Chapter 3 Upgrading Cisco Access Registrar Software

Upgrading Cisco Access Registrar Linux Software

#to perform the update. The script is located in:

#/opt/CSCOar/temp/10062.manual-changes

#

#Review the script to make sure it does not conflict with

#any of your VSA changes. Make sure you modify the script,

#if necessary, before you attempt to run it.

#

#To run the update script, type:

#aregcmd -sf /opt/CSCOar/temp/10062.manual-changes

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Step 11 Review the script and make sure that the changes it will make do not conflict with any changes you might have made to the VSAs. Modify the script if necessary.

Step 12 Record the location of the upgrade messages for future reference.

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#

#These upgrade messages are saved in:

#/opt/CSCOar/temp/10062.upgrade-log

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Upgrading Cisco Access Registrar Linux Software

This section describes the software installation process when upgrading to CAR 4.2 software on a Linux workstation. This section includes the following subsections:

Using uninstall-ar to Remove Linux Software, page 3-13

Deciding Where to Install, page 3-14

Installing Cisco Access Registrar Software from CD-ROM, page 3-14

Common Linux Installation Steps, page 3-15

Using uninstall-ar to Remove Linux Software

The Linux version of Cisco AR software includes the uninstall-arprogram in /opt/CSCOar/bin that you use to remove Cisco AR software on Linux machines.

 

Note

If you currently use the 3.5.2 Linux version, the uninstall-arprogram removes /opt/CSCOar/data.

 

 

Before you run the uninstall-arprogram, copy the /opt/CSCOar/data directory to a temporary location

 

 

such as /tmp. After you install the upgrade software, move the data directory back to

 

 

/opt/CSCOar/data.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Step 1

Log in to the Cisco AR workstation as a root user.

 

Step 2

To remove the Linux version of Cisco AR software, change directory to /opt/CSCOar/bin and stop the

 

 

server.

 

 

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