Starting up the FSE server

If you are upgrading an FSE server, invoke the following commands:

#rpm -Fvh fse-common-3.4.0* fse-server-3.4.0* fse-agent-3.4.0* \ fse-cli-admin-3.4.0*

#rpm -ivh fse-util-3.4.0*

In both cases, the second rpm command installs the FSE utilities: HSM Health Monitor and Log Analyzer.

If you are upgrading the FSE release 3.4 with an FSE system maintenance release or an FSE hot fix for this release, perform the following procedure to appropriately install the software on the consolidated FSE system or FSE server:

•At the command line, change the current directory to the one with the installation packages. Install all required FSE system maintenance release or FSE hot fix RPM packages with one invocation of the rpm command.

If you are upgrading a consolidated FSE system, invoke the following command:

#rpm -Fvh fse-common-3.4.SMRNumber* fse-server-3.4.SMRNumber* \ fse-agent-3.4.SMRNumber* fse-client-3.4.SMRNumber* \ fse-cli-admin-3.4.SMRNumber* fse-cli-user-3.4.SMRNumber* \ fse-util-3.4.SMRNumber*

If you are upgrading an FSE server, invoke the following command:

#rpm -Fvh fse-common-3.4.SMRNumber* fse-server-3.4.SMRNumber* \ fse-agent-3.4.SMRNumber* fse-cli-admin-3.4.SMRNumber* \ fse-util-3.4.SMRNumber*

On the consolidated FSE system or the FSE server, you need to start the FSE processes. Depending on the type of the FSE host, you may need to perform additional steps after the startup. These steps are required because of a changed format of the FileSystemID parameter in the FSE partition configuration files.

Follow the procedure:

1.Run the fse --startcommand to start omniNames (CORBA Naming Service daemon) and the FSE server processes:

#fse --start

Consolidated FSE system

Starting omniORB Naming	Service:	[	OK	]
Starting FSE Service:		[	OK	]
Starting FSE Resource Manager:		[	OK	]
Starting FSE Management	Interface:	[	OK	]
Installing HSMFS Filter	module:	[	OK	]
Loading HSMFS Filter module:		[	OK	]
Starting HSM FS Event Manager:		[	OK	]
Mounting HSM File Systems:		[	OK	]

FSE server

Starting	omniORB Naming Service:	[	OK	]
Starting	FSE Service:	[	OK	]

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