Installing Postupgrade Service Pack, If Any, On Media Server; Releasing The Standby Media Server - Avaya S8100 Series Manual

Upgrading Communication Manager on Avaya S8700-series Media Servers or S8700-series ESS from R2.x/

Installing postupgrade service pack, if any, on media server

Note:
Do not perform this procedure if you are not installing a service pack for
Note:
Communication Manager.
This service pack might not preserve calls.
To install a post-upgrade service pack.
1. Access the command line interface of the server with an SSH client like PuTTY and an IP
address of 192.11.13.6.
2. Log in as craft.
3. Type update_unpack and press Enter.
4. Select the update by number and press Enter.
5. Type update_show and press Enter to list Communication Manager files to verify that the
new software update file was unpacked.
6. Type update_activate update, where update is the update ID number produced by
update_show. An example can be 00.0.628.x-xxxx. Do not use the .tar.gz extension at the
end of the file name. Press Enter.
The media server might reboot with an automatic reset system 4 command. If the
system reboots, it might also display the message
/opt/ecs/sbin/drestart 2 4 command failed.
Ignore this message. You must wait until the restart or the reset is complete before you
enter additional commands.
The media server displays a message that the service pack was applied.
7. Type update_show again and press Enter to list Communication Manager files to verify
that the new service pack file is activated.

Releasing the standby media server

To release the media server from busyout mode:
1. Under Server, click Release Server.
2. To verify that the standby server is no longer busied out, click Status Summary.
230 Upgrading, Migrating, and Converting Media Servers and Gateways