Starting The Upgrade - Novell OPEN ENTERPRISE SERVER 2 SP2 Installation Manual

5b Change the line that reads
(on_reboot restart)
to
(on_reboot destroy)
5c Remove the line that contains
(bootloader /usr/lib/xen/boot/domUloader.py)
5d Find the following indented lines:
(image
5e In the kernel line, before the closing parenthesis ")", modify the listed path (or insert a
path if none is present) to point to the
Step
For example, modify the kernel line so that it reads:
(kernel /tmp/upgrade/vmlinuz-xen
or
(kernel /tmp/upgrade/vmlinuz-xenpae)
5f Insert a ramdisk line below the kernel line (or if a ramdisk line already exists, modify it) to
point to the initrd file you copied in
For example, insert or modify the line so that it reads:
(ramdisk /tmp/upgrade/initrd-xen)
or
(ramdisk /tmp/upgrade/initrd-xenpae)
5g In the args line, between the single quotes, insert the path to your SLES 10 SP3
installation source.
For example, if you are upgrading a 64-bit installation from the network, you might
modify the args line so that it reads:
(args 'install=http://myserver.mycompany.com/sles10-sp2/x86_64')
Or, if you are upgrading a 64-bit installation from ISO files, you might modify the args
line so that it reads:
(args 'install=hd:///?device=/dev/xvdx')
where x=the letter assigned to the SLES 10 SP3 ISO image file, for example
5h Save the upgrade configuration file, then continue with

Starting the Upgrade

1 On the VM host server at a terminal prompt, enter the following command:
xm create -F /path/to/modify_config_file.sxp
For example:
xm create -F /tmp/upgrade/modify_myserver_vm.sxp
The VM guest appears again in Virtual Machine Manager.
2 Open the VM guest, then select the language and accept the SLES 10 SP3 license agreement.
188 OES 2 SP2: Installation Guide
(linux
(kernel ...)
1.
.
or
vmlinuz-xen vmlinuz-xenpae
)
Step 1.
Starting the
file copied in
.
.../xvdc
Upgrade.