Upgrading the Old Server Using an Input File

After successfully completing the verification procedure you can upgrade the server using an input file.

  1. Start sybcluster. For example, enter:
    sybcluster -U uafadmin -P -F "mynode:8999"
  2. Start the upgrade. For example, enter:
    upgrade server myserver file /data/myserver_ce.xml

    In this example, /data/myserver_ce.xml is the configuration file created during the validation procedure.

    Note: The configuration file is similar to that used by sybcluster to create a cluster. See the Creating and Starting the Cluster topic.
  3. sybcluster displays these prompts:
    1. Enter the name of an sa login on server server_name [sa]Press Enter to accept the default, or enter the name of another user with sa privileges on the target server.
    2. Enter a password for the sa login.
    sybcluster begins the upgrade procedure, displays informational messages as the upgrade proceeds, and confirms the success of the upgrade.


Created June 23, 2009. Send feedback on this help topic to Sybase Technical Publications: pubs@sybase.com