This section explains how to apply the updates for NS Appliance and the program which controls NS Appliances on dedicated servers for NS Appliances.
When applying updates using the NS Option Media Pack, it is necessary to re-create the dedicated server for NS Appliances.
The procedure to apply patches is as follows:
Unless otherwise stated, the following operations should be performed by the infrastructure administrator.
Announce the Start of Maintenance Operations
Set the Maintenance Mode
Back up the Environment Definition Information
Stop NS Appliances
Delete Dedicated Servers for NS Appliances
Create Dedicated Servers for NS Appliances
Create 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:
Switch all of the NS Appliances operating on the dedicated server for NS Appliances on which patches are to be applied, into stand-by mode.
Check the status of redundancy configurations of NS Appliances.
If the target NS Appliances are in primary mode, switch them into stand-by mode.
Apply patches to the dedicated server for NS Appliances operated in step a.
Perform step 2 - step 9 of the patch application procedure.
Before releasing maintenance mode, 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 the redundancy configuration status is in stand-by mode.
Switch all of the NS Appliances operating on the dedicated server for NS Appliances on which patches were applied, into primary mode.
Apply patches to the rest of the dedicated servers for NS Appliances that are used to configure redundancy.
Use the same procedure as step b.
After performing the above operations, confirm the following:
That all NS Appliances with patches applied are 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".
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.
For details, refer to "5.2.1.3 Announce the Start of Maintenance Operations".
Set "maintenance mode" on all of the NS Appliances on the dedicated servers for NS Appliances to perform maintenance on.
For details, refer to "5.2.1.4 Set Maintenance Mode".
Back up the environment definition information for all of the NS Appliances that are running on the dedicated server for NS Appliances to perform maintenance on.
For details, refer to "5.2.1.5 Back up the Environment Definition Information".
Stop all of the NS Appliances running on the dedicated server for NS Appliances to perform maintenance on.
For details, refer to "5.2.1.6 Stop NS Appliances".
Delete the dedicated server for NS Appliances to perform maintenance on.
The dedicated server for NS Appliances and all of the NS Appliances running on it
Delete the dedicated server for NS Appliances using the following procedure:
Delete NS Appliances.
For details, refer to "4.2.11 Deleting (Deleting NS Appliances)".
Delete the dedicated server for NS Appliances.
Confirm that there are no NS Appliances on the target dedicated server for NS Appliances using the rcxnetworkservice list command, and then delete the dedicated server for NS Appliances.
When the dedicated server for NS Appliances is a physical L-Server
For details, refer to "17.4 Deleting" of the "User's Guide for Infrastructure Administrators (Resource Management) CE".
When the dedicated server for NS Appliances is a physical server
For details, refer to "9.2 Deleting Managed Servers" of the "User's Guide for Infrastructure Administrators (Resource Management) CE".
For details on the rcxnetworkservice command, refer to "A.1 rcxnetworkservice".
Recreate the dedicated server for NS Appliances.
For details, refer to "3.3 Creating Dedicated Servers for NS Appliance".
When the dedicated server for NS Appliances is a physical server, it is necessary to register the managed server as a resource.
For details on how to register resources, refer to "Chapter 5 Registering Resources" in the "User's Guide for Infrastructure Administrators (Resource Management) CE".
Create the same number of NS Appliances as those before patches were applied, on the recreated dedicated server for NS Appliances.
For details, refer to "3.5 Creating NS Appliances".
Restore the environment definition information for all of the NS Appliances that were running on the dedicated server for NS Appliances to perform maintenance on.
For details, refer to "5.2.1.9 Restore the Environment Definition Information".
Release "maintenance mode" of all of the NS Appliances on the recreated dedicated server for NS Appliances.
For details, refer to "5.2.1.10 Release Maintenance Mode".
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.
For details, refer to "5.2.1.11 Announce the Completion of Maintenance Operations".
