NVP vProxy: How To Upgrade or Redeploy the NVP vProxy Appliance

The NVP vProxy appliance can be upgraded directly from the NetWorker server operating system, or the NetWorker Web User Interface (NWUI). 

Limitations

• Concurrent vProxy redeployment is not supported using CLI; however, you can sequentially redeploy multiple vProxies using a script.
• vProxy redeployment is not supported for vProxies that are directly deployed in the ESXi bypassing the vCenter. If the vProxy is deployed on the ESXi bypassing the vCenter, then you must manually redeploy the vProxy.
• vProxy redeployment is not supported for VMware Cloud; For example, Azure VMware Services (AVS), Amazon VMware Cloud (VMC), so forth. If the vCenter is cloud-based, you must manually redeploy the vProxy.
• The root and admin password length of the vProxy should be in between 8–20 characters only. Before redeployment, you must change the root and admin password and update the vProxy resource in NetWorker with the updated vProxy admin password.
• Deploying new vProxies using CLI is not supported.
• During vProxy redeployment, the manual settings that were performed on the previous vProxy are not retained.

The process for manually replacing or upgrading a vProxy appliance is detailed in this article: NetWorker VMware Protection-vProxy: How to Manually Upgrade or Redeploy vProxy.

Process

1. Download the vProxy OVA that you want to deploy from the Dell Support NetWorker Product Page.
2. On the NetWorker server, create the following directory:

/nsr/vproxy_ova/ovas

C:\Program Files\EMC NetWorker\nsr\vproxy\vproxy_ova\ovas\

3. Place the extracted OVA file in the ovas directory.
4. Open an administrative or root command prompt on the NetWorker server.
5. Use one of the following options:

Option One - NWUI Redeployment:

5. Enter the root user credentials for each vProxy selected for redeployment.
6. Click Finish and monitor the redeployment process.

Option Two - nsrvproxy_mgmt Command-Line Redeployment:

1. Open an elevated command window on the NetWorker server.
2. Run the following command, replacing the environment-specific fields:

nsrvproxy_mgmt redeploy -h vProxy-host-name -z vProxy-root-password [-x] [-f] [-u comments] [-t timeout in minutes] [-D debug-level]

-t specifies the maximum timeout value for any active vProxy session to get over and then start the redeployment. The default timeout value is ten minutes.

-x can be used when the vProxy admin password is the same as the root password on the existing vProxy.

-z is used when specifying the vProxy root password of the existing vProxy.

-h vProxy-host-name is the vProxy name that was used for registration and exists in the RAP resource.

-f is used to disable the confirmation prompt.

-D is used to set the debug level. By default, the debug level is 0.

-u is used to display the comments.

3. If redeploying multiple vProxies, sequential redeployment can be accomplished by creating a .bat (Windows) or .sh (Linux) script on the NetWorker server. The script can then be run from an administrative or root command prompt.

nsrvproxy_mgmt redeploy -h blrv027b075 -z 'Welcome@123' -f
nsrvproxy_mgmt redeploy -h blrv027b076 -x -f
nsrvproxy_mgmt redeploy -h blrv027b077 -z 'P@ssw0rd123' -f

#!/bin/bash
nsrvproxy_mgmt redeploy -h blrv027b075 -z 'Welcome@123' -f
nsrvproxy_mgmt redeploy -h blrv027b076 -x -f
nsrvproxy_mgmt redeploy -h blrv027b077 -z 'P@ssw0rd123' -f

• NVP-vProxy: How to update or change vProxy admin or root password
• NVP vProxy: How to manually change the vProxy Appliance network interface settings
• NVP vProxy: How To Unregister/Re-Register a vProxy Appliance?
• The NetWorker VMware Integration Guide also contains information about vProxy deployment and upgrades; this guide is available through the Dell Support NetWorker Product Page.

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