This section describes how to upgrade the Charon-HPA software to a new version. It covers the following points:
Important information for software upgrades:
Upgrading to Charon-HPA 1.1x from an older version requires a license update. Please contact your VAR or Stromasys representative to plan the update.
Additional information for software licenses:
Charon-HPA 1.10 contains the new Sentinel license runtime version 7.63 provided by the license vendor (aksusbd package). The new version contains important updates. However older software licenses are not compatible with the new version. Upgrading to the new version of the runtime software in most cases requires the installation of a new software license (instead of just an update).
Recommendation:
- If you have a working software license and use license runtime version 2.5.1, do not upgrade this package to version 7.63 included with Charon-HPA 1.10 without preparing to install a new software license.
- If you have a working software license and use license runtime 7.63 or newer, do not downgrade to the older version included with previous Charon-HPA versions.
Before an upgrade to the new emulator version, contact your VAR or Stromasys representative to discuss the best way to upgrade.
Charon-HPA Software Packages Overview
Charon-HPA is provided as a set of rpm-packages.
The following table lists the required installation packages (the placeholder <version> denotes the version of the package):
Package | Description |
|---|---|
| aksusbd-<version>.i386.rpm | Sentinel runtime environment. Required for licensing the Charon-HPA software |
| charon-license-<version>.x86_64.rpm | License related libraries and utilities |
| charon-mtd-<version>.x86_64.rpm | Charon-HPA tape utility |
| hpa-<version>.x86_64.rpm | Charon-HPA emulator executable, template configuration files for different supported hardware models |
Obtaining the Charon-HPA software:
The software can be downloaded from the Stromasys fileserver. If required, please contact your Stromasys representative or your VAR partner. They will provide the download information or the software packages to you.
Upgrade Commands Overview
The following table provides an overview of the upgrade commands for the supported host operating systems. For details, please refer to the relevant man-pages on Linux. The table only lists command-line options for Linux. There are also graphical tools. To describe all of them is outside the scope of this document.
Upgrade Options | Description |
|---|---|
| Package manager (uses repositories, takes care of dependencies, etc.) |
(Older versions may need localupdate instead of update for local packages; newer versions use local operation if package name is a file name.) |
| Command to upgrade individual local packages | # rpm -U </path/to/package> |
Upgrading the Charon-HPA Software
To install the Charon-HPA packages perform the following steps:
Step | Command | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Log in as the privileged user on the system ("root"). | |
| 2 | Go to the directory in which the rpm packages were stored. | # |
| 3 | Update the Charon-HPA packages. | #
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