Download the appropriate PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.5 ISO (32-bit or 64-bit), then prepare it for installation:

Upgrade PlateSpin Orchestrate Server software packages:

Configure the PlateSpin Orchestrate Server. You can use one of two information gathering methods to perform the configuration:

At the command line, change to the directory where the PlateSpin Orchestrate .iso folder was extracted, then run the following command:

rug sa -t zypp "http://<ip_address_of_local_server>/<directory_location_of_iso_files>" platespin

or

rug sa -t zypp "iso:///?iso=$ISO_FILE_NAME&url=dir:///$PATH_TO_ISO/" platespin

Run the following command to subscribe to the PlateSpin catalog:

rug sub platespin

Run command to list the upgrade packages so you can visually confirm them:

rug lu

Run the following command to upgrade the PlateSpin Orchestrate Server 2.0. 2 to a PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.5 Server:

rug up

Remember to type y (yes) when you are asked if you want to proceed with the upgrade transaction.

Repeat Step 1 through Step 4 for every server that needs to be upgraded.

From the command line of machine where you ran the rug up command, use the following command to bypass the 1.3 patterns that are not part of the upgrade:

patterns_to_upgrade=$(rug --terse pt -i | grep zw | grep -v warehouse | grep -v orch_config | cut -d'|' -f2)

The vmwarehouse and orch_config patterns are avoided in the upgrade.

Run the following command to install the patterns that are to be upgraded:

rug in -t pattern $patterns_to_upgrade -y

Make sure you are logged in as root to run the configuration script.

Run the script, as follows:

/opt/novell/zenworks/orch/bin/config

When the script runs, the Install or Upgrade option is displayed as follows::

Welcome to PlateSpin Orchestrate.

This program will configure PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.5.0


Select whether this is a new install or an upgrade

i) install
u) upgrade
- - - - - -

Selection [install]:

Enter u to select the option to upgrade to PlateSpin Orchestrate.

Depending on which components were installed, the script displays the products to upgrade

Select products to upgrade

 #   selected  Item
 1)    yes     PlateSpin Orchestrate Monitoring Service
 2)    yes     PlateSpin Orchestrate Server
 3)    yes     PlateSpin Orchestrate Agent
 
Select from the following:
  1 - 3)  toggle selection status
       a)  all
       n)  none
       f)  finished making selections
       q)  quit -- exit the program
Selection [finish]:

Select the products you want to upgrade either by entering their individual product numbers (1-5) or by entering a to select all of the products for upgrade.

Enter f to finish the selection and begin the configuration.

The script displays the following:

Gathering information for upgrading PlateSpin Orchestrate Server . . .

Select whether this is a standard or high-availability server

s) standard
h) ha
- - - - - -

Selection [standard]:

Enter s for the standard server (for information about upgrading a high-availability configuration, see Section 2.8, Upgrading a PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.0.2 or 2.1 High Availability Configuration).

The following section of the upgrade script is displayed:

Enter the name of the PlateSpin Orchestrate administrator user 
previously defined when you configured that server.

Type the name of the administrator, then press Enter.

Type the adminstrator password, then press Enter.

Retype the administrator password, then press Enter.

The following section of the script is displayed:

    If you've enabled auditing, you will need to upgrade the DB schema. 

    If you use a PostgreSQL database, you can upgrade it at this time. 

    If you use a different RDBMS, you will have to configure it separately. 

    You must supply the same DB connection information provided when the 

    audit DB was initially created.

Upgrade Audit DB (y/n) [no]:

Enter y to upgrade the audit database.

The following section of the script is displayed:

    Specify the JDBC URL used previously to connect to the audit database. 
    Do not include a database name after the trailing slash. 

JDBC URL [jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/]:

Enter the appropriate database URL.

The following section of the script is displayed:

Specify the database name used previously to create to the audit database. 
Audit Database Name [zos_db]:

Enter the previously specified database name.

Type the name of the PostgreSQL audit database user previously created, then press Enter.

Type the audit database user password, then press Enter.

Retype the audit database user password, then press Enter.

Run the script for the PlateSpin Orchestrate Configuration Wizard as follows:

/opt/novell/zenworks/orch/bin/guiconfig

The GUI Configuration Wizard launches.

Click Next to display the license agreement.

Accept the agreement, then click Next to display the PlateSpin Orchestrate Configuration Selection page.

Select Upgrade, then click Next to display the PlateSpin Orchestrate components page.

This page lists the components that are available for configuration. By default, all installed components are selected for configuration.

Deselect any PlateSpin Orchestrate components that you do not want to upgrade, then click Next to open the wizard page where you choose to configure the server for a High Availability clustered environment.

Click Next on the High Availability page to open the wizard page where you can begin configuring required settings.

(This example does not demonstrate configuring the server for a High Availability environment)

Fill in the fields as needed for each of the configuration pages.

Click Next to display the required settings page of the wizard.

If you need clarification for the data to enter into the fields of the configuration pages, refer to the table in PlateSpin Orchestrate Configuration Information section of the PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.5 Installation and Configuration Guide.

Make sure you provide the path to the new PlateSpin Orchestrate license file during the configuration.

Default values are built into the script; most of these defaults are set to configure all of the product patterns that were installed using the Add-on Product Media utility.

If an error is displayed during the configuration process, the script or wizard stops the configuration and does not proceed.

Click Next to display the next page of the wizard.

(Conditional) If you did not select the Upgrade audit database checkbox in the previous step, the following page of the wizard is displayed:

Proceed to Step 11.

If you selected selected the Upgrade audit database checkbox in the previous step, the following page of the wizard is displayed.

Proceed to Step 10.

Specify the required information to configure the upgrade for the audit database:

Click Next to display the Configuration Summary page of the configuration wizard.

By default, the Configure now check box on this page is selected. If you accept the default, the wizard starts PlateSpin Orchestrate and applies the configuration settings.

If you deselect the check box, the wizard writes the configuration file to /etc/opt/novell/novell_zenworks_orch_install.conf without starting PlateSpin Orchestrate or applying the configuration settings.

You can use this .conf file to start the PlateSpin Orchestrate server or client and apply the settings either manually or with an installation script. Use the following command to run the configuration:

/opt/novell/zenworks/orch/bin/config -rs

Click Next to display a message asking whether you want to overwrite the .conf response file.

To upgrade, you need to overwrite the existing file. When prompted, click Yes to overwrite the file and display the configuration page.

Click Finish to dismiss the configuration wizard.

Click Next to begin the upgrade configuration for the PlateSpin Orchestrate Service.

When the configuration is complete, the Finish page of the configuration wizard is displayed.