Chapter 3 Upgrading Cisco Access Registrar Software

Upgrading Cisco Access Registrar Linux Software

Step 5 Enter the directory where you have stored the CAR 4.2 license file.

Access Registrar provides a Web GUI. It requires J2RE version 1.4.* to be installed on the server.

If you already have a compatible version of J2RE installed, please enter the directory where it is installed. If you do not, the compatible J2RE version can be downloaded from:

 

 

 

http://java.sun.com/

 

 

 

 

Where is the J2RE installed? [] [?,q]

 

 

 

The J2RE is required to use the Cisco AR GUI. If you already have a Java 2 platform installed, enter the

 

 

 

directory where it is installed.

 

 

 

 

 

Note

If you do not provide the J2RE path, or if the path is empty or unsupported, the installation process exits.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you are not using ORACLE, press Enter/Return to skip this step.

 

 

 

ORACLE installation directory is required for ODBC configuration.

 

 

 

ORACLE_HOME variable will be set in /etc/init.d/arserver script

 

 

 

Where is ORACLE installed? [] [?,q]

Step 6

Enter the location where you have installed Oracle, otherwise press Enter.

 

 

 

A local database from previous installation of the Access

 

 

 

Registrar Server has been detected. It contains:

 

 

 

* session information

 

 

 

 

* all server object definitions

 

 

 

* local UserLists

 

 

 

 

Do you want to preserve the local database in /opt/CSCOar [y]: [y,n,?,q] y

Step 7

EnterY to preserve the local database.

 

 

 

The upgrade procedure needs administrator access to your configuration

 

 

 

so that it can upgrade it.

 

 

 

Enter an AR administrator username and password:

Step 8

Enter the administrator userID and password.

 

 

 

User: admin

 

 

 

 

Password:

 

 

 

 

Retype password:

 

 

 

 

Remove old sessions in /opt/CSCOar/data/radius [n]: [y,n,?,q]

Step 9

Enter Y to remove old sessions or N to retain old sessions.

 

 

 

unpack the rpm file done

 

 

 

 

Preparing...

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1:CSCOarui-add########################################### [100%] Archive: ./jakarta-tomcat-4.0.6.zip

creating: /opt/CSCOar/jakarta-tomcat-4.0.6/bin/

 

 

 

inflating: /opt/CSCOar/jakarta-tomcat-4.0.6/bin/bootstrap.jar

 

 

 

inflating: /opt/CSCOar/jakarta-tomcat-4.0.6/bin/catalina.bat

 

 

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Cisco Systems 4.2 manual Enter Y to preserve the local database, Enter Y to remove old sessions or N to retain old sessions

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