Allied Telesis Telesyn AlliedView NMS System 9.0 - Manual (Page 26)

Installation Scenarios Installing the FE Configuration on an Existing
AlliedView NMS Installation Guide (Installing the AlliedView NMS - Distributed Front End
Server) 3-6
3.4 Installation Scenarios
Since both the one BE and FE server(s) are loaded separately, it is important to ensure that the software loads are
compatible both when the system is set up as well as when upgrades are performed. This is particularly impor-
tant when the administrator has an existing single server NMS and wants to change to the distributed server con-
figuration. Moreover, the administrator may be upgrading the AlliedView NMS software version as well.
3.4.1 Installing the FE Configuration on an Existing AlliedView NMS
If the single BE AlliedView NMS server is keeping its current software load and Front End servers are being
added to the configuration, the steps are as follows, assuming the current NMS configuration is 8.0:
1. Keep the current software (8.0) on the one (now Back-End) server. No action is to be performed.
2. Install the FE version that matches the Back-End server (such as 8.0) on the FE servers, following the steps
in
3.2 or 3.3 .
Note: All Front-End and Back-End servers should use either Solaris or Windows 2000/2003.
3.4.2 Upgrading the AlliedView NMS and Installing the FE Configuration
If the BE/FE AlliedView NMS is being updated and the FE configuration is being applied to the updated soft-
ware load, the steps are:
1. Complete the upgrade of the single BE server to the latest AlliedView NMS version
2. Uninstall the current FE software. Refer to Section 7.
3. Install the latest AlliedView NMS version on the FE servers, following the steps in 3.2 or 3.3 .