
INSTALLING SOFTWARE
INSTALLING OIS12 SOFTWARE (SOFTWARE RELEASE 5.1A or 5.2)
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Saving Configuration and Data Files
Back up your configuration, and data using the
File Backup
Utilities
provided. Also back up any other non-OIS12 files that
you might have created. Be sure to back up the configuration
on EACH console.
You can upgrade your system one machine at a time. The
entire system does not need to be shut down in order to
upgrade. However, each console being upgraded will need to be
shut down and will remain shut down while it is being
reloaded. As consoles are brought up, they communicate only
with other consoles of the same release version of software.
You will need to plan the change-over with regards to:
•
The order of consoles to upgrade.
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The order the configurations will be reloaded.
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Missing tags which are located only on old release servers.
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Moving cables, if necessary.
The OIS12 console generally provides the operator interface,
while automatic process control occurs in the Process Control
Units. However, if you are using Logging to export values to
tags in the database, you may have a control scheme in the
OIS12 console, which you will need to account for during the
upgrade.
After you upgrade a console, install the configuration using the
File Restore Utilities
, then shut down and reboot. This configu-
ration is read during system start-up.
With prior versions of OIS12 servers, only boot servers booted
from their own hard drives. With the current version all except
diskless consoles will boot from their own hard drives.
Although there is no need for specifically identified boot serv-
ers, each console must be configured as a boot server. This
allows any of the Server-Clients or Clients-With-Disk to service
boot requests from Diskless-Clients. With Ethernet, the Boot
Server is transparently selected. For Ethernet cards you will
need to modify the card's configuration as described in
Assumptions
1. You have installed the QNX operating system as described
in earlier subsection
of this Appendix.
2. You have the following volumes as listed in Table
install the base OIS12 software.