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NetWare 5.1 SP3

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by chris.riley 1 view

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I want to install SP3 on one of our NW5.1 servers. All the servers in our tree are currently 5.1 with SP2 installed. I think I'm right but I just want to confirm, is it best to install SP3 on the server holding the master replica of the root partition FIRST ?

Any other pre-requisites that I need to be aware of before installing SP3?

B4 you ask - I'm not installing SP4 because it has not yet been tested within the company.

Thanks.

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by tommymcbrayer

Yes, you are correct. Make sure that one of the other servers contains a read/write replica. This way if something goes wrong then you can promote the replica to the master. It is always a good idea to perform a nds health check prior to applyingthe service pack.

http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/10060600.htm

Then I reccomend you print this document. This way you can highlight what pertains to your system when you are reading the document. This will make things go much faster.
http://support.novell.com/servlet/tidfinder/2959615

It sounds silly but make sure you have a good backup before starting this task.

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