This knowledge document discusses how to upgrade the SpectroSERVER database and migrate from one machine to another.
For example, you currently have Spectrum 10.3.x installed . You wish to upgrade to Spectrum 10.4.x and migrate from the current system to a new Red Hat Enterprise Linux system.
INSTRUCTIONS:
For upgrading and migrating the SpectroSERVER database from older to newer version, it is recommended to use the dbsavefile.SSdb method. The basic steps are as follows:
1. Create a SpectroSERVER database save on the existing system
2. If the database save file is compressed, uncompress the file
3. Rename the uncompressed database save file to dbsavefile.SSdb
4. Create the $SPECROOT/SS directory on the new system
5. Copy the dbsavefile.SSdb file to the $SPECROOT/SS on the new system
6. Install Spectrum 10.4.x on the new system into the $SPECROOT directory created in step 4
The Spectrum installation process looks for a file named dbsavefile.SSdb in the $SPECROOT/SS directory and if found, will upgrade the database at installation.