If you have a spare server, you can install Parallels Server 5 Bare Metal on this server and then
move Containers and virtual machines to the server. This upgrade scenario is supported for the
following Parallels products:
• Parallels Server 4 Bare Metal
• Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 4.7 for Linux
• Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 4.6 for Linux
• Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 4.0 for Linux
• SWsoft Virtuozzo 3.0 Service Pack 1
• OpenVZ
To upgrade to Parallels Server 5 Bare Metal using a spare server, do the following:
1 Prepare for the upgrade using the instructions in Preparing for the Upgrade (p. 6).
2 Install Parallels Server 5 Bare Metal on the spare server.
3 Migrate all Containers and virtual machines from the source server to the spare server. See the
Parallels Server 5 Bare Metal User's Guide for details.
4 If you store the backups of Containers and virtual machines on the source server, copy them to
the spare server.
C HAPTER 4
Upgrading With a Spare Server
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