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Upgrading the vApp, Pre-requisites

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Installing 8. On the Name and Location screen: a. Accept the default name, or type a name for the appliance. b. Specify the location for the appliance within your VMware environment. c. Click Next. 9. Select the host or cluster where you want to run the deployed template and click Next. 10. On the Storage screen, select the destination storage for the virtual machine files and click Next. 11. In the Disk Format step, select the storage space provisioning method and click Next. Note: It is recommended that you use the Thin Provisioning format if the vApp will be deployed in a high-performance environment. 12. In the Network Mapping step, select a destination network that has an IP Pool associated with it for the VM and click Next. 13. In the IP Address allocation step, choose the IP allocation policy and IP protocol to use, then click Next. 14. In the Properties step, provide the values for the VM and click Next. 15. In the Ready to Complete step, review the list of properties for the appliance and click Finish. Note: You can also optionally select the Power on after deployment check box to power on the VM automatically once the deployment is complete. Upgrading the vApp Pre-requisites ◆ Note the name of the VNX M & R VM ◆ Take snapshots of the VNX M & R VM. Ensure that the datastore where the VM is running has sufficient free space for the snapshots. Consult your VMware administrator for more information. ◆ Ensure that a login with root credentials is available. 1. Download the updated VNX Family Monitoring and Reporting vApp files from EMC Online Support. 2. Validate that the checksum matches by clicking the Checksum link on the download page and using a local utility such as md5sum to generate the checksum. Note: Any changes that were made to the default firewall configuration by editing etc/sysconfig/SuSEfirewall2.d/services/mr will be overwritten during the upgrade with the original default configuration. Make a copy of this file so that you can again make the firewall configuration updates using the Upgrading the vApp 15

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Upgrading the vApp
15
Installing
8.
On the
Name and Location
screen:
a.
Accept the default name, or type a name for the appliance.
b.
Specify the location for the appliance within your VMware environment.
c.
Click
Next
.
9.
Select the host or cluster where you want to run the deployed template and click
Next
.
10. On the
Storage
screen, select the destination storage for the virtual machine files and
click
Next
.
11. In the
Disk Format
step, select the storage space provisioning method and click
Next
.
Note:
It is recommended that you use the Thin Provisioning format if the vApp will be
deployed in a high-performance environment.
12. In the
Network Mapping
step, select a destination network that has an IP Pool
associated with it for the VM and click
Next
.
13. In the
IP Address allocation
step, choose the IP allocation policy and IP protocol to
use, then click
Next
.
14. In the
Properties
step, provide the values for the VM and click
Next
.
15. In the
Ready to Complete
step, review the list of properties for the appliance and click
Finish
.
Note:
You can also optionally select the
Power on after deployment
check box to power on
the VM automatically once the deployment is complete.
Upgrading the vApp
Pre-requisites
◆
Note the name of the VNX M & R VM
◆
Take snapshots of the VNX M & R VM. Ensure that the datastore where the VM is
running has sufficient free space for the snapshots. Consult your VMware
administrator for more information.
◆
Ensure that a login with root credentials is available.
1.
Download the updated VNX Family Monitoring and Reporting vApp files from EMC
Online Support.
2.
Validate that the checksum matches by clicking the Checksum link on the download
page and using a local utility such as md5sum to generate the checksum.
Note:
Any changes that were made to the default firewall configuration by editing
etc/sysconfig/SuSEfirewall2.d/services/mr
will be overwritten during the
upgrade with the original default configuration. Make a copy of this file so that you can
again make the firewall configuration updates using the