Managing Upgrade Tasks On The Upgrade Side; Connecting To The Desktop On The Upgrade Side - NEC NovaScale R630 User Manual

Managing Upgrade Tasks on the Upgrade Side

While the system is in split mode, you can perform any of the following upgrade tasks on the Upgrade Side:
Run software installers and updaters (see "Running Software Installers" on page 5-115, and "Software Upgrade
Support" on page 5-71 for restrictions).
Restart the operating system, if necessary (see "Restarting the Upgrade Side" on page 5-116).
Perform limited testing of the installed updates (see "Verifying the Upgrade Side Before Merging the System" on
page 5-118).
If necessary, you can also completely abort the upgrade process from the Active Upgrade console on the Production
Side.
Because the Active Upgrade console itself runs on the Production Side of the system, you need to establish a remote
connection to the desktop on the Upgrade Side before you can complete any of these upgrade tasks, as explained in
"Connecting to the Desktop on the Upgrade Side" on page 5-111.
TIPS:
"Connecting to the Desktop on the Upgrade Side" on page 5-111
"Running Software Installers" on page 5-115
"Restarting the Upgrade Side" on page 5-116
"Viewing Active Upgrade Process Status" on page 5-124
"Merging the System" on page 5-119
"Aborting the Upgrade" on page 5-122
"Troubleshooting" on page 5-130

Connecting to the Desktop on the Upgrade Side

While the system is in split mode, the Active Upgrade console runs on the Production Side of the system. To perform
upgrade tasks, you must establish a remote connection to the Upgrade Side.
You can access the Upgrade Side using one of two methods:
Remote KVM
Allows you to control the keyboard, video, and mouse of the Upgrade Side using the Advanced Video Redirection
(AVR) feature of the VTM console. You might prefer this option if you require access to the BIOS settings and
troubleshooting information that are available in the VTM console.
Remote Desktop
Allows you to control the keyboard, video and mouse of the Upgrade Side through the Windows Remote Desktop
component. You might prefer this option if you are more familiar with it, or if it runs faster in your environment.
To use either connection method, click on the associated link (Figure 5-15) in the navigation bar of the Active Upgrade
console. For more information, see TIPS.
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