About this task

Note:

If your installation uses a dedicated Primary EPM server, you should always restore the Primary EPM server first and then you can restore each Auxiliary EPM and MPP server separately.

Before you begin

Ensure that you have access to the backup files taken before the upgrade. For more information about backing up the existing data, see Backing up data.

Procedure

  1. Install the previous version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server using the Red Hat Enterprise Server installation CD-ROM and the exact options you used for the 6.0.x, 7.0.x, or 7.1 software installation.
  2. Reinstall the EPM software from your 6.0.x, 7.0.x, or 7.1 software installation DVD.

    Ensure that you select the same options that you selected during the first install.

  3. Restore your Experience Portal database from the backup as described in the document Upgrading to Avaya Experience Portal 8.1.
  4. If you have changed the default log and alarm retention periods, reset those values as described in Administering Avaya Experience Portal.
  5. If you have previously changed the Session timeout (minutes) field in Home > User Management > Login Options, update this field again.

    For more information, see Administering Avaya Experience Portal.

  6. If you have previously changed the Purge and Retention field in Home > System Configuration > EPM Servers > Alarm/Log Options, update this field again.

    For more information, see Administering Avaya Experience Portal.

  7. If you have previously enabled Organizations for the system, re-enable it by executing the following script:

    $AVAYA_HOME/Support/VP-Tools/EnableOrganizations

    For more information on Enabling organization level access in Experience Portal, see Administering Avaya Experience Portal.

  8. If you are restoring a co-resident application server on the Experience Portal server, follow the steps in Optional: Updating the co-resident application server.
    Note:

    For major version upgrades of Tomcat, it is also recommended that the deployed applications and application support runtime libraries are re-generated for the updated version of Tomcat.

  9. If you have previously deployed and configured any Managed Applications, re-install and deploy the managed application.