Juniper STRM 2008.2R2 - UPGRADING TO STRM 2008.2R2 REV 2, STRM 2008.2R2 Upgrade Manual

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PGRADING TO STRM 2008.2R2

RELEASE 2008.2R2

OCTOBER 2008--REVISION 2

This document provides information for upgrading to STRM 2008.2 including:

• Before You Begin

• Upgrading to STRM 2008.2r2

• Troubleshooting Your Upgrade

• Clearing the Cache

You must upgrade the systems in your deployment in the following order:

• Console

Caution: The upgrade process must be complete on your STRM Console and you
must be able to access the STRM user interface on your system hosting the
Console before you upgrade any other systems in your deployment.

• Remote Event Processors

• Remote Event Collectors

• Classification Engines

• Flow Processors

• Flow Collectors

Before You Begin Before you upgrade to STRM 2008.2, note the following:

• To upgrade to STRM 2008.2r2, you must be running STRM 2008.2r1. If you are

not running STRM 2008.2r1, contact Juniper Networks Customer Support for
assistance with your upgrade.

• Make sure you log out of STRM and any instance of the STRM Administration

Console.

• Make sure all browsers are closed during the upgrade process.

• Make sure you upgrade all systems in your deployment hosting VIS

components. If you do not upgrade these systems, error messages may appear
in the log files until the affected systems are upgraded.

• Custom configuration to the crontab is not maintained after the upgrade. The

default crontab configuration is applied by the upgrade process. We
recommend that you backup your crontab configuration prior to the upgrade
using the
the upgrade, do not replace the default crontab configuration with the backup

crontab –l > /tmp/crontab_backup command. However, after

2 UPGRADING TO STRM 2008.2

version since this results in lost changes for STRM 2008.2. You must re-apply
your custom crontab configuration after the upgrade process.

• Make sure that you have Java Runtime Environment installed on your system.

You can download Java version 1.5.0_12 at the following web site:
http://java.com/.

Upgrading to STRM

2008.2

Step 1 Go to the Juniper Networks web site to access the STRM 2008.2 software:

Step 2 Click the Management Software link and log in. Go to the Security Threat

Step 3 Copy the file to the /tmp folder on your system.

Step 4 Log in as root.
Step 5 Create a folder named cdrom

Step 6 Run the following command:

Step 7 Enter the following command:

To upgrade to STRM 2008.2 from STRM 2008.1:

Note: Before you begin the upgrade process, make sure you review the Before

You Begin section. This section outlines requirements that must be satisfied before

you begin the upgrade process.

http://www.juniper.net/support

Response Manager Link to download the software.

Note: Make sure you copy the appropriate upgrade file for your operating system
to the /tmp folder.

mkdir /media/cdrom

mount –t iso9660 –o loop /tmp/STRM2008.2.iso /media/cdrom

./media/cdrom/setup

Step 8 Read the messages and answer the prompts.

The following prompt appears:

About to upgrade your STRM from 2008.1 to 2008.2. Continue
(Y/[N])?

Step 9 To continue, enter Y.

If STRM was previously upgraded, a prompt appears informing you that a previous
backup was found.

Step 10 Enter y to proceed with the upgrade.

If the current operating system kernel is older than the version in the upgrade, a
prompt appears informing you this kernel will be replaced.

Step 11 Enter y to proceed with the upgrade.

Wait for upgrade process to complete. This process may require up to several
minutes, depending on your system. When the process is complete, a message
appears: