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3-10 Comprehensive upgrade
Performing a comprehensive upgrade
Standard 1.0 System Installation and Modification Guide January 1998
Performing a comprehensive upgrade
Introduction
The procedures that follow provide information about
performing a comprehensive upgrade on the Meridian Mail
system.
Note: The procedures described for comprehensive upgrade
are general and intended only to guide the administrator.
Although all required platforms are covered, this guide is not
intended to reflect specific platform configurations.
The procedure has several parts. The first part is common to
all platforms and must be performed for all comprehensive
upgrades.
Following the common procedure are procedures broken into
tasks that, in general, all platforms use. Where there are
deviations because of platform specifics, these are remarked
on within the procedure or broken out and given their own
procedure.
The intent of the procedures is to provide a general look at
the comprehensive upgrade on each platform and, therefore,
may not cover your specific configuration.
When to use the
procedures
Use the setup procedure when
• you are planning to do a comprehensive upgrade
Use the main upgrade procedures when
• you are comprehensively upgrading your specific
platform
Note: If you are planning to do a simple upgrade, see “Setting
up for a comprehensive upgrade” on page 3-11, and perform
steps 1 through 12.
Disabling disk to disk
backup
If your system is a multinode Mod Op, EC, or EC-11 and
has disk to disk backup enabled, it must be disabled before
you begin a comprehensive upgrade. Use your old Install/
data tape for disabling. For more information, see your