This new version of the Visibility Manager software does not support a process for upgrading from a previous
version.
Before you begin
- Make a list of the devices that you monitor. Or, locate the Device Definition file that you
used to add devices in bulk. You need this information when you add devices to
the new version of Visibility Manager. For more information about the
Device Definition file, see the "Managing Devices" chapter of the
Extreme Visibility Manager Administration and
User Guide, 6.1.0
.
- (Extreme 9920 only)
Upgrade your managed devices to the supported firmware version described in
Supported Devices and Software.
Important
You
cannot use the
Visibility Manager
interface to upgrade the 9920 firmware. The previous version of
Visibility Manager does not support the new firmware. The new
version of
Visibility Manager
does not support the previous firmware. You must use the 9920 command line
to upgrade the device firmware. For more information, see the
Extreme 9920 Software Deployment
Guide.
About this task
Take the following steps to delete an
existing version of Visibility Manager and then install the
new version.
Procedure
-
Generate a list of virtual machines (VMs) to delete.
-
Run the following two commands
for each control plane, region, and zone VM.
$ virsh destroy <vm-name>
$ virsh undefine <vm-name>
The VMs are removed.
-
Install the new version of the
software as described in this guide, beginning with Download and Untar the Build.
-
Add the DTVC file that was
downloaded with the new version of the software.
-
Add the devices that you were managing with the previous version of the
software.
Reminder: upgrade any 9920 devices to the latest version of the firmware before adding those
devices to Visibility Manager.
