Cisco Headend System Release 2.5 Installation Guide
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SR 2.5 and SR 3.5 Upgrade Procedures
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for the Enterprise 450 and Sun Fire V880 DNCS
Stop the cron Jobs
Introduction
Before continuing with the upgrade, stop any cron jobs that are currently running on
the DNCS and the Application Server. Follow these instructions to stop all cron jobs.
Note: A cron job refers to programs that run automatically, without specific user
Note: A cron job refers to programs that run automatically, without specific user
intervention.
Important: You need to be in a maintenance window to complete the remaining
Important: You need to be in a maintenance window to complete the remaining
procedures in this chapter, as well as Chapter 4, SR 2.5 and SR 3.5 Common
Upgrade Procedures.
Stopping the cron Jobs on the DNCS
Follow these instructions to stop cron jobs on the DNCS.
1. Type ps -ef |grep cron and then press Enter.
Result: The system lists running processes that include the word cron.
2. Did the results from step 1 include /usr/sbin/cron?
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If yes, follow these instructions.
a) Type /etc/rc2.d/S75cron stop and then press Enter.
a) Type /etc/rc2.d/S75cron stop and then press Enter.
Result: The system stops all cron jobs.
b) Go to step 3.
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If no, go to Stopping the cron Jobs on the Application Server, next in
this section; the cron jobs are already stopped on the DNCS.
3. Confirm that the cron jobs have stopped by typing ps -ef |grep cron again
and then press Enter.
Result: The system should list only the grep process.
Result: The system should list only the grep process.