Topic: Upgrade from pre7 to final7 over internet?

[WACOMalt]

Just wondering if I can install version 7 final over the LAN using server manager?

[raem]

WACOMalt

If you mean upgrade, then see
server manager/Configuration/Software installer
and install all available updates

[WACOMalt]

thats one of my other problems. It says updates are available, but it doesnt show any in the list of available ones..

if I turn on Manage individual packages, and then click install aditional software, tons of packages show up... should I install all of those then?

it scares me away from doing that though with "You should only install additional software onto this system if you are aware of the consequences of doing so."

[cactus]

thats one of my other problems. It says updates are available, but it doesnt show any in the list of available ones..

if I turn on Manage individual packages, and then click install aditional software, tons of packages show up... should I install all of those then?

it scares me away from doing that though with "You should only install additional software onto this system if you are aware of the consequences of doing so."

I believe there were some issues in upgrading from some of the previous versions in escaping some special charachters in the web interface, causing an empty list. You can perform the upgrade using terminal access as well by issuing  the following command:

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yum updateThis will download all available updates in the enabled repositories (which normally should be only three by default: smeos smeaddons and smeupdates). After downloading and installing has finished you will have to issue a post-upgrade event if I remember correctly, but the yum program will tell you which commands to execute after succesfull install of all the necccesarry packages anyhow.

[WACOMalt]

alright, thank you very much. before I try that, are these updates listed int he "install additional updates" area? because those all show up for me. So if I can do it through there, it would be a little easier on me (no moving keyboard and moniter to the server)

[cactus]

alright, thank you very much. before I try that, are these updates listed int he "install additional updates" area? because those all show up for me. So if I can do it through there, it would be a little easier on me (no moving keyboard and moniter to the server)

Yes you can, but it might be possible that you see some proxy error message after a long time (I had that a few times), this does not mean that installation is finished, however the web interface will after that point never show to you when it is finished. To see if it finished you will either have to wait a long time and then try to open the updates page again to see if it still lists all or part of the updates or get access to the process list (top or ps command) and see if yum is still running or events are being fired.

[raem]

WACOMalt

>  if I can do it through there, it would be a little easier on me (no moving keyboard and moniter to the server)

Download Putty.exe from the Internet and install on your Windows workstation. Then create a ssh connection to your server, use the servers domain name or IP, and log in as root with the root password. Then you can do any command line stuff without being anywhere near the server (physically).

All you should need to do is:

yum update
signal-event post-upgrade
signal-event reboot

[WACOMalt]

awesome! I had that program before on my old network, but I could never get it to work, this itme it worked right away, so thats sweet. Updates are being downloaded as we speak. Thanks of rhte support?

and one last question, upon completion of these updates, will my server be the final release of SME 7?

[raem]

WACOMalt

> upon completion of these updates, will my server be the final release of SME 7?

It should be (check server manager), but it will be even newer than that, as some updates have been released a few weeks ago.

It's a good idea to run
yum update
again, but only after the server has finished all those other commands and rebooted etc.
If new updates are found install them & do the post-upgrade & reboot again.