Minimum Hardware Requirements; Upgrading Fabric Manager In Cisco San-Os Releases Prior To 3.1(2B); Upgrading Fabric Manager In Cisco San-Os Releases 3.1(2B) And Later To 3.2(1); Installing The Database - HP Cisco MDS 9216 - Fabric Switch Configuration Manual

Installing the Management Software
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Minimum Hardware Requirements

For a PC running Fabric Manager Server on large fabrics (1000 or more end devices), we recommend
you use a Dual Core/Dual CPU high-speed system with 2 GB of RAM and 10 GB of free disk space.

Upgrading Fabric Manager in Cisco SAN-OS Releases Prior to 3.1(2b)

When you install Cisco SAN-OS 3.2(1), data is migrated from the Hypersonic HSQL database to either
the PostgreSQL database or Oracle Database 10g Express during the installation. To install the
PostgreSQL database on Windows, click the FM Installer link on the CD. To install Oracle Database 10g
Express, follow the instructions in the
Note If you are upgrading a previous installation of Fabric Manager Server, be sure the previous installation
of the database is running. Do not uninstall the previous version. If the previous version is uninstalled,
the database will not be migrated and your server settings will not be preserved. After you ensure that
the previous installation is running, follow the steps listed in the
page

Upgrading Fabric Manager in Cisco SAN-OS Releases 3.1(2b) and Later to 3.2(1)

When you install Cisco SAN-OS 3.2(1), data is migrated from the Hypersonic HSQL database to either
the PostgreSQL database or Oracle Database 10g Express during the installation. Data is also migrated
from Oracle to Oracle.
Note If you migrate the database from Oracle to Oracle, the schema is updated as required by Cisco SAN-OS
3.2(1).
To install the PostgreSQL database on Windows, click the FM Installer link on the CD. To install Oracle
Database 10g Express, follow the instructions in the

Installing the Database

Before you install Fabric Manager, you must install a database. As of Cisco SAN-OS Release 3.1(2b),
you can use Oracle Database 10g Express. Your other choice is PostgreSQL.Its a best practice to backup
all the rrd file in $INSTALL/pm/db before upgrade.
Its a best practice to backup all the rrd file in $INSTALL/pm/db before upgrade.
Note

Installing Oracle

Note If you want to use Oracle Database 10g Express, you must install the database and create a user name
and password before continuing with the Fabric Manager installation.
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2-24. Before beginning the upgrade, you must close Fabric Manager and Device Manager.
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