Section 2: To Upgrade Meridian Link From Release 3 To Release 5C Or Co-Residency Using A Release 3 Backup Tape - Meridian Link/Customer Controlled Routing Installation And Upgrade Manual

Chapter 14: Software installation, upgrade, and update procedures 377
Section 2: To upgrade Meridian Link from Release 3 to
Release 5C or Co-residency using a Release 3 backup tape
If you already have Meridian Link Release 3 and want to upgrade to
Meridian Link Release 5C or Co-residency:
¥ Ensure that your backup is current so that you will not lose any
configuration and data information when you format the hard disk.
¥ Install the operating system and all applications.
¥ Enter a keycode to activate the appropriate application or applications.
To do this,
¥ Perform Procedure 11: Back up configuration and data files.
Note: At this point, Release 3 is still installed. Procedure 11, although
intended for Release 5C, can be used to back up Release 3 files. Ignore
any differences between the messages shown in Procedure 11 and the
messages you see.
¥ Perform Procedure 4: Power down the IPE Module or the Application
Module.
¥ Depending on the type of SBC card installed, perform one of the
following:
Ñ Procedure 5: Load the operating system on an Application Module
with an MVME147 card
Ñ Procedure 6: Load the operating system tape on an IPE Module or
an Application Module with an MVME167 card
¥ Perform Procedure 7: Reboot and go through setup.
¥ Perform Procedure 8: Load the application software from tape.
¥ Perform Procedure 9: Restore configuration files and data files from the
backup tape to customize your system
¥ Perform Procedure 10: Verify the installation to confirm that the
installation is complete and correct
¥ Perform Procedure 11: Back up configuration files and data files to
back up the customized new release
Meridian Link Release 5C/CCR Release 3C Installation and Upgrade Guide