User`s guide

Upgrading from Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 4.0 and 4.6

Upgrading to Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 4.7

To upgrade your system to Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 4.7, do the following:

1 Download the vzinstall-linux-i386.bin or vzinstall-linux-x86_64.bin utility

(for the x86 or x86-64 version of Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 4.7, respectively) from the

Parallels web site.

The process of downloading and installing Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 4.7 with the

vzinstall-linux-i386.bin and vzinstall-linux-x86_64.bin utilities is the same.

Therefore, we use a generic term vzinstall-linux.bin to indicate both utilities throughout

this document.

2 Run the chmod a+x vzinstall-linux.bin command to make the vzinstall-

linux.bin utility executable.

3 Execute the vzinstall-linux.bin utility. You can run vzinstall-linux.bin in one of

the following modes:

• In the 'Download and install' mode, the utility automatically starts the upgrade after it has

downloaded the Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 4.7 installation files to the server.

• In the 'Download only' mode, the utility only downloads theParallels Virtuozzo Containers

4.7 installation files but does not install them on the server. You can copy the downloaded

files to the server you plan to upgrade to Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 4.7 and execute the

following command:

# ./virtuozzo-4.7.0-<build_version>-<arch>.sfx

Detailed information on the vzinstall-linux.bin utility is provided in the Parallels

Virtuozzo Containers 4.7 Installation Guide.

During the upgrade, you will have to complete the same steps as those described in the Parallels

Virtuozzo Containers 4.7 Installation Guide for installing Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 4.7 on a fresh

Linux distribution. Consult this guide if you need more information about specific steps.