Upgrading the GroupWise Software on Reload

How to manually upgrade the GroupWise software on a Reload server.

           1. Get a terminal session to the Reload server

2. Change to the directory: /opt/beginfinite/reload/setup/rpms. 3. Remove any existing GroupWise software on the Reload server: a.) Confirm what GroupWise software is actually installed with this command: You can verify the upgrade by typing:  rpm -qa  | grep  groupwise b.) Issue the commands to remove any existing GroupWise software: rpm -e novell-groupwise-dbcopy rpm -e novell-groupwise-agents 2.  Type: rpm -ivh [name of the GroupWise RPM to which you are upgrading] Example:

 rpm -ivh novell-groupwise-agents-12.0.1-103731.i586.rpm rpm -ivh novell-groupwise-dbcopy-12.0.1-103731.i586.rpm

3.  You can verify the upgrade by typing:  rpm -qa  | grep  groupwise

This article was originally published in the GWAVA knowledgebase as article ID 2138.