3Com VCX V7000 Installation And Maintenance Manual page 134

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5 At the end of the installation process, use this command to switch to the
new software version. For 5_0_X_Y, substitute the appropriate software
version number.
vcx-switchversion 5_0_X_Y
The service person and the customer determine the best time to take the
running server offline in order to synchronize the two servers. The
customer should plan for a VCX system outage of at least 30 minutes.
During the outage, all gateways are offline and callers hear a busy tone.
At a planned time, the running server is taken offline (all processes
associated with processing phone calls are shut down).
1 On the down server, log in as root.
2 Enter these commands:
cd /etc/rc.d/rc6.d
./K01vcx stop
Stop all VCX Processes
On the running server, log in as root and enter these commands:
cd /etc/rc.d/rc6.d
./K01vcx stop
Drop Database Replication
1 On the running server, log in as cworks.
2 Enter these commands:
cd /opt/3com/VCX/auth/bin
./dropReplication
3 Back up the Oracle database on the running server.
For instructions on how to back up the Oracle database, see the VCX
Administration Guide.
4 Transfer the Oracle database backup files from the running server to the
down server. See the VCX System Administration Guide for instructions.
5 Restore the database on the down server. See the VCX System
Administration Guide for instructions.
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