Cisco Headend System Release 2.5 Guide De Montage
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About This Guide,
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Required Skills and Expertise
System operators or engineers who upgrade the DBDS system to SR 2.5 or SR 3.5
need the following skills:
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Advanced knowledge of UNIX
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Experience with the UNIX vi editor. Several times throughout the system
upgrade process system files are edited using the UNIX vi editor. The UNIX vi
editor is not intuitive. The instructions provided in this guide are no substitute
for an advanced working knowledge of vi.
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The ability to review and edit cron files
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Extensive DBDS system expertise
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The ability to identify keyfiles that are unique to the site being upgraded
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The ability to add and remove user accounts
Requirements
Before beginning the UniPack upgrade to SR 2.5 or SR 3.5, be sure that the site you
are upgrading meets these requirements:
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SR 2.2 or SR 3.2, or SR 2.4 or SR 3.4 is currently installed on your system.
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You have the CD labeled DBDS Maintenance CD 2.1.x in order to complete the
required backups of the database and the filesystem.
Note: The DBDS Maintenance CD replaces Backup/Restore Floppy 5.0.x, as well
Note: The DBDS Maintenance CD replaces Backup/Restore Floppy 5.0.x, as well
as earlier versions of the DBDS Maintenance CD. You cannot use the floppy disk
to back up your system components.
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The system must support one of the following combinations of Cisco Resident
Application (SARA) and PowerTV operating system code:
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SARA 1.54 and OS 3.10
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SARA 1.43.5a3 and OS 3.3.4.1008
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The latest version of DBDS Utilities is installed on your system.
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You have the CD labeled similarly to updatebfselement.sh.
Note: This CD contains a script that updates the bfselement table in the database.
Note: This CD contains a script that updates the bfselement table in the database.
You will run the script in Chapter 4.
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Sites that are upgrading a Sun Fire V880 DNCS need a special cable with which to
connect to the UniPack. Specific information for the cable follows:
Part Number: 530-2453
Description: External SCSI Cable, HD68 to VHDCI, 2M
Option Number: X3832A