RUSH 102.42a9 WINDOWS UPGRADE INSTRUCTIONS

To install the new release, if you're currently running a release older than 102.42a (ie. 102.41 or older..) you must first stop the old release network wide; you can't mix that old 102.41 release on the same network with 102.42*; the network messages are not compatible.

Weekends or mornings are generally a good time to do upgrades.

Here's a brief summary of the upgrade process:

Upgrade Instructions

Start with the license server

1) Make sure no jobs are running.

    o Go into Irush, and click 'All Jobs'.

    o Highlight all jobs running, and click the 'Dump' button at the left.

    o Repeat 'All Jobs' until no jobs are running.

2) Stop rushd on the license server

    net stop rushd

3) Rename out the old version on the license server

    You'll first need to make sure no Rush programs are running,
    or the rename will fail with 'File in use by another process'
    or similar error.

    First close irush, onrush, rushtop, etc, and make sure 'rush.exe'
    and/or 'rushd.exe' are not in the tasklist, otherwise the rename will fail.

    move c:\rush c:\rush.MM-DD-YYYY

4) Extract the new version onto license server in C:\RUSH

5) Copy over old files

    copy /y c:\rush.MM-DD-YYYY\etc\hosts       c:\rush\etc
    copy /y c:\rush.MM-DD-YYYY\etc\license.dat c:\rush\etc


6) Manually merge your changes from the old rush.conf file (do not copy the old rush.conf over the new!)

    Visually compare the c:\rush.MM-DD-YYYY\etc\rush.conf file to the
    new c:\rush\etc\rush.conf file, and check for customizations you know
    you need to keep. (Or use a tool like WINDIFF or XDIFF to compare the files)

    The most common rush.conf commands to customize:
    

    ntrushuid  \___ Used in mixed environments of Windows and Unix.
    ntrushgid  /    Tells rush what uid/gid to use when running Windows submitted jobs.

    forceuid   \___ Used to force renders to run as a specific uid/gid
    forcegid   /    on unix machines. (OPTIONAL)

    smtpserver \___ Used for rush's mail delivery.
    smtpfrom   /    Set to your mail server, and the 'from' email address for rush emails.

    permit     ---- Sets the names of users who can administer rush
    
    See the complete rush.conf documentation for more info.
    (The documentation shows new or modified commands with red stars)

7) Run the install script

    c:\rush\etc\bin\install

8) Start the daemon, verify running OK

    net start rushd

    Then ping the daemon to see if it started:
    rush -ping

    If you get any errors, check the rushd.log:
    more c:\rush\var\rushd.log

Upgrade the rest of the network

9) Stop rush on all machines

    rush -dexit +any -t 5

10) Install new version on each machine

   The easiest way to do this is to pick a machine that has the 
   new version successfully installed (usually the license server),
   and use xcopy to distribute the new version to the network:

       for %i in ( hosta hostb hostc .. ) do move \\%i\c$\rush \\%i\c$\rush.MM-DD-YYYY
       for %i in ( hosta hostb hostc .. ) do xcopy /e /i c:\rush \\%i\c$\rush

   Then restart rush on each machine. If you have rshd configured 
   on your network, this should be easy to do:

       for %i in ( hosta hostb hostc .. ) do rsh %i net stop rushd
       for %i in ( hosta hostb hostc .. ) do rsh %i net start rushd

11) Verify entire network is up.

    When you're done, check your work with:

	    rush -ping +any

    ..all machines should reply with the NEW version number. 
    Any that don't, recheck the install manually.

    If a machine complains about 'bind(): address in use' for more
    than 2 minutes, you may need to reboot that machine.

BACKOUT PROCEDURE

    In the event you need to back out the new release, just stop the daemon
    on all machines, rename back the old directory, and restart. 

    Again, start with the license server.