ADIC Telescope 1.3 User Manual

Software Upgrade Instructions

StorNext FX 1.3

StorNext FX (SNFX) is a client only version software that is licensed to run in Apple managed environments
and used with an Apple metadata controller. If is fully interoperable and compatible with Apple Xsan.

The first version of SNFX was released with Apple Xsan 1.0. Subsequent releases of SNFX and Apple
Xsan followed this compatibility:

• SNFX 2.5 interoperable and compatible with Xsan 1.1

• SNFX 2.6 interoperable and compatible with Xsan 1.2

• SNFX 1.3 interoperable and compatible with Xsan 1.3

With the release of SNFX 1.3, the version numbering is changed to more closely align with the App le Xsan
release versioning. This was done to help minimize confusion of compatible SNFX releases with Apple Xsan
releases and to maintain consistency with the Apple Xsan product. The product has not changed, only the
release numbering.

Note

• After StorNext is upgraded, your StorNext license remains valid; there is no
need to request a new one as long as your system ID does not change.

• ADIC recommends examining your system configuration settings prior to
starting the upgrade.

Upgrading to SNFX 1.3

Use the following instructions to upgrade to SNFX 1.3.

Note

1 Shut down SNFX.

•For UNIX, type: /etc/init.d/cvfs fullstop

•For Windows, click: Start > Programs > StorNext File System and select

Stop and Remove File System Services.

2 Back up the /usr/cvfs/config directory.

• Before upgrading the SNFX software, ADIC recommends that you back up all
StorNext configuration files.

• After SNFX is upgraded, your StorNext license remains valid; there is no need
to request a new one as long as your system ID does not change.

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3 Remove the old version of SNFX.

•For AIX, type:

installp -u <file_set>

where the <file_set> is the StorNext product to be removed.

For example:

snfs_2.3.1b22.rtc

•For HP-UX, type:

swremove -x mount_all_filesystems=false snfsclient

•For IRIX, type:

versions remove cv_base cv_clnt cv_serv

•For Solaris, type:

pkgrm ADICcvfs

•For Linux, type:

rpm -qa|grep cvfs-client

cvfs-client_<version information>

rpm -ea cvfs-client_<version information>

•For Windows, click: Start > Settings > Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs and select
StorNext File System.

4 Install the upgrade version of SNFX. Depending on your operating system, follow the installation

instructions in the StorNext 2.7 File System Installation Guide.

5 Restore the backup (Step 2 on page 1) files in the /usr/cvfs/config directory.
6 Reboot the system.

Upgrading to Solaris 10 from Solaris 8

Before you upgrade to SNFX 1.3 on a machine with the Solaris 8 operating syste m, you must first upgrad e
Solaris 8 to Solaris 10 (or Solaris 9) OS. This operating system upgrade is necessary since SNFX 1.3 does
not support Solaris 8.

Follow specific Solaris upgrade instructions to perform the upgrade; Solaris 10 installation and upgrade
documentation can be acquired from Sun Microsystems.

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