Upgrading Avamar proxy after grid upgrade

Hello oisyz - have you checked the Download page of your upgraded Avamar grid?

Hello,

As you have AvamarVMWareCombined-Lunx-x86-7.1.100-370.iso on your downloads page it looks like the server was upgraded to 7.0.2 however at somepoint you upgraded your client release to 7.1.

As per the Avamar compatibility matrix, 7.1 proxies are compatible with a 7.0 server, HOWEVER please review the release notes (page 36)  that document the limitations around this combination.

If you decide to stay with going up to 7.0.2, which is likely the easier option, then I have uploaded the 7.0.2-47 ISO (for upgrades) and the OVA (for new proxies) here: https://ftp.emc.com/action/login?domain=ftp.emc.com&username=ZW8Qw9y9T&password=lB6BtB7tS7 also accessible via FTP here: ftp://ZW8Qw9y9T:lB6BtB7tS7@ftp.emc.com.

NOTE- the ftp account will only stay active 7 days from today. If you require the ISO at a later date, please open an SR with support so that they can give you access to the ISO.

Regards,

Adam

Adam,

I see the items listed here are "7.0.102-47". Is that the same as the 7.0.2?

This would be exactly what I was looking for.

Thank you Adam,

is there an upgrade procedure for the proxies ? I am currently running 7.0.101

Hello,

7.0.102-47 is the "client" version associated with Avamar Serverversion 7.0.2, so yes it is the same release.

For upgrade instructions, please see the Avamar 7.0 VMware guide, page 40.

The iso should only be used if the current proxy is an older version and one of the following is true:

• Avamar server is in 7.0.2 or higher
• Avamar server is in 7.0 and the plugin catalogue has been updated (mccli plugin show shows version plugins for 7.0.102 or higher)
• Avamar server is in 7.0 and the the downloads page shows client that are 7.0.102 or higher.

Please always review release notes and the compatibility guide before any upgrades.

Regards,

Adam

I go to avamar server via web browser to the server and the down load  -

for me I then go to Vm Ware vSphere

EMC Avamar VMWARE Image Backup/FLR appliance

that has the ova and iso files

We just use the ova file, I pass it on to my Vm guys and they make me new proxies.

why new proxies versus upgrading existing ones ?  All my proxies are dual-home, it would be PITA to build them from scratch.

well when we went from 6.x to 7.x they TOLD us go with new.

I only have

3x8

and 1x8

and I have that command that says make the proxy connect to all datastores and groups.

so does not take a lot for me to make new, and be safe.

If I had more and it was a bother (like back when I had 20 that would have had to be made new) I would upgrade.

this last 2 times I just re-made them (took the vm guy all of 10 minutes) in 30 minutes I was all set.

because the ova MAKES proxies.

once I give the ova to the vm guy

he deletes the proxies from vcenter

and then re makes them with the same names

tells me when he is done.

I go into vcenter and open the console and finish booting them

making sure everything is ok (following the manual)

then I usually restart the vcenter connection in avamar

make sure they are added to all datastores and groups ( I don't limit my vm's to specific datastores or groups - if One proxy is down I want the back to be able to use another one)

all done.

that is just the way I saw  the instructions, quick and easy to me!

do you delete the existing proxies before you deploy and activate new ones ? What the is process that you follow ?

Thank you

ok, so you don't delete old proxies from Avamar. I have 15 proxies (3 different vCenter environments) so i will try the upgrade route and see how it goes.

Thank you

Richie,

what does upgradeproxy do ? Where/How does it get the new binaries to upgrade existing proxy VMs ?

Yes should upgrade just fine. Also to make this alittle easier you can use proxycp.jar

ftp://avamar_ftp:anonymous@ftp.avamar.com/software/scripts/proxycp.jaranonymous@ftp.avamar.com/software/scripts/proxycp.jar

download to utility node, usually /home/admin

In response to your first question you can use this command to release the disks if no backups are running

java -jar proxycp.jar --listproxydisk --cleanup

then to upgrade you can do this.

java -jar proxycp.jar --upgradeproxy

Then once that finishes you can confirm the proxies are updating by this command

java -jar proxycp.jar --cmd "avtar --version | grep version"

and confirm the output is consistent with the new version you installed.

Richie

Very nice, thank you Richie,

when i run java -jar proxycp.jar --cmd "avtar --version | grep version" i get

Error : Auth cancel

i tried the same command with --Password but that did not work either. 

It grabs the rpm package already located on the utility node if you have your client catalog updated as well to the latest version /usr/local/avamar/src/downloads/.....

then it copies the rpm to the proxies, runs the rpm upgrade, removes the rpm once done and then should be good to go.

Richie