Upgrading Resiliency Platform in VMware environment
The upgrade process is divided into 3 major parts for all the virtual appliances in which the Attach / Detach data disk is the second step. You need to perform the below steps to detach the data disk from the previous version virtual appliance and attach it to the current version virtual appliance in the vCenter server:
To attach / detach the data disk
- Ensure that the prepare for upgrade is performed on the virtual appliance. Refer Step 1: Prepare for upgrade.
- Login to vSphere client using admin user credentials.
- Verify that the virtual appliance on which you have applied the updates are shut down.
- To clone the virtual appliance of the previous version perform the below steps:
a. Right click on the virtual appliance and select the Clone > Clone to Virtual Machine option.
b. Provide user friendly virtual machine name to the cloned virtual machine.
c. Click Next.
d. Select the compute resource and click Next.
e. Select the storage and click Next. Complete the clone virtual machine process.
- Perform the cloning steps on the another virtual appliance.
- Deploy the current version virtual appliance. Do not complete the bootstrap process. To deploy the virtual appliance perform the steps 1-10 from the topic, refer Deploying the virtual appliance through VMware vSphere Client
- The next step is to detach the data disk of the previous version from the appliance. Perform the following steps while you are logged into the vCenter server:
a. Right click on the appliance and select Edit settings.
b. Select the data disks and choose 'X' to detach the disk.
Note:
Do not select the 'Delete files from datastore' check box ". This option will delete the selected disk.
c. From the Disk File section, note the path of the data disks which is detached in step 7b.
Perform these steps on the other virtual appliances.
- Next step is to attach the data disk to the current version virtual appliance which is deployed in step 6 above. Perform the following steps:
a. Right click on the virtual appliance and select Edit settings.
b. Click on the Add New Device button and select Existing Hard Disk option.
c. Select the datastore and then select the data disk which is noted in step 7c. Click OK.
Perform the steps 8a - 8c on the another virtual appliance to attach the data disk.
- The last step is to power on the virtual appliance. Perform the below steps:
Right click on the appliance and click the Power On option. You need to power on the other appliances too.
Note:
Attaching the data disk from one virtual appliance to another is supported only during the upgrade process, i.e. after preparing the virtual appliance for upgrade step (Step 1: Prepare for upgrade). If the data disk of an appliance is changed during normal functioning, it may impact the DR operations.
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Previous Step: Step 1: Prepare for upgrade
Next Step: Step 3: Start the automatic bootstrap process
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