Open a maintenance window to see the status of the Teradata software during the upgrade process, including data, reports, and summary alerts.
This process applies to all Teradata Software for Azure, except:
- Data Mover
- Data Stream Controller
- Server Management
- Download the required upgrade bundles.
- Log in as the root user to the system where the software you want to upgrade is installed.
- If the following directory does not exist, create it: /var/opt/teradata/swupgrade-source
- Transfer the downloaded upgrade bundles to /var/opt/teradata/swupgrade-source.
- Change to the PUT bin directory: /opt/teradata/TDput/bin
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Run the swupgrade -U command:
- If the TDput version is 03.09.01.07 or higher, set an environmental variable with your dbc password and run the swupgrade with the -d option:
# export SWUPGRADEDBC='xxx' # /opt/teradata/TDput/bin/swupgrade -U -d
where xxx is your dbc password. If the password contains any special characters, you must use single quotes around your dbc password. - If the TDput version is lower than 03.09.01.07, set your dbc password to dbc and run the command:
# /opt/teradata/TDput/bin/swupgrade -U
- If the TDput version is 03.09.01.07 or higher, set an environmental variable with your dbc password and run the swupgrade with the -d option:
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Log on to the system and run this command to display the log as the upgrade completes: tail -f /var/opt/teradata/TDput/fileservice/logs/swupgrade.log
PUT displays the following message when the upgrade completes:
Operation completed with exit status 0 :: :: Output for this script (swupgrade) can be found at /var/opt/teradata/TDput/fileservice/logs/swupgrade.log
- Press Ctrl+c to exit the tail command.