3.5.1 Matrix Server Upgrade Guide

Chapter 4: “All-at-Once” Upgrades 37

3. Perform a fresh installation of the operating system:

• RHEL4 systems: Install the operating system and edit system files

as described in Appendix A. Then 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 /boot/grub/

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

for more information.

• SLES9 systems: Follow the steps in Appendix B to install the

operating system and kernel. If you will be using MxFS-Linux, you

will need to compile a kernel from source.

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

location where you have downloaded the software.

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

5. Run the mxcheck utility, which verifies that the server’s configuration

meets the requirements for running Matrix Server. Issue the following

command:

# /opt/polyserve/bin/mxcheck -l -p -t - install

Output from the utility appears on the screen and is also written to the

/var/opt/polyserve/mxcheck directory. We recommend that you fix any

problems identified by mxcheck before you continue the upgrade.

6. If you will be using MxFS-Linux, complete these steps:

a. Install the MxFS-Linux support RPM from the product CD or the

location where you have downloaded the software.

# rpm -i <mntpoint>/mxfs-<os>-support-3.5.1-<xxxx>.<arch>.rpm

b. Install the MxFS-Linux product RPM.

# rpm -i <mountpoint>/mxfs-3.5.1-<xxxx>.<arch>.rpm