Avaya SBCE - Hotfix Installation 8.X

Avaya SBCEs requires patches and hotfixes to be applied regularly. 

 In this entry lets document the procdure to install a hotfix in a Avaya SBCE 8.1.3 

 Its important to mention that: 

 

 

 

 the procedure is similar for the EMS and SBCE devices. 

 root access is required as to stop services and execute the script 

 always start with EMS servers 

 if SBCE HA start with the secondary servers 

 download the correct patch and verify any official changes in the procedure 

 

 

 

 With the previous comments made, here is the procedure to apply a hotfix/patch : 

 1)	Upload hotfix file to /home/ipcs

2)	Change permissions to the file chmod 777 sbce-8.x.x.-xx-xxxxx-hotfix-xxxxxxxx.tar.gz

3)	Unzip the hotfix file tar -zxvf sbce-8.x.x.-xx-xxxxx-hotfix-xxxxxxxx.tar.gz

4)	Change work directory cd sbce-8.x.x.-xx-xxxxx-hotfix-xxxxxxxx

5)	Stop services before patching /etc/init.d/ipcs-init stop

6)	Start the script sh install_hotfix.sh

7)	Reboot /sbin/reboot

8)	Verify version with ipcs-version