Changes

##run a backup

##run a backup

##test the backup (restore just one file, or at least list the contents of the archive)

##test the backup (restore just one file, or at least list the contents of the archive)

##disconnect the USB HD

##disconnect the USB Hard Drive

##Shutdown the server

##Shutdown the server

##Disconnect each internal hard drive one at a time ahd re-boot to make sure you can boot from either drive (at this point you have broken the raid, you will not be able to reboot with both drives and expect it to resume the raid without some manual intervention.

##Disconnect each internal hard drive one at a time ahd re-boot to make sure you can boot from either drive (at this point you have broken the raid, you will not be able to reboot with both drives and expect it to resume the raid without some manual intervention.

##Decide which drive to keep as a short term backup and only connect the other one

##Decide which drive to keep as a short term backup and only connect the other one

##Install SME8 on the remaining drive (probably from a CD).

##Install SME8 on the remaining drive (probably from a CD).

##Reboot  

##Reboot  

##Yum update to the latest version of the base system

##Yum update to the latest version of the base system

##signal-event post-upgrade and reboot

##signal-event post-upgrade and reboot

##Install the [[DAR2]] package on the SME8 system

##Install the [[DAR2]] package on the SME8 system, if still on the Beta release you'll need to switch the contribs repo as per: [[SME8.0_Contribs_QA]]. Note that a reboot after you do switch the repo will switch it back to the SME8 one (which at this moment does not have any contribs in it, as they have not yet been released for SME8 (although a lot of them do work - see [[SME8.0_Contribs_QA]].