5.4.4 Upgrading Oracle VM Server Using the CD

A log of the install is located in /root/upgrade.log. If the installation fails, review this log file for help identify the cause of any installation problems.

To upgrade the Oracle VM Server using the Oracle VM Server CD:

Burn the Oracle VM Server ISO file to a bootable CD.
Start the Oracle VM Server installer by following the steps in Section 2.1.2, “Installing Oracle VM Server From a DVD-ROM or CD-ROM”.
If an existing Oracle VM Server installation is found on the computer, the System to Upgrade screen is displayed. Select Oracle VM Server 3.x (disk) to upgrade the existing installation.
Select OK and press Enter.
The Upgrade Boot Loader Configuration screen is displayed. Select Update boot loader configuration to update the existing boot loader. Select Skip boot loader updating to make no changes to the boot loader. Select Create new boot loader configuration to create a new boot loader.
Select OK and press Enter.
If you selected Create new boot loader configuration, the Boot Loader Configuration screen is displayed.
The Boot Loader Configuration screen is displayed. If you want to set a boot loader password to increase security of your machine, select Use a GRUB Password, enter a password in the Boot Loader Password field, and re-enter the password in the Confirm field.
Warning
Do not use boot loader passwords if Distributed Power Management (DPM) is used. A boot loader password has to be entered manually with every boot, which prevents DPM from starting a server successfully. For more information about DPM, see What are Server Pool Policies? in the Oracle VM Concepts Guide
Select OK and press Enter.
The Boot Loader Configuration screen is displayed. Select Master Boot Record (MBR) or First sector of boot partition as the location to install the boot loader. If you want to change the drive order, select Change drive order and follow the prompts to change the drive order.
Select OK and press Enter.
The Upgrade to begin screen is displayed. Select OK and press Enter. The installer installs and configures Oracle VM.
When all files are installed and configuration complete, the Complete screen is displayed. If you performed the upgrade from the CDROM drive, remove the Oracle VM CDROM.
Select Reboot and press Enter. The computer reboots.
The Oracle VM console is displayed.

The Oracle VM Server upgrade is complete.