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24. If you did a fresh installation of the operating system, extract the

backup tar files saved in step 16 to /etc/opt/polyserve and /var/opt/

polyserve.

25. Install the kernel:

• For SLES9 systems, install the Matrix Server 3.5.1 Support RPM

(use the 32-bit version) and the MxFS-Linux kernel patches RPM

and then compile the kernel. See Appendix B for more information.

• For RHEL4 systems, install the appropriate PolyServe binary

kernel. Run the following command:

# rpm -ihv <kernelname>.rpm

Ensure that the new kernel is set as the default in the /boot/grub/

menu.lst file. If you need to build a custom kernel, see Appendix C

for more information.

26. Reboot the server.

27. Install Matrix Server 3.5.1 from the Matrix Server product CD or the

location where you have downloaded the software. Be sure to install

the 64-bit version of the RPM.

# rpm -i <mountpoint>/pmxs-3.5.1-<xxxx>.x86_64.rpm

28. When you removed the previous version of Matrix Server, the

uninstall process saved all Matrix Server configuration files that had

been modified at your site. The old files were saved with the suffix

.rpmsave.

After Matrix Server 3.5.1 is installed, the installation process runs the

mxcheck utility, which will report errors for the saved files. Review

the mxcheck report to locate the saved files and then compare them

with the new versions of the files that have been installed. You will

need to migrate your customized values from the old files to the new

files as necessary. You can then delete the .rpmsave files.

NOTE: If your mxinit.conf file includes SanPulse start options, be sure

to rename the options as described under “Changes for

SanPulse Start Options” on page 4.