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Customized configuration preservation after upgrade

SA preserves certain changes you make to SA component configuration files during subsequent upgrades.

SA preserves configuration files for the following components:

  • Data Access Engine (spin)
  • Web Services Data Access Engine (twist)
  • Component of the Global File System (spoke)
  • Software Repository (word)
  • Command Center (occ)
  • Deployment Automation (da)
  • Component of the Global File System (hub)
  • Command Engine (way)
  • Model Repository Multimaster component (vault)
  • Gateways (opswgw)

SA Gateway configuration files are customizable. Gateway customizations are made in /etc/opt/opsware/opswgw-<gateway_name>/opswgw.custom.

During upgrade, the installer may revert the configuration files to the default values. To preserve your customizations, you must save them in the custom configuration files of the components. You can find the list below:

  • /etc/opt/opsware/spin/spin_custom.args
  • /etc/opt/opsware/twist/twist_custom.conf
  • /etc/opt/opsware/spoke/spoke_custom.conf
  • /etc/opt/opsware/mm_wordbot/mm_wordbot_custom.args
  • /etc/opt/opsware/occ/psrvr_custom.properties
  • /etc/opt/opsware/da/da_custom.conf
  • /etc/opt/opsware/hub/hub_custom.conf
  • /etc/opt/opsware/waybot/waybot_custom.args
  • /etc/opt/opsware/vault/vault_custom.conf
  • /etc/opt/opsware/opswgw-<gateway_name>/opswgw.custom

Configuration files backed up during upgrade

During the upgrade, the installer saves a copy of the previous versions of some configuration files in the following location:

/var/opt/opsware/install_opsware/config_file_archive/

If you have made modifications to any of these configuration files, you can use these backup as a reference for modifications you may have made.

The files saved are:

  • /opt/opsware/oi_util/startup/components.config
  • /opt/opsware/oi_util/startup/opsware_start.config
  • /etc/opt/opsware/occ/psrvr.properties
  • /etc/opt/opsware/dhcpd/dhcpd.conf
  • /etc/opt/opsware/spin/spin.args
  • /etc/opt/opsware/spin/srvrgrps_attr_map.conf
  • /etc/opt/opsware/twist/twistOverrides.conf is saved as twist.conf
  • /etc/opt/opsware/vault/vault.conf
  • /opt/opsware/waybot/etc/waybot.args
  • /etc/opt/opsware/mm_wordbot/mm_wordbot.args

The configuration file /etc/opt/opsware/twist/loginModule.conf is not saved during upgrade. If you have modified this file, you must manually recreate any modifications you want carried over to your upgraded core. You can find a backup of the pre-upgrade loginModule.conf file in /var/opt/opsware/install_opsware/config_file_archive/.