Upgrade Process:

 

1.      Obtain the new Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment or Tivoli Provisioning Manager for Images full build for the platforms used in your environment. If you are unsure, download all platforms.

2.      Unzip all .exe files (self-extracting Windows 32-bit and 64-bit installables) to obtain the required .msi files. If you want, you can delete the .exe files.

3.      Place all the Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment or Tivoli Provisioning Manager for Images installables (tar.gz and .msi files) into the $TIO_HOME/repository/tpmfosd folder (for Windows, %TIO_HOME%\repository\tpmfosd).

4.      Run TPMfOSD Version Discovery to discover the Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment or Tivoli Provisioning Manager for Images installables. For doing this, click:
Go To -> Discovery -> Provisioning Discovery -> Discovery Configurations
This will discover the Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment or Tivoli Provisioning Manager for Images installables that you have placed in the repository, and will also create Tivoli Provisioning Manager software products that represent the new versions of Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment or Tivoli Provisioning Manager for Images.

5.      Stop Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment on all your Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment servers, except the one running on the local Tivoli Provisioning Manager server.

6.      Perform the following:

a.       [Windows only] In Tivoli Provisioning Manager, run a Software Product Upgrade for Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment on the local server: 

i.        Click Go to -> Deployment -> Software Management -> Software Product Upgrade.

ii.      On the Software Product Upgrade page, select Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment as the software to upgrade. Select the target  computer, which is the local Tivoli Provisioning Manager server. Then, select Upgrade to a new version as the Upgrade method. Click Submit.
This will upgrade the local Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment server to the new version you have selected.

b.      [UNIX or Linux] - For non-Windows Tivoli Provisioning Manager servers, the upgrade of the local Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment server must be done manually since Tivoli Provisioning Manager does not have root access to the local system.

i.        Stop Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment (stop the rembo, rbagent and dbgw processes).

ii.      Untar/gzip the new Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment or Tivoli Provisioning Manager for Images installable onto the Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment install directory (overwrite the old install with the new one).

iii.    Start Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment or Tivoli Provisioning Manager for Images.

iv.    Run the TPMfOSd Version Discovery (Go To -> Discovery -> Provisioning Discovery -> Discovery Configurations) to ensure that Tivoli Provisioning Manager is up-to-date with the new version that you upgraded manually.

7.      Run the Software Product Upgrade for all the other Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment servers in your environment. This can be done for all server types:
Click Go to -> Deployment -> Software Management -> Software Product Upgrade.
Note:  If the local Tivoli Provisioning Manager server is not the parent server, the parent server must be upgraded before any child servers. Upgrade the Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment servers one at a time.

8.      The new version of Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment and Tivoli Provisioning Manager for Images uses the WinPE 2 engine for Windows deployment. 

a.       To create a WinPE 2 engine:

i.        Install the 32–bit Windows Automated Installation Kit version 1.1 (WAIK), which is a free utility provided by Microsoft for Windows systems. Ensure that your system has the Web interface extension installed and running.

ii.      Log on to the Tivoli Provisioning Manager Web interface.  From the start menu click Go To -> Deployment -> OS Management -> Software Modules.  Click New Software. Select A Windows 2000 / 2003 / XP software module, then click Next.  Then, select A WinPE 2 engine for OS deployment server ramdisk image, then click Next.  Follow the remaining wizard instructions to create the WinPE2 software module.