Software installation and upgrade

The PMAC GUI manages the installation and upgrade of platform and application software.

During initial setup, the PMAC application is installed on the PMAC server. Oracle personnel perform the initial installation and configuration of PMAC. PMAC is then used to install the TPD operating system and the application software on the server.

From a single PMAC GUI page, an operation can be launched that performs a simultaneous network installation of the operating system onto multiple servers. The application can also be installed on multiple servers at once.

Similarly, the PMAC GUI provides the operator with the ability to launch an upgrade of a server's application. The upgrade can occur on multiple servers simultaneously.

ISO software images are the supported delivery medium for platform installation and for application software installation or upgrade. The TPD software image and all application software images are added and installed onto the PMAC server. Software images can be served to PMAC via USB or via the network or extracted from physical media (CD) in the drive on the PMAC server (if so equipped).

The PMAC GUI provides interfaces to allow users to manage the software images. The PMAC GUI lets users add a new software image, view an inventory of the existing software images, and delete them when they are no longer required.

See Software Installation for additional information related to installing and upgrading software.