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Convert from Community to Enterprise

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Convert from Community to Enterprise
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<ins>**This process is not currently support by nexenta support, but we believed the process would be helpful if needed.**</ins>






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We have discovered the upgrade process needs some documentation around adding the plugins after convert to enterprise.






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As you start this process you will see that the system is pointed to the "testing" repository. During this process these do not get updated to the stable repo's so you will need change them after the convert process is complete. 






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We have also found that there is currently a bug in nmc upgrade so please use nmv to do the convert. 






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<ins>**Step 1**</ins>






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First look at your repository.






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**nmc@myhost:/$ show appliance repository** 






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deb http://apt.nexentastor.org/3.1 hardy-testing main contrib non-free






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deb-src http://apt.nexentastor.org/3.1 hardy-testing main contrib non-free






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<ins>**Step 2**</ins>






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Next look at the installed plugins. 






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**nmc@myhost:/$ show plugin**                                                       






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delorean                1.2 (r20)        Nexenta Delorean support module






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scsitarget              3.0.7-7340 (r478) COMSTAR iSCSI Target extension






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storagelink             1.0 (r10)        Nexenta Storagelink support module






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<ins>**Step 3**</ins> Convert to Enterprise key






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Login to nmv and click on convert to enterprise






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|![convert.png](/attachments/download/273/convert.png)||






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add enterprise key at the bottom of page and click on convert






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Now check sysinfo to ensure that the process was successful.






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**nmc@myhost:/$ show appliance sysinfo**                                         






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SunOS myhost 5.11 NexentaOS_134f i86pc i386 i86pc Solaris






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==== System Information ====






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domainname                    : mydomain.com






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enterprise                    : 1






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is_trial                      : 1






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kbd_layout                    : US-English






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license_agreement             : /etc/license_text.trial






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model                         : Open Storage Appliance (Enterprise Edition)






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model_id                      : STOR_UNIFIED






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nmc_version                   : 3.1.1-7231 (r9549)






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nms_version                   : 3.1.1-7231 (r9546)






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nmv_version                   : 3.1.1-6829 (r9491)






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num_cpu_cores                 : 2






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release_date                  : Jan 16 04:58:14 2012






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uuid                          : 5a0e8c48-587b-4d7a-84d5-51722d2ac554






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        tscp ahf cx16 sse3 sse2 sse fxsr amd_3dnowx amd_3dnow amd_mmx mmx cmov 






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        tscp ahf cx16 sse3 sse2 sse fxsr amd_3dnowx amd_3dnow amd_mmx mmx cmov 






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        amd_sysc cx8 tsc fpu 






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Now look at the repositories. If they still say hardy-stable then you are done. Otherwise move to the next step






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<ins>**Step 4**</ins> Manually add stable repo's






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**nmc@myhost:/$ show appliance repository**                                         






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deb http://nexenta.com/apt/567dc4bca2f74c43bc905b52e1374a81/3.1 hardy-testing main contrib non-free






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deb-src http://nexenta.com/apt/567dc4bca2f74c43bc905b52e1374a81/3.1 hardy-testing main contrib non-free






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If this shows the community repos then you need to hand edit the /etc/apt/sources.list file to 






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add a line for plugins and one for plugins src






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deb http://nexenta.com/apt/567dc4bca2f74c43bc905b52e1374a81/3.1/plugins hardy-stable main contrib non-free






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deb-src http://nexenta.com/apt/567dc4bca2f74c43bc905b52e1374a81/3.1/plugins hardy-stable main contrib non-free






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<ins>**Step 5**</ins> Check that the plugins that are remotely available






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amanda-client           1.1 (r8)         2.6KB    Amanda backup system - Client






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apiviewer               0.11 (r13)       12.3KB   SA-API viewer and browser for NMV






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autosmart               1.0 (r48)        348.6KB  AutoSmart, monitoring for hard drives






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autosync                3.1.0-7209 (r267) 590.8KB  AutoSync, the ZFS replication extension






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bonnie-benchmark        1.4 (r8)         6.2KB    bonnie++ benchmark extension for NMC






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clamav-antivirus        0.9 (r20)        285.0KB  ClamAV AntiVirus extension for NMS






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cloudarchive            1.0 (r102)       355.9KB  Cloud Archive extension for NMS






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confguard               1.0 (r6)         24.9KB   Configuration Change Management






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iozone-benchmark        1.1 (r1)         4.0KB    iozone benchmark extension for NMC






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ntop                    1.1 (r6)         2.9KB    Collect and show network usage in Web GUI for NMS






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oracle-backup           0.1 (r5)         3.2KB    Oracle DB backup extension for NMC






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rrdaemon                3.1.0 (r115)     9.3KB    RR daemon network service






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scsitarget-fc           3.0.6 (r435)     15.4KB   COMSTAR FC Target extension






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ups                     1.0 (r21)        16.4KB   UPS monitoring and easy management extension






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worm                    1.2 (r24)        11.7KB   WORM (write-once, read-many) extension






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<ins>**Step 6**</ins> Install the plugins.






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**type setup (enter) **






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<ins>**Step 7**</ins> Verify the process is complete






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**nmc@myhost:/$ show plugin**                                                                                                          






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This process is new and temporary until the bugs associated with the process are fixed. This should get you to a place where your system to an similiar config as Enterprise.






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any questions on the process feel free to contact me linda.kateley@nexenta.com