Upgrading Resiliency Platform in Azure 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 below steps to detach the data disk from the previous version virtual appliance and attach it to the current version virtual appliance.
Detach / attach disk
- Login to Azure console and navigate to the appliance. Click on the Capture option.
- Fill the required details and create an image. This image can be used for the rollback in case the upgrade process fails for any reason.
- Before deleting previous version appliances, note the hostname of the appliance. Use the same hostname while deploying the upgrade offerings.
- Delete the previous version virtual appliance. Ensure that the NICs and volumes of the deleted appliances are not deleted along with the virtual appliance.
- Go to the Azure Marketplace and deploy the offering Veritas Resiliency Platform by providing following values:
Basic settings for Azure deployment
Table: Basic settings for Azure deployment
Input field
Description
Select Deployment Type
Select the appropriate deployment type from the given options. Select 'Resiliency Manager (upgrade)' or 'IMS (upgrade)' for upgrading Resiliency Manager and IMS respectively.
Password for admin user
Set the password for admin user. The admin user and password is later used for configuring the appliances.
Confirm password
Provide same password for confirmation.
Subscription
Select the subscription of Azure account, to be used for deploying the virtual appliances.
Resource group
Specify the name of an existing resource group that contains disks and NICs for the existing appliance, which is being upgraded.
Advance settings for Azure deployment
Table: Advance settings for Azure deployment
Input field
Description
Instance Name
Name of newer version appliance.
Hostname
Hostname for the newer appliance. This is used if custom DNS is not configured appropriately. Make sure that the hostname is same as the older appliance which is noted before deleting the previous version appliance.
Instance Size
Size of newer version appliance.
Existing Data Disk Name(s)
Provide comma separated list of data disk(s) in same sequence as the LUN number.
Network settings for Azure deployment
Table: Network settings for Azure deployment
Input field
Description
Total NIC(s) Attached
Select number of NICs attached to older version appliance.
ETHX NIC
Select the appropriate existing NIC attached to the older appliance.
- Click OK and review the summary displayed in the Summary section.
- Click OK to view and accept the terms and conditions.
- Click Create to create the instances:
This step creates newer version virtual appliance with existing data disk(s) and NICs. To complete the upgrade login to the console with 'admin' username and provided password and continue with further configuration. Make sure you add port 7000 for Resiliency Manager in existing Security Group.
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.
More Information
Previous Step: See Step 1: Prepare for upgrade.
Next Step: See Step 3: Start the automatic bootstrap process.
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