3.5.1 Matrix Server Upgrade Guide

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NOTE: Upgrade the server with the highest IP address first. Then

continue to upgrade the servers in descending order of IP address,

with the lowest numbered server being upgraded last.

1. Disable the server to cause any active Virtual NFS Services to migrate

to another server. (Right-click on the server and select Disable).

2. Stop Matrix Server on the server:

# /etc/init.d/pmxs stop

3. Back up the Matrix Server configuration on the node being upgraded

as described under “Back Up and Restore the Matrix Configuration”

on page 3.

4. If you will be doing a fresh installation of the operating system, skip to

step 11. Otherwise, continue with the following steps.

5. Remove any MxFS-Linux patches:

# rpm -e mxfs-fastpatch

6. Uninstall MxFS-Linux 3.1.2 from the server. Run the following

commands. (When you uninstall MxFS-Linux, you may see an error

message stating that a failure occurred. You can ignore this message;

the uninstall was successful.)

# rpm -e mxfs

# rpm -e mxfs-sles9-support

# rpm -e mxfs-patches

7. If the Matrix Server Support RPM is installed, uninstall it:

# rpm -e pmxs-sles9-support

8. Uninstall any Matrix Server patches installed on the server:

# rpm -e pmxs-patch

9. Uninstall Matrix Server. This step does not remove your existing

matrix configuration or log files. The matrix software must be

uninstalled from a location outside of the matrix directory structure

(/opt/polyserve).

Run this command on the server:

# rpm -e pmxs