CVW Upgrade Checklist

CVW Server and Document Server (3.0 to 3.2)

• Shut down the CVW Server and Document Server
• Retain a backup copy of the CVW Server directory by moving a copy to /opt/CVWserver.old
• Create a new CVW Server directory (/opt/CVWserver)
• If the directory path to the doc-store has changed, correct the paths in the doc-store/index.db file
• Install the new CVW Document Server in /opt/CVWserver
• Modify the cvwds.boot startup script with custom settings and copy to /etc/init.d/cvwds, then link to /etc/rc3.d/S99cvwds
• If upgrading from 3.0, upgrade the CVW database using the updater program and copy the resulting db file to /opt/CVWserver
• Modify the cvw.boot startup script with custom settings and copy to /etc/init.d/cvw, then link to /etc/rc3.d/S99cvw
• Set file permissions
• Test CVW Server operation with telnet
• If upgrading from 3.1, apply the 31to32_patch.txt file to your database using the Tk client
• Test CVW Document Server operation with web browser
• Archive /opt/CVWserver.old

Unix CVW Client (3.0 to 3.2)

• Disable access to user client or shut down the CVW Server and Document Server
• Retain a backup copy of the CVW client directory by moving a copy to /opt/CVW.old
• Install CVW base client files into /opt (CVW-3.2 directory is created in /opt)
• Install client support for required platforms
• Modify the etc/cvw.res file with custom settings (CVW servers, location of user image icons, proxy server for whiteboard web access, proxy server for user images on an external web server, client error email reporting)
• Modify etc/cvwprefs to provide default user preferences settings (default colors, audio and video conferencing settings, display preferences, specific tools bar icons, checkout directory location, web browser preference, and window geometry settings) (reference custom settings in /opt/CVW/lib/cvwprefs)
• Customize the mime-db file with MIME types for documents users will import (reference mime-db file in /opt/CVW.old)
• Rename the CVW client directory to /opt/CVW
• Edit the xcvw shell script to provide the default client home directory
• Set file permissions
• Optionally modify shared memory settings for video conferencing tool (LBL VIC)
• Correct Solaris 2.6 graphics library incompatibility on SBUS platform only
• Test CVW client operation
• Archive /opt/CVWserver.old
• Update web documentation

Windows Java CVW Client (3.0 to 3.2)

Uninstalling the Previous Version of CVW

• Save changes to documents that were being edited in CVW
• Quit the CVW application
• Quit all running applications, including any background processes such as a virus scanner.
• Uninstall the previous version of the CVW client using the Add/Remove programs tool located in the Windows Control Panel
• Follow the procedures below to install the new client

Windows Java CVW Client Installation

• Quit all running applications, including any background processes such as a virus scanner.
• Download CVW32Installer.exe and server configuration file(s) from web server
• Run CVW32Installer.exe
• Test the operation of the CVW client
• Delete CVW32Installer.exe

Last update: 13 October 2000

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