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Task
2. Perform data backup.
See Backing up system files in
Chapter 10.
3. Record configuration
information.
See Recording configuration
information in Chapter 10.
4. Install pre-upgrade service
pack, if necessary.
See Installing the pre-upgrade
software service pack, if
necessary in Chapter 10.
5. Perform the Linux migration
backup
See Linux migration backup (if
current release is 1.2.0
through 1.3.x) in Chapter 10.
6. Replace the S8300A with the
S8300C/S8300D.
See Replacing the S8300A
with the S8300B or S8300C
Server in Chapter 10.
Steps/Comments
Backup according to the release from which you
are upgrading. See Table
you will not restore these data sets. It is important
to have them in case it is necessary to revert to
the original configuration.
If you have not already done so, in the Record
Configuration Information task, record all of the
configuration information, regardless of the
release from which you are upgrading.
You will re-enter some of this information after the
upgrade.
This service pack allows you to back up data so
that it can be restored to a different Linux
operating system.
This backup allows you to restore translations
and system files after the hard drive has been
replaced.
Shut down the S8300A.
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Remove the S8300A from the gateway. (If
●
the gateway is a G700, the LED panel
must be removed together with the
S8300A.)
Re-insert the S8300C/S8300D (together
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with the LED panel for a G700) into the
gateway.
Tasks checklist
1. For the first backup,
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