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ETERNUS SF Express V15.3/ Storage Cruiser V15.3/ AdvancedCopy Manager V15.3 Migration Guide
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6.1.2 Performing the upgrade (for Windows)

There are two methods of performing the upgrade, as follows.

The upgrade is performed as follows:

  1. Log on to the server using Administrator privileges.

  2. Insert the DVD-ROM "ETERNUS SF SC/ACM/Express Mediapack for Windows (Manager Program) (1/2)" for this version into the DVD-ROM drive.

    Refer to "DVD-ROM contents" in the ETERNUS SF Installation and Setup Guide for this version for information on the DVD-ROM structure and detailed contents.

  3. The following window will be displayed. Click Manager installation.
    To cancel the upgrade at this point, click Exit.

  4. The Choose Setup Language dialog box will be displayed. Select the appropriate language and click OK.

    The language selected in this dialog box will be used during installation and uninstallation.

  5. The following progress bar will be displayed. To cancel the upgrade, click Cancel.

  6. The installation wizard page will be displayed. Click Next.

  7. Read the terms and conditions of the License Agreement page.

    If the conditions are agreeable, select [I accept the terms of the license agreement] and then click Next.

  8. Select the features and options to install from the Install option page.

    Feature selection

    Select [ETERNUS SF Manager is installed.].

    Option selection

    Select the desired options according to the following information.

    Install option

    Explanation

    Default

    Changing values in the Installation Destination page and Port Registration page is optional. In this case, steps 9 and 10 can be skipped.

    For this installation method, the following checks are automatically performed relating to the information provided by default:

    • Is there enough disk space for the installation in the default directory?

    • Are the default port numbers available?

    If an error is detected at this stage, a warning dialog box will be displayed.
    If no error is detected, the Start Copying Files page will be displayed.

    Custom

    The installation information must be manually entered in the pages for step 9 and later.

  9. Specify the installation directory in the Installation Destination page.

    If installing to a directory other than the default directory, click Browse and change the install destination. After designating all of the directories, click Next.

    Note

    • Spaces and the characters " | : * ? / . < > , % & ^ = ! ; are not supported for file names.

    • The number of characters in a directory name must be between 4 and 70.

  10. Specify the port number for the services in the Port Registration page.

    The default values are displayed. If necessary, enter alternative port numbers suitable for your environment. Values between 5001 and 32767 are valid.
    Then, click Next. If an entered value is already being used, the page will be displayed again.

  11. Check the settings information in the Start Copying Files page.

    If the settings are correct, click Next.
    To change a setting, click Back.

  12. The following dialog box will be displayed. To proceed with the uninstallation, click Yes.

  13. The uninstallation is started.

    The uninstallation is executed.
    Answer any questions to proceed as the uninstallation executes.

    Point

    • When requested to restart the computer, click No.
      If Yes is clicked, the upgrade will be interrupted. When re-executing the installation after a restart of the computer, the installation will be treated as new one.

    • When the uninstallation completes successfully, the Uninstallation was completed successfully page may be displayed. Although the instruction on the page indicates the deletion of files and folders, do not delete files and folders when performing the upgrade.

  14. When the uninstallation is completed, the copying of the files for the new version will be started.

    During this process, the file copy completion status will be displayed in the Setup Status page.

  15. When the copying process is completed, the system configuration will be updated. Wait for the configuration update process to complete.


  16. Enter the requested information for the repository database creation in the following page.
    Then, click Continue.

    Database creation folder

    This is the folder where the database will be created.
    Enter the full path for each of the database directories shown below. The specified folders must be new NTFS folders. Only specify NTFS folders using unique folder names.

    The default repository database will be displayed in each field. Change as necessary.

    • DB log file storage location
      Specify the folder for storing the RDB log file.

    • DB dictionary file storage location
      Specify the folder for storing the RDB dictionary file.

    • Repository database space storage location
      Specify the folder for storing the repository database space.

    Note

    • Do not specify a shared folder in which to create the database.

    • The number of characters in a folder name must be between 4 and 80. Spaces and the characters " | : * ? / . < > , % & ^ = ! ; # ' @ are not supported for file names.

    • Do not select the option [Compress drive to save disk space] in the General tab for any of these drives.
      Overhead is greater to a compressed drive than a non compressed drive. Depending on the amount of I/O, access errors may occur in low OS resource conditions.

    • Do not check the [Compress or Encrypt Attributes] in the Advanced Attributes section of the Properties or Advanced part of the General tab.
      Load is increased for a compressed and/or encrypted drive. Access errors may occur in an OS with insufficient resources.
      If the encryption property is selected, access errors may occur when decryption cannot be performed.

    Database size

    The database size is entered in megabyte units. To calculate the size, performed before installation, refer to "6.1.1.5 Estimating the database size". To use the default value, select the Default size (65 MB) checkbox.

  17. The following page will be displayed. The default values will be displayed in the page. Change as necessary.
    Enter the IP address and the database user settings. Then, click Settings.

    IP address

    Enter the IP address of the Management Server (local system).
    Specify the IP address of the Management Server used with the previous version.

    Repository access user

    Enter user name and password for the repository access user.
    The user name entered here must have local login or domain login permissions at the OS level.
    Refer to "Installation procedure" in the Software Release Guide for the default user name and password.
    However, to avoid security issues, it is recommended to replace the default value.

    The following conditions apply for the usernames and passwords:

    • The user name and password must be compatible with the base operating system.

    • The user name and password can be up to 18 characters (bytes).

    See

    • If the user name specified here has not been registered to the system, perform the registration, and add either local login or domain login permissions. Refer to the table below and specify a user that corresponds to the server type being used.

      Server type

      User type

      Domain Controller

      Domain user

      Machine that belongs to the domain

      Local user

      WORKGROUP (does not belong to the domain)

    • When specifying a user name that has been already registered to the system, use the identical characters (e.g. uppercase and lowercase letters) that were used for the registered user name.

    Note

    When the user who belongs to Administrators of the domain installs the ETERNUS SF Manager in Windows Server 2008 or later, the Windows "Computer Browser service" must be started. If the installation is performed when the Computer Browser service is not started, the database setup processing might fail and the "Machine information cannot be obtained" message will be displayed.

  18. The following page will be displayed. Check the contents and click Start.

  19. The database setup process starts. The following progress bar will be displayed, when the process is completed, click Close.

  20. The following installation wizard page will be displayed. The upgrade process is completed. Click Finish.

  21. Eject the DVD-ROM.


The upgrade for the AdvancedCopy Manager's manager is complete.

For non-clustered systems, perform "6.1.4 Tasks to be performed after the upgrade" afterwards.

Refer to "Preparations for Customizing Management Server Transactions" and "Customization for Management Server Transaction" in the ETERNUS SF Cluster Environment Setup Guide for this version for clustered systems. Then, perform "6.1.4 Tasks to be performed after the upgrade" afterwards.