DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 7
Maintenance for R7r
555-230-126 Issue 4
June 1999
Additional Maintenance Procedures
6-6Software updates
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Table 6-1. Software Update—Simplex SPE
Step Time
(min) Remarks
change sys-par
maint 2 Note the current settings of the Save Translation and Alarm
Origination Activated field s and then set them to n. Set C PE
Alarm Activation Level to none. Make sure scheduled d aily
maintenance is not set to run during the update.
save
announcements 40 These steps create a bac kup tape in case the up date fails
and a backout is nec essary. Saving announcements may be
skipped if display announcements shows no administered
announcements.
save translation 2
backup disk 10
Remove the
backup tape and
clean the tape
drive
5 This procedure is desc ribed under ‘‘TAPE’’ in Chapter 9,
‘‘Maintenance Object Repair Procedures’’.
Insert the tape with
the new software 2 Wait for the tape to retension itself.
list config
software-version 5 Make sure the tape has the expected version number.
restore disk
install 10 This copies files from the new tape to d isk. If you are
updating
from
a load earlier than 6.0, substitute for this step
the following sequence: copy announce tape, save
translation tape, then restore disk full.
The following step will result in the service effects described above.
upgrade software
to-version 10 Use the new software version number described ab ove. The
system will reboot and then reload translations. Results of
each step in the upg rade process and initialization
diagnostics will b e displayed on the terminal. A fu ll
description of sc reen output appears in upgrade software
in Chapter 8, ‘‘Maintenance Commands’’.
NOTE:
Be careful not to touch the G3-MT keyboard whi le
waiting for the command to execute, or the result
messages may be lost.
Login on the G3-MT.
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