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Merging the System

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Express5800/320Fc: Active Upgrade™ User’s Guide

Merging the system:

Stops your applications and services on the Production Side.

Merges system resources so that the network and application data disks become
available to the Upgrade Side.

Restarts your applications (including the Active Upgrade console) from the
Upgrade Side.

To merge the system

1. Verify that all installation processes are complete, and that you have exited any

installation programs.

2. Optionally, terminate any Remote KVM or Remote Desktop sessions.

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You can remain logged on to the Upgrade Side if you want
to maintain the current desktop session. After the merge,
you will be using the Upgrade Side desktop.

3. Verify that the upgrade state, as reported in the status bar, is

Production Side | Split | Ready.

If the status is Busy, you must wait for the current task to complete. If it is Broken,
you might need to

abort the upgrade

.

4. Click Merge.

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Your screen might flicker and you might briefly lose control
of your keyboard and mouse as the system is merged.

Depending on the complexity of your applications and the upgrade you performed, your
applications should be back up and running in under a minute.

After the merge process completes, the upgrade state is
Fault Tolerant | Merge | Ready, indicating that the system is currently merged and the
upgrade is ready to be committed. You can

test your applications

to verify that the

upgrade was successful.

If the merge process fails the first time, you can click Retry to try again. If the problem
persists, you can click Abort to abort the upgrade process, or see

Troubleshooting

for

information about resolving the problem.