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Glossary
Active Upgrade technology
A process that allows you to upgrade system software and applications on an Express5800/320Fc system while its critical applications remain online and accessible to users. For more information, see the Overview.
application service
A program that runs in the background and performs tasks related to other programs on the local system or on remote systems. For example, a server may run an Exchange service, which can process email for local and remote systems.
The Active Upgrade console allows you to specify services that are related to your applications so that, when necessary, the applications and services may be started or stopped simultaneously.
See also custom action.
advanced video redirection (AVR) session
See Remote KVM.
call
To declare a program, script, or file that will be referenced by the current file. See also nesting (for configuration files).
child configuration
A configuration file that is called into a parent configuration file in a nested configuration.
commit upgrade
The stage of the Active Upgrade process during which the system makes the upgrade permanent by remirroring the upgraded system disk and the current data disk with their older partner disks.
You cannot abort the Active Upgrade process after you commit the upgrade, because the original version of your system is erased as a result of reestablishing the RDR mirrors.