Upgrade Requirements

The following levels of access, materials and information are needed to execute an upgrade:

• Target-release ISO image file.

  Example: SDS-8.6.0.0.0_95.14.0.iso

• VPN access to the customer’s network.
• GUI access to the SDS network OAM&P VIP with administrator’s privileges.
• SSH/SFTP access to the SDS network OAM&P XMI VIP as the admusr user.

  Note:

  All logins into the SDS active and DR site servers are made using the external management (XMI) VIP unless otherwise stated.
• User logins, passwords, IP addresses and other administration information. See section Logins, Passwords, and Site Information.
• Direct access to server IMI IP addresses from the user’s local workstation is preferable in the case of a back out.

  Note:

  If direct access to the IMI IP addresses is not available, then access to target server can be made using a tandem connection through the active primary SDS (that is, an SSH connection is made to the active primary SDS XMI first, then from the active primary SDS, an 2nd SSH connection can be made to the target server’s IMI IP address).