Upgrade a Virtual Service

If Extreme Networks makes a new version of the virtual service available, uninstall the original virtual service and install the newer virtual service. The following generic procedure can apply to all virtual services. For a Fabric IPsec Gateway-specific procedure, see Upgrade a Fabric IPsec Gateway VM.

Important

Important

You can perform an upgrade of Linux inside the virtual service by standard Linux upgrade procedures. For example, TPVM is Ubuntu based, so you can use sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get upgrade. If you complete such an upgrade, Extreme Networks is not responsible for the behavior of the VM; it has not been tested with every version of the network operating system (NOS).

Before you begin

  • Ensure the new virtual service image version is compatible with the NOS release that runs on the switch. Only use the virtual service image version that is posted with the NOS release image. For more information about image files in a release, see VOSS Release Notes. If necessary, upgrade the NOS image before you upgrade the virtual service image.

  • If you installed applications in the Third Party Virtual Machine (TPVM), you must migrate important data for those applications before you perform this procedure.

  • If you created new users in the TPVM, follow standard Linux procedures to back up user names and passwords.

  • For Fabric IPsec Gateway, back up the configuration files (*.cfg) and the shadov.txt file, which is an encrypted file that contains the authentication keys for the IPsec tunnels. You can use the ls command within the VM to see the file list. Use FTP within the VM to transfer the files for backup or see Copy VM Files.

  • Use FTP or SFTP to transfer the new OVA image to the /var/lib/insight/packages/ directory on the switch.

    Note

    Note

    The Fabric IPsec Gateway image includes no integrity check. Use SCP to copy the file to the switch and confirm the file size before installation.

About this task

When you uninstall the original virtual service, the system removes the complete virtual service configuration from the configuration file.

Procedure

  1. Enter Global Configuration mode:

    enable

    configure terminal

  2. Disable the virtual service:

    no virtual-service WORD<1-128> enable

  3. Uninstall the virtual service:

    virtual-service WORD<1-128> uninstall

  4. Install the virtual service package using the new OVA image:

    virtual-service WORD<1-128> install package WORD<1-512>

  5. Reconfigure the virtual service; for more information, see Configure a Virtual Service.
  6. Remove the original OVA image from the /var/lib/insight/packages/ directory on the switch:

    remove WORD<1-255>

Example

Switch:1>enable
Switch:1#configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line.  End with CNTL/Z.
Switch:1(config)#no virtual-service tpvm enable
Switch:1(config)#virtual-service tpvm uninstall
Switch:1(config)#virtual service tpvm install package var/lib/insight/packages/TPVM_Ubuntu20.04_04_14Apr2022.
qcow2
Switch:1(config)#virtual-service tpvm vport eth0 connect-type sriov
Switch:1(config)#virtual-service tpvm vport eth0 vlan 10
Switch:1(config)#virtual-service tpvm enable
Switch:1(config)#remove /intflash/var/lib/insight/packages/TPVM_4900_8.1.5.0.img
9037602-00 Rev AB