Recover from an Upgrade Failure
You have the option to recover from an upgrade failure by rerunning the upgrade, or perform a fresh installation, and then restore the system from a backup.
- To rerun the upgrade, follow the steps for the type of upgrade you were attempting.
- To perform a fresh installation and
restore the system backup, take the following steps.
- Uninstall EFA to remove any components that might have been installed before the upgrade failed.
- Follow the steps for the type of installation you need.
- Restore the EFA
backup.
efa system restore --backup-tar <filename>.tar.gz
For more information about backup tar files, see the "EFA System Backup and Restoration" section of the Extreme Fabric Automation Command Reference, 3.1.0 .