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- Page 1 XGS Chassis Windows 10 Upgrade Guide Release 9.00...
- Page 2 Bluetooth SIG, Inc., and any use of such Copyright Notice public. Accordingly, Keysight provides the marks by Keysight Technologies is under Software to U.S. government customers license. © Keysight Technologies 2019–2019 under its standard commercial license,...
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Page 4: Conventions Used In This Guide
Conventions Used in this Guide Conventions Used in this Guide The following notational conventions are used in this guide. Text is bolded to highlight important information. The caution symbol denotes information that is of critical importance to the operation of the NTO. - Page 5 This document describes the steps needed upgrade an Ixia XGS Chassis to Windows 10. The first step in the upgrade process is to back up and replace the XGS Chassis Windows 7 OS partition with an Ixia XGS Chassis Windows 10 base image. The Data partition with Acronis backup images are not affected.
- Page 6 Prerequisites Prerequisites The following are the prerequisites for upgrading an Ixia XGS Chassis to Windows 10: Check to ensure you have the upgrade product 943-0014 IXIA IXOS AND WINDOWS 10 FIELD UPGRADE which includes the USB and Windows 10 license sticker.
- Page 7 Procedures Procedures The procedures for Windows 10 field upgrade are described in the following sections. Create Acronis Recovery Image You need to create an Acronis recovery image to preserve the Windows 7 image, if you want to revert to this operating system at a future date. To create Acronis recovery image, do the following: 1.
- Page 8 Procedures 5. In the Aptio Setup Utility, navigate to the Save & Exit tab. 6. Under the Boot Override section, select the USB device (“SanDisk” in this example.) 7. The screen should go black and display “Press any key to boot from USB”. Press ENTER . –...
- Page 9 Procedures 8. On the Windows Boot Manager screen, press ENTER to select Windows Setup . – 9 –...
- Page 10 Procedures 9. Windows PE will now boot. Wait for the progress bar to complete. 10. Once Windows PE has booted, the following command prompt will automatically appear. Wait for the operation to finish. 11. A new command prompt appears with the line “Ixia Windows 10 Chassis Upgrade”, asking to confirm that the Windows partition will be erased.
- Page 11 Procedures 12. Wait for Ghost to complete rewriting the Windows partition. Once complete, it restarts automatically. 13. Ensure the system reboots into Windows 10. 14. The system may spend several minutes preparing the desktop, which may require several reboots. Ensure the Windows 10 login prompt appears. Note: When booting for the first time, the menu item in Windows Boot Manager may still say “Windows 7”.
- Page 12 Procedures IxOS installer installs IxExplorer and server components like Demo Server, TCL Server, and Hardware Manager. Perform the following installation steps: 1. A dialogue box appears providing option for changing Installer Cache path where installer and helper files are stored. You should change it to a location which does not require administrative privileges.
- Page 13 Acronis Backup and Recovery Procedure – Windows 7 Acronis Backup and Recovery Procedure – Windows 7 Acronis backup and recovery procedure helps you to revert your operating system to Windows 7. The procedures for Acronis backup and recovery are described in the following sections. Applicability The information in this bulletin applies to all Ixia Chassis running Microsoft Windows 7 that include Acronis Backup and Recovery imaging software.
- Page 14 Acronis Backup and Recovery Procedure – Windows 7 Once loaded, the Acronis Backup and Recovery (ABR) console appears as follows. – 14 –...
- Page 15 Acronis Backup and Recovery Procedure – Windows 7 To perform recovery, do the following: 1. In the Actions section, select Recover . 2. In the Recover Console, under the What to recover section, select Change . 3. In the Backup Archive Selection window, navigate to Local Folders >Data >Recovery. Select RecoveryImage , and then select OK .
- Page 16 Acronis Backup and Recovery Procedure – Windows 7 4. In the Recover Console, scroll down to the Where to recover section. Select Change next to Recover ‘Disk 1 MBR’ to . 5. Select Disk 1 as the MBR Destination, and then select OK . 6.
- Page 17 Acronis Backup and Recovery Procedure – Windows 7 7. Select the Windows7 volume, and then select OK . 8. Return to the Recover Console and select OK . The image recovery begins. 9. After the recovery is complete, close the status Window and from the ABR Console select Actions>Exit .
- Page 18 Revision Policy Revision Policy 817-1019-01 Windows 10 Reimage from Windows 7, Acronis Revert This document shall be controlled, approved, distributed, and revised electronically through Document Control. – 18 –...
- Page 19 Confidentiality Confidentiality 817-1019-01 Windows 10 Reimage from Windows 7, Acronis Revert THIS DOCUMENT AND THE DATA DISCLOSED HEREIN OR HEREWITH IS PROPRIETARY AND IS NOT TO BE REPRODUCED, USED OR DISCLOSED IN WHOLE OR IN PART TO ANYONE WITHOUT THE WRITTEN PERMISSION OF IXIA COMMUNICATIONS.
- Page 20 © Keysight Technologies, 2019–2019 Ixia, a Keysight Business 26601 West Agoura Road Calabasas, California 91302...
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