An upgrade of FlashNet on Solaris is performed using the same installation script as a new install. Please refer to the User Guide for instructions on locating and executing the script.
The installation script detects that a previous version of FlashNet is installed and updates only the relevant binary files. All data files (group, changer, magazine information etc) are maintained.

Configuring Attached Devices
During an upgrade it is only necessary to configure new SCSI devices. If the upgrade is to the FlashNet software only, and no new devices are to be configured, then the user should not proceed with the configuration of SCSI devices.

The FlashNet installation script requests that the user configure devices thus:

CONFIGURING THE SCSI DEVICES:

All the changers and drives must be powered on, continue? [y/n]

If no new devices are to be configured the user should enter n. Entering y at this point will rebuild the /dev/kernel/st.conf and ds.conf files. This may cause device files to be rebuilt for existing devices, which may cause communication problems. Entering n at this point causes the installation script to continue without rebuilding st.conf and ds.conf files and without recreating any device files.

If the user has erroneously entered y at this point, and now finds that they cannot communicate with their existing devices, the device files must be manually reconfigured. Please refer to tech note 7 for details on rebuilding device files on Solaris.

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