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Rebuilding Packages 47
The package can be built on one test system that supports kernel version (a).
The output from the rebuilt package for kernel (a) can be copied to another
system that is running kernel (b). The package can be rebuilt on the test
system running kernel (b), and then copied to the system running kernel (c).
The package can be rebuilt on test system c and the resulting output package
will have a package that contains support for kernel versions (a), (b), and (c).
Scenario
A customer has two thousand clusters where three different versions of
the kernel, versions (a), (b), and (c), are running. The customer wants
to perform an ESM upgrade. The customer downloads the
PE2850-ESM_FRMW_LX_R92394.bin package.
PE2850-ESM_FRMW_LX_R92394.bin does not support kernels (a), (b),
and (c). To build a package that supports these three additional kernels,
the customer performs the following steps:
1
Downloads package PE2850-ESM_FRMW_LX_R92394.bin from
support.dell.com on the test system running kernel version (a).
2 Types the following command to build support for kernel version (a):
./PE2850-ESM_FRMW_LX_R92394.bin --rebuild
If the package rebuild is successful, then a new package named
PE2850-ESM_FRMW_LX_R92394.bin--CUSTOM is created on the
test system running kernel version (a).
3 Copies the PE2850-ESM_FRMW_LX_R92394.bin--CUSTOM file using
one of the system utilities such as scp, rcp, ftp, to the system running
kernel version (b).
4 Types the following command to build support for kernel version (b):
./PE2850-ESM_FRMW_LX_R92394.bin--CUSTOM --rebuild
The output package is PE2850-ESM_FRMW_LX_R92394.bin--
CUSTOM
.
By using steps 3 and 4 iteratively, you can add additional support for as many
kernels you want.