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Performing an Upgrade Installation of HDLM

The following is the procedure for an upgrade installation. The preparations

before installing HDLM are required. For details about the preparations before

installing HDLM, see

Preparations for an Upgrade Installation or Re-

installation of HDLM on page 3-105

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A license key is required if you perform an upgrade installation of HDLM from

a version earlier than 5.4 or if you install HDLM 5.4 or a later version after

the valid license period has expired.

To perform an upgrade installation of HDLM:

1

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Log on to Linux as the root user.

2

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Prepare the license key.
Use either of the following methods to store the license key file in the

specified directories:

¢

Store the license key file (*.plk) in the /var/tmp directory, under the

name hdlm_license.

/var/tmp/hdlm_license

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Execute the following commands to create the license key file

(dlm.lic_key) in the /etc/opt/DynamicLinkManager directory.
If the /etc/opt/DynamicLinkManager directory does not exist, use

the mkdir command to create the directory.

# mkdir /etc/opt/DynamicLinkManager

# echo "license-key" > /etc/opt/DynamicLinkManager/dlm.lic_key

3

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Insert the DVD-ROM and mount it.
If the DVD-ROM was not automatically mounted, execute the mount

command to mount the DVD-ROM to the fixed mount point.
The following shows an example of command execution when the mount

point is /media/cdrom:

# mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom

The following table lists the fixed mount points for each distribution.

Table 3-65 Mount Point for Each Distribution

Distribution

Mount point

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS4/

ES4

/media/cdrecorder

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

/media/cdrom

SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server

/media/cdrom
If the DVD-ROM is automatically mounted:

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