Upgrade Sequence on the Arcserve UDP Appliance

The upgrade from Arcserve UDP Appliance v5.0 to Arcserve UDP v6.0 involves the following sequence:

Upgrade the Arcserve UDP Appliance that performs as Arcserve UDP Console and RPS
Upgrade the Arcserve UDP Appliance that performs as Arcserve UDP RPS only
Upgrade Steps When Two or More Arcserve UDP Appliances Are Used in the Environment
Upgrade the Arcserve UDP Linux Agent on the Arcserve UDP Appliance
Upgrade the Arcserve Backup on the Arcserve UDP Appliance

Upgrade this Arcserve UDP Appliance, then follow up the upgrade sequence described to upgrade the productive environment.
Complete the upgrading on the Arcserve UDP Appliance. For details, refer to the How to Upgrade Arcserve UDP from v5 to v6 on the Appliance section in the Arcserve Unified Data protection Appliance Online Help.

Upgrade the complete productive environment. For details, refer to the upgrade sequence described in the UDP solution guide.
Complete upgrade on the Arcserve UDP Appliance. For details, refer to How to Upgrade Arcserve UDP from v5 to v6 on the Appliance section in the Arcserve Unified Data protection Appliance Online Help.

Upgrade the whole productive environment. For details, refer to the upgrade sequence described in the Arcserve UDP solution guide.
Complete the upgrade on the Arcserve UDP Appliance. For details, refer to the How to Upgrade Arcserve UDP from v5 to v6 on the Appliance section in the Arcserve Unified Data protection Appliance Online Help.
If you see warning as displayed below when you add an Appliance as RPS from Arcserve UDP Console after upgrade, refer to the Backing Up a UDP Appliance from Another Appliance Reports Duplicated Nodes topic in the Troubleshooting section of Arcserve Unified Data Protection Appliance Online Help.

First, upgrade the Arcserve UDP Console which manages the Linux Backup Server in the productive environment;
Then, upgrade the Linux Backup Server on the Arcserve UDP Appliance. For details, refer to the Arcserve Unified Data Protection Agent for Linux Online Help.

Refer to the Arcserve Backup Implementation Guide to complete upgrade on the Arcserve UDP Appliance.