ray Server Software 3 CD-ROM locally or from a remote server, or if you have extracted the ESD files to an image directory, begin at Step 4.

1. As superuser, open a shell window on the Sun Ray server.

2. Use NFS, FTP, or other means to return the /var/tmp/SUNWut.upgrade/preserve_version.tar.gz
file to the Sun Ray server.

3. Insert the Sun Ray Server Software 3 CD-ROM.

If a file manager window opens, close it. The file manager CD-ROM window is not necessary for upgrade.

4. Change to the image directory. For example:

# cd /cdrom/cdrom0

5. Upgrade Sun Ray Server Software:

# ./utinstall

Tip - The utinstall script requests that you reboot the Sun Ray server; however, you may defer this action until you have configured all features.

The utinstall script:

Checks to see which required software products are already installed.

Displays a message about what it has found.

Might indicate that an encryption change is about to happen. Answer y (yes).

Asks if you want to install localized documentation and Admin GUI.

Note - Pre-2.0 releases of SRSS installed all locales by default. For upgrades, the SRSS 3 installation script automatically installs whatever locales were previously installed. For fresh installations, it asks about each locale in sequence. If you have installed en_US only, then later want to add one or more foreign locales, please refer to the Sun Ray Server Software 3 Release Notes for instructions.

Informs you that it will install, upgrade, or migrate the required software products and any necessary patches and waits for approval. Answer y (yes).

Removes all previous Sun Ray software.

Installs patches.

Installs the required software applications.

Sun Ray Data Store

Sun Ray server:
Administration software
Java JRE software
English man pages and product documentation
Core software
Configuration
Drivers

Controlled Access Mode software

Provides a notice that the system must be rebooted; however, this action can be deferred until later.

Ends, indicating a log file is available at /var/adm/log/utinstall.year_month_date_hour:minute:second.log
where the values displayed reflect a time stamp of when utinstall was started.

Note - For a listing of utinstall error messages, see utinstall Error Messages.

6. See Configuration for instructions how to configure and reboot the Sun Ray server.

If other systems need a software upgrade, return to Preserving Configuration Data and repeat the tasks appropriate for each of those systems.