This KB focuses on the process that is required for manually replacing or upgrading the vProxy appliance.
vProxy upgrades can be automated using the nsrvproxy_mgmt command as detailed in:
NVP vProxy: How To Upgrade the NVP vProxy Appliance using nsrvproxy_mgmt
1. Gather the following information about the vProxy appliance:
- IP address
- DNS servers' IP addresses
- DNS suffix
- Default Gateway
- Netmask
- VLAN
- Datastore
- Location in vCenter
- Any custom /etc/hosts or /etc/resolv.conf file modifications
2. Delete the vProxy appliance from NMC, as described in the "Deleting the vProxy host" section of the NetWorker VMware Integration Guide.
3. Log in to the vCenter server by using the vSphere Client and remove the vProxy VM from the vCenter by powering off the VM and then deleting the vProxy.
4. Deploy the new vProxy appliance and configure the network settings, as described in the "Deploy the vProxy appliance" section of the Dell EMC NetWorker VMware Integration Guide.
5. Add back any custom /etc/hosts or /etc/resolv.conf file modifications.
6. Add the newly deployed vProxy appliance to the NetWorker server and configure the appliance, as described in the "Configuring the vProxy in NetWorker" section of the Dell EMC NetWorker VMware Integration Guide.
7. After vProxy appliance registration completes, verify that a valid certificate appears in the NMC vProxy Properties.