This section describes how to upgrade the Charon-HPA software to a new version. It covers the following points:
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-utils-<version>.x86_64.rpm | Charon-HPA utilities, e.g., utility to create a vdisk. |
| 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 install 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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