Cisco Headend System Release 2.5
Before You Begin
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Information You Need Before You Upgrade
You will need to gather the following information before you begin the upgrade to
Services Portal 3.0. Record the information in the space provided.
Information needed
Found in...
Used in...
Record information
here
Version number of the
Services Portal client
(3.0.1.x)
On the SP Client
Installation CD
SAM URL (APPURL)
Services Portal package
EID number
(hexadecimal)
Go to Determining the
Services Portal
Package EID (on page
30) for more
information
SAM URL (APPURL)
Services Portal client
inband source ID
Go to Defining the
Inband Source (on page
20) for more
information
Client configuration
(INBFSSRC)
Services Portal client
out-of-band source ID
Go to Creating the
Client BFS Out-of-
Band Server (on page
27) for more
information
Client configuration
(OBFSSRC)
Upgrade Process Overview
The upgrade process consists of the following tasks:
Recording server configuration information
Preserving your previous configuration
Installing the Services Portal package information (only if you have upgraded
your DNCS System Release since the previous Services Portal installation)
Uninstalling the previous version of Services Portal
Upgrading the Services Portal Server
Saving the Services Portal Server configuration
Upgrading the Services Portal client
Updating the Services Portal SAM Service
The following section details the procedures for each of these tasks.