Recommended Steps for Upgrading Linux Operating System for a Spectrum Installation

Products

• CA Spectrum

Issue/Introduction

What are the recommended steps for upgrading the Linux operating system for our Spectrum servers?

Environment

Release : 20.2.x

Component : Spectrum Core / SpectroSERVER

Resolution

We recommend that following steps.

1. Backup all of the Spectrum databases.
2. Shutdown all of the Spectrum processes.
3. Take a snapshot of the system.
4. Proceed with the OS upgrade.
5. Start all of the Spectrum processes.