Snapshotting The Existing Server Installation - Novell PLATESPIN ORCHESTRATE 2.0.2 - UPGARDE GUIDE 10-09-2009 Upgrade Manual

We recommend that you record the results of this command so that you can compare it with the
results of a similar task following the upgrade (see
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2.1.4 Snapshotting the Existing Server Installation

Before you begin the upgrade process of the ZENworks Orchestrator Server, make sure that all
running jobs are complete. If the jobs have not completed on their own, the upgrade processes
forcibly cancels them, which is the normal behavior when the server is shut down. The effect on the
jobs is that they are terminated abruptly before they finish running. The specific consequence of this
termination depends on the job that is terminated.
When you are sure that the jobs are complete, you need to run a specific shutdown command to
prepare a "snapshot" of the current configuration of the server so that a new version of a server can
be started with the configuration of the old server.
When an upgrade of server components occurs, all of the current server settings (configuration) and
state (model) for the current instance is written to a platform-independent XML encoded snapshot.
This snapshot is read in by a newly upgraded server instance to initialize its settings and state to that
of the previous server instance.
The snapshot data is read when a newly upgraded server instance is first started, initializing its
settings and its state to that of the previous server instance. The snapshot files must exist in
opt/novell/zenworks/zos/server/snapshot.
Use the following steps to perform the snapshot:
1 Check the running status of the server:
/etc/init.d/novell-zosserver status
If the Orchestrator Server is already stopped, you must start it before a snapshot can be created:
/etc/init.d/novell-zosserver start
2 Create a snapshot of the server's current configuration with the following command:
/etc/init.d/novell-zosserver stop --snapshot
You can also create the snapshot by using the Development Client to shut down the server. To
do so, select Server > Shutdown Server to display the Server Shutdown Confirmation dialog
box.
Select Perform Snapshot of Server State, then click Shutdown.
Upgrading ZENworks Orchestrator 1.3 Components to PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.0
Section 2.1.9, "Checking the Upgraded Version
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