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D14049.03
MAY 2008
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TANDBERG VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS SERVER
ADMINISTRATOR GUIDE
Introduction Getting Started
Overview and
Status
System
Conguration
VCS
Conguration
Zones and
Neighbors
Call
Processing
Bandwidth
Control
Firewall
Traversal
Maintenance Appendices
Upgrading Software
It is possible to install new releases of the VCS software on your
existing hardware. Software upgrade can be done in one of two
ways:
using secure copy (SCP/PSC
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P)
using the web interface (HTTP/HTTP
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S).
This section describes how both of these methods are used to
perform upgrades.
To upgrade using SCP or PSCP (part of the PuTTY free Telnet/
SSH package) you will need to transfer two les to the VCS:
a text le containing just the 16-character Release Key
•
(not required for dot release upgrades). Ensure there is no
extraneous white space in this le.
the le containing the software image.
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To upgrade using SCP or PSCP:
Ensure the VCS is turned on and available over IP. 1.
Upload the release key le using SCP/PSCP to the 2. /tmp
folder on the system. The target name must be
release-key, e.g.
scp release-key root@10.0.0.1:/tmp/release-key
or
pscp release-key root@10.0.0.1:/tmp/release-key
Enter password when prompted. 3.
Upload the software image using SCP/PSCP to the 4. /tmp
folder on the system. The target name must be
/tmp/tandberg-image.tar.gz, e.g.
scp s42100x11.tar.gz root@10.0.0.1:/tmp/
tandberg-image.tar.gz or
pscp s42100x11.tar.gz root@10.0.0.1:/tmp/
tandberg-image.tar.gz
Enter password when prompted. 5.
Wait until the software has installed completely. This should 6.
not take more than four minutes.
Reboot the system. 7.
After about four minutes the system will be ready to use.
Overview
Backing up Existing Conguration Before Upgrading
The existing conguration will be restored after performing an
upgrade. However, we recommend that you make a backup of
the existing conguration before performing the upgrade.
To do this:
Use the command line interface to log on to the VCS.1.
Issue the command 2. xConguration.
Save the resulting output to a le, using cut-and-paste or 3.
some other means provided by your terminal emulator.
To restore your conguration:
Remove the 1. *c from in front of each command.
Paste this information back in to the command line interface.2.
Prerequisites
The upgrade requires you to have:
a valid Release key. This is required for upgrades to a major
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release, e.g. X1.2 to X2.0; it is not required for dot releases,
e.g. X2.0 to X2.1)
a software image le.
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Contact your TANDBERG representative for more information on
how to obtain these.
!
You must transfer the Release Key le before transferring
the software image.
!
You must name the les exactly as described above.
Upgrading Using SCP/PSCP
Installing and Restarting
Upgrading software is a two-stage process. Firstly, the new
software image is uploaded onto the VCS. At the same time,
the current conguration of the system is recorded, so that this
can be restored after the upgrade. During this installation stage
the system will continue running on its existing software version,
and all normal system processes will continue.
The second part of the upgrade involves restarting the system.
It is only during the restart that the VCS swaps over to the new
software version and restores all previous conguration.
This means that you can install the new software to your system
at any time, and then wait until a convenient moment (for
example, when no calls are taking place) to swap over to the new
version by rebooting the system. However, this also means that
any conguration changes made between the installation and
the reboot will be lost once the system restarts using the new
software version.
Upgrading and Option Keys
All existing option keys will be retained from one upgrade to the
next, including upgrades to the next major release. However,
we recommend that you take note of your existing option keys
before performing an upgrade.
New features may also become available with each major
release of VCS software, and you may need to install new
option keys if you wish to take advantage of these new features.
Contact your TANDBERG representative for more information on
all the options available for the latest release of VCS software.