Preparing the Product Update Files in the Catalogic DPX Virtual Appliance

The upgrade process is a two-step process where the 1st phase of the upgrade is the operating system migration and the second is to upgrade the DPX stack and the DPX core components.

  1. Log in to the Linux shell session of the Catalogic DPX 4.8.0 Master Server virtual appliance with the dpxadmin account, typically, from an SSH client.

  2. Create a directory in which you store files to upgrade the system:

    $ sudo mkdir /catalogic/upgrade/

  3. Change the ownership of the directory so that you can upload the update files in it with the dpxadmin account:

    $ sudo chown dpxadmin /catalogic/upgrade/

  4. From a web browser in your workstation, go to the Catalogic MySupport website (mysupport.catalogicsoftware.com), log in, go to the product page for the new version, and download the following files for the “Master Server OVA Updates”:

    • DPX OVA update (dpx_update_4.8.1.iso)

    • DPX update script (update_dpx_4.8.1.sh)

  5. Copy these update files to /catalogic/upgrade/ in the Catalogic DPX 4.8.0 Master Server virtual appliance by using an SCP client.

  6. Verify the file integrity of the update files by using the following command:

    $ md5sum /catalogic/upgrade/*

    Compare the MD5 checksum values with the original values in the product web page.

  7. Change the execution bit of the update script file: $ sudo chmod +x /catalogic/upgrade/update_dpx_4.8.1.sh

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