Clear-Com Concert for Newsroom - Manual (Page 10)

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2 Installing or Upgrading the
Concert Server
This chapter describes how to install or upgrade to Concert v2.7, which includes a mandatory
installation of the CentOS 6 operating system.
Important note :
Installing the CentOS 6 operating system on the Concert Server erases all information from that
server. If you have an existing Concert v2.x installation, ensure that you follow the upgrade
instructions first to avoid any loss of data.
2.1 Upgrading an existing Concert v2.x Installation
Upgrading an existing Concert v2.x installation to v2.7 requires a complete reinstallation of the
CentOS operating system.
Before you perform the CentOS installation, back up and transfer the existing Concert database and
Concert license to a workstation PC. This will enable you to restore the database to the new v2.7
installation.
2.1.1 Upgrade: Backing up and transferring an existing database
Use the following procedure to backup and copy your existing Concert database to a PC that can be
accessed through the web-based CMI (Concert Management Interface) after Concert 2.7 has been
installed.
To back up and copy your v2.5 or v2.6 Concert database:
1. Power on the Concert Server and log in as root (default password: concert).
2. Backup the database by typing the following command:
service ems backup
Output similar to the following is displayed:
Dumping database contents to file
'/var/www/html/database/[yyyy-mm-dd]_[00h00m00s].sql.gz'
Note:
[ yyyy-mm-dd] represents the date and [00h00m00s] represents the time that the archive
was saved.
3. Create a directory within the web server area:
mkdir /var/www/html/database