Installation and Upgrade Guide

Backing Out the DSM/SCM Revision
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Submit a Backout Request
3. In the Selection number field, enter 2 (Perform backout to S/W), and press F1.
The Backout - Verify Request screen appears, which shows:
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The SYSnn, date, and timestamp of the current software revision and of the
previous revision, which becomes the current revision when the backout
request finishes
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The location where DSM/SCM will place the snapshot
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A warning that the request makes the last software applied on this target
inaccessible
DSM Software Configuration Manager Backout - Verify Request
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\ELI Prior snapshot 2002-04-14:18:03:03
DEFAULT Last S/W applied on SYS 00 on 2000-04-14:18:01
Snapshot location: \ELI.$SPR09
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ATTENTION - This request is not reversible. Once the current configuration
for this target is backed out, it cannot be made current again.
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Backout target revision will be performed:
From: SYS 02 applied on 2002-04-14:18:01
To: SYS 01 applied on 2002-04-17:15:41
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F1-Submit request
F15-Help F16-Return SF16-Exit
Ready
4. Press F1 to submit the backout request.
DSM/SCM automatically reapplies the previous software revision.
While the backout request is processing, DSM/SCM displays the
Backout - Processing Backout screen, which gives a description of the request, its
processing status, and the location of the previous SYSnn software affected by the
request. The screen is updated with current status information approximately every
15 seconds, as in these examples: