This section explains how to apply updates to NS Appliances.
The procedure to apply patches is as follows:
Unless otherwise stated, the following operations should be performed by the infrastructure administrator.
Store Patch Files
Announce the Start of Maintenance Operations
Set the Maintenance Mode
Back up the Environment Definition Information
Stop NS Appliances
Apply Patches
Start NS Appliances
Restore the Environment Definition Information
Release the Maintenance Mode
Announce the Completion of Maintenance Operations
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When using NS Appliances with redundant configurations, use the following procedure to apply patches:
Apply patches to NS Appliances in stand-by mode.
Perform step 3 - step 9 of the patch application procedure.
Perform switchover of redundant NS Appliances.
After switchover, apply patches to the NS Appliance placed in stand-by mode.
Perform step 3 - step 9 of the patch application procedure.
After performing the above operations, confirm the following:
The NS Appliance that had patches applied is in the correct status.
The statuses of NS Appliances can be confirmed using the rcxnetworkservice list command.
That each device of the redundant pair is configured as a primary device and a secondary device, respectively.
For details on how to check the operating statuses of redundant NS Appliances, refer to "5.5.1 Confirming Redundancy Configuration Status".
For details on how to switchover the operating status of redundant NS Appliances, refer to "5.5.2 Switchover of Redundancy Status".
For details on the rcxnetworkservice command, refer to "A.1 rcxnetworkservice".
Store the downloaded patch files for NS Appliance (image files for NS Appliance) in the location of your choosing on the system where the ROR manager is installed.
However, do not store the image files for NS Appliance using the installation path of the ROR manager.
Announce the start of maintenance operations to the tenant administrators and tenant users who are using the L-Platform on which target NS Appliances are deployed.
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Edit the information displayed on the Home window of the ROR console to announce the start of maintenance operations to tenant administrators and tenant users.
For details, refer to "3.2 Editing the Home Messages" in the "User's Guide for Infrastructure Administrators CE".
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Wait for the tenant administrators and tenant users to complete necessary actions in response to the announcement of the start of maintenance before proceeding to the next step.
Place the NS Appliance to maintenance on into "maintenance mode".
The network device corresponding to the NS Appliance to maintain
Place the network device corresponding to the NS Appliance to perform maintenance on into "maintenance mode" from the ROR console or the command line.
For the procedure to place devices into maintenance mode, refer to "22.1 Switchover of Maintenance Mode" in the "User's Guide for Infrastructure Administrators (Resource Management) CE".
Back up the environment definition information of the NS Appliance to apply the patches to.
The NS Appliance to maintain
Log in to the "admin-LAN IP address" of the NS Appliance to perform maintenance on from a Telnet or SSHv2 client and then back up the environment definition information.
For details, refer to "5.4.4 Collecting Environment Definition Information".
Stop the NS Appliance to maintain.
The NS Appliance to maintain
Stop the NS Appliance to perform maintenance on by executing the rcxnetworkservice stop command.
For details on the rcxnetworkservice command, refer to "A.1 rcxnetworkservice".
Apply patches to the NS Appliance to maintain.
The NS Appliance to maintain
Apply patches to the NS Appliance to perform maintenance on by executing the rcxnetworkservice update command.
For details on the rcxnetworkservice command, refer to "A.1 rcxnetworkservice".
When applying patches to the target NS Appliance, the target NS Appliance is automatically started. After confirming that the NS Appliance has been started, perform initial configuration of the NS Appliance.
The NS Appliance to maintain
Perform initial configuration using the following procedure:
Check the status of the NS Appliance using the rcxnetworkservice list command.
Confirm that the STATUS of the target NS Appliance is "running".
Perform the initial configuration of the NS Appliance using the rcxnetworkservice setup command.
For details on the rcxnetworkservice command, refer to "A.1 rcxnetworkservice".
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It is recommended to specify the file exported using the rcxadm netconfig command for the -file option of the rcxnetworkservice setup command.
For details on the rcxadm netconfig command, refer to "3.7 rcxadm netconfig" in the "Reference Guide (Command/XML) CE".
Restore the environment definition information on the NS Appliance to which the patches were applied.
The NS Appliance to maintain
Log in to the "admin-LAN IP address" of the NS Appliance to perform maintenance on from a Telnet or SSHv2 client and then restore the environment definition information which was backed up in "5.2.1.5 Back up the Environment Definition Information" using the following command.
restore environment src_uri username name password password
Specify the location on the FTP server on which the environment definition information was backed up in "5.2.1.5 Back up the Environment Definition Information" using the following format:
ftp://IPv4 address of the FTP server/directory/filename.tgz
Specify the login ID for the FTP server using a character string containing between 1 and 64 characters.
Specify the password for the login ID for the FTP server using a character string containing between 1 and 64 characters.
Release "maintenance mode" on the NS Appliance to which the patches were applied.
The network device corresponding to the NS Appliance to maintain
Release "maintenance mode" of the network device corresponding to the NS Appliance using the ROR console or the command line.
For details on how to release maintenance mode, refer to "22.1 Switchover of Maintenance Mode" in the "User's Guide for Infrastructure Administrators (Resource Management) CE".
Announce the completion of maintenance operations to the tenant administrators and tenant users who are using the L-Platform on which target NS Appliances are deployed.
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Edit the information displayed on the Home window of the ROR console to announce the completion of maintenance operations to tenant administrators and tenant users.
For details, refer to "3.2 Editing the Home Messages" in the "User's Guide for Infrastructure Administrators CE".
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The maintenance process is regarded as complete when the tenant administrators and tenant users complete any necessary actions in response to the announcement of the end of maintenance operations.
