Parallels Server Bare Metal - 5.0 Upgrade Guide
Parallels Server 5 Bare
Metal
Upgrade Guide
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Contents
About This Document ................................................................................................ 4
Upgrade Scenarios .................................................................................................... 5
Preparing for the Upgrade ........................................................................................ 6
Upgrading With a Spare Server ................................................................................ 7
Performing an In-Place Upgrade .............................................................................. 8
Upgrading Parallels Server 4 Bare Metal .......................................................................... 9
Upgrading Parallels Virtuozzo Containers ....................................................................... 10
Upgrading /vz on Network Shares ................................................................................. 11
Upgrading OpenVZ ....................................................................................................... 11
Performing Post-Upgrade Operations for OpenVZ ................................................................. 12
Verifying the Upgrade .............................................................................................. 14
C H APTER 1
About This Document
This document familiarizes you with the way to upgrade the following products to Parallels Server 5
Bare Metal:
• Parallels Server 4 Bare Metal
• Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 4.7 for Linux
• Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 4.6 for Linux
• Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 4.0 for Linux
• SWsoft Virtuozzo 3.0 Service Pack 1
• OpenVZ
C HAPTER 2
Upgrade Scenarios
Before beginning the upgrade process, it is important to choose the proper upgrade scenario.
Doing so will help you avoid difficulties you may otherwise encounter and will also ensure you can
successfully solve any problems that may still occur.
You can use one of the following scenarios to upgrade your system:
• Installation on a spare server. If you have a spare server, you can install Parallels Server 5 Bare
Metal on this server and then move Containers and virtual machines there. Detailed information
on this scenario is given in Upgrading With a Spare Server (p. 7).
• In-place upgrade. If you want to upgrade to Parallels Server 5 Bare Metal but do not have a
spare server, you can upgrade an existing system. Detailed information on this scenario is given
in Performing an In-Place Upgrade (p. 8).
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