Cisco Headend Digital Broadband Delivery System Guide De Montage
When to Complete These Procedures
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When to Complete These Procedures
Upgrade Process
As you are planning the upgrade, be sure to contact your billing vendor to make
arrangements to suspend the billing interface on the night of the upgrade. This is an
important step. Your system must not try to access the database during the upgrade
process. In addition, contact the provider(s) of any third-party applications that your
system supports. Follow their guidance in determining whether these third-party
interfaces should be stopped and if the application needs to be updated during the
upgrade.
arrangements to suspend the billing interface on the night of the upgrade. This is an
important step. Your system must not try to access the database during the upgrade
process. In addition, contact the provider(s) of any third-party applications that your
system supports. Follow their guidance in determining whether these third-party
interfaces should be stopped and if the application needs to be updated during the
upgrade.
Complete These Procedures
Pre-Maintenance Window
To save valuable time, complete the pre-maintenance window procedures in this
chapter prior to the beginning of the maintenance window. Depending upon the size
of the system you are upgrading, it should take about 3 or 4 hours to complete the
following procedures:
chapter prior to the beginning of the maintenance window. Depending upon the size
of the system you are upgrading, it should take about 3 or 4 hours to complete the
following procedures:
Plan Which Optional Features Will Be Supported (on page 15)
Verify the Integrity of the CDs (on page 16)
Verify the Integrity of the Maintenance CD (on page 18)
Upgrade the RNCS (Optional) (on page 19)
Check Available Disk Space (on page 20)
Run the Doctor Report (on page 21)
Examine Mirrored Devices (on page 23)
Verify that the Boot Device is Correctly Configured (on page 24)
Verify that the Dump Device is Correctly Configured (on page 25)
Verify SAItools Version (on page 26)
Back Up Various Data Files (on page 28)
Check the EAS Configuration—Pre-Upgrade (on page 29)
Obtain DNCS System Configuration (on page 30)
Collect Network Information (on page 31)
Check and Record Sessions (on page 33)