2.0 Upgrading the Linux Access Gateway on RHEL

To upgrade the Linux Access Gateway installed on RHEL:

  1. Log in to the RHEL machine as root.

  2. Specify the following command to chroot to the mount point of the Linux Access Gateway in the current operating system:

    chroot <mount point>

    For example, if /lag is the mount point of Linux Access Gateway, then specify chroot /lag

  3. Use the following following:

    /chroot/lag/opt/novell/bin/lagupgrade.sh --url <protocol>://<hostname>/<path>/<packageName>

    <protocol> refers to the protocol to use when downloading the RPM packages. It can be HTTP or FTP.

    <hostname> refers to the address of the server from where the RPM packages can be downloaded. Enter either the IP address or the DNS hostname of the server at the prompt.

    <path> refers to the path to the RPM packages.

    <packageName> refers to the RPM package name.

    For example, enter the following command:

    /chroot/lag/opt/novell/bin/lagupgrade.sh --url http://10.10.10.1/publish/upgrades/accessgateway/31sp1/lagrpms.tar.gz

    For more information on upgrading Linux Access Gateway, see Upgrading Novell Access Manager Components in the Novell Access Manager 3.1 SP1 Installation Guide.

    You might see the following error after the upgrade is completed:

    Novell Linux Access Gateway Virtualization Controller Status..running
vmcontroller is not running
Failed to start novell-vmc.
Postupgrade script failed

    Ignore this message.

  4. Specify the following command to exit chroot:

    exit

  5. To run the post upgrade script, change to the directory and run the script as follows:

    To change directory:

    cd /opt/novell/access-gateway/scripts/

    To run the script:

    sh post-lagupgrade.