Cisco Headend System Release 2.7 Installation Guide

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Chapter 1    SR 2.8.2/3.8.2/4.3.2 Pre-Upgrade Procedures 
 
 
 
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Collect Network Information 
In this section, you are collecting network information required to reconstruct the 
system should the upgrade fail.  
 
1  If necessary, open an xterm window on the DNCS. 
2  Complete the following steps to log on to the xterm window as root user. 
a  Type su - and press Enter. The password prompt appears. 
b  Type the root password and press Enter
3  Type the following command and press Enter. The /export/home/dncs 
directory becomes the working directory. 
cd  /export/home/dncs
 
4  Type the following command and press Enter. The system creates a directory 
called network.pre441. 
 
mkdir network.pre441
 
5  Type the following command and press Enter. The 
/export/home/dncs/network.pre441 directory becomes the working directory. 
cd network.pre441
 
6  Type the following commands to copy the necessary files to this newly created 
directory. 
Important: 
 
Press Enter after typing each command. 
 
Note that several of these commands require a space, followed by a period, 
after the body of the command. 
cp -p /etc/hosts .
 
cp -p /etc/hostname.* .
 
cp -p /etc/inet/hosts inet.hosts
 
cp -p /etc/netmasks .
  
cp -p /etc/defaultrouter .
 
Note: If this file is not present, you will receive the cp: cannot access 
/etc/defaultrouter
 message. In this case, continue with the next command. 
cp -p /etc/defaultdomain .
 
Note: If this file is not present, you will receive the cp: cannot access 
/etc/defaultrouter
 message. In this case, continue with the next command. 
cp -p /etc/vfstab .
 
cp -p /etc/nsswitch.conf .
 
cp -p /etc/rc2.d/S82atminit .
 
cp -p /etc/rc2.d/S85SAspecial .
 
cp -p /etc/inet/ipnodes .