To upgrade a Release 22.9 or later NFM-P auxiliary server

Description

The following steps describe how to upgrade the Release 22.9 or later NFM-P auxiliary server software on a station. Ensure that you record the information that you specify, for example, directory names, passwords, and IP addresses.

Note: An auxiliary server performs only SNMP statistics collection.

Note: You require the following user privileges on the auxiliary server station:

Note: The following RHEL CLI prompts in command lines denote the active user, and are not to be included in typed commands:

Steps
 
1 

If the auxiliary server is deployed in a VM created using an NSP RHEL OS disk image, perform To apply a RHEL update to an NSP image-based OS on the auxiliary server station.

2 

Log in as the root user on the auxiliary server station.

3 

Open a console window.

4 

Enter the following sequence of commands to disable the auxiliary server services:

systemctl disable nfmp-aux.service

systemctl disable nfmp-aux-config.service

5 

If the auxiliary server is running, stop the auxiliary server.

  1. Enter the following to switch to the nsp user:

    # su - nsp ↵

  2. Enter the following:

    bash$ cd /opt/nsp/nfmp/auxserver/nms/bin ↵

  3. Enter the following:

    bash$ ./auxnmsserver.bash auxstop ↵

  4. Enter the following:

    bash$ ./auxnmsserver.bash auxappserver_status ↵

    The auxiliary server is stopped when the following message is displayed:

    Auxiliary Server is stopped 

    If the command output indicates that the server is not completely stopped, wait five minutes and then re-enter the command in this step to check the server status.

    Do not proceed to the next step until the server is completely stopped.

  5. Enter the following to switch back to the root user:

    # exit ↵

6 

Download the following NFM-P installation files to an empty local directory:

  • nsp-nfmp-jre-R.r.p-rel.v.rpm

  • nsp-nfmp-config-R.r.p-rel.v.rpm

  • nsp-nfmp-aux-server-R.r.p-rel.v.rpm

  • nsp-nfmp-nodeexporter-R.r.p-rel.v.rpm, if you want to forward NFM-P system metrics to the NSP

where

R.r.p is the NSP release identifier, in the form MAJOR.minor.patch

v is a version identifier

7 

Navigate to the directory that contains the NFM-P installation files.

Note: Ensure that the directory contains only the installation files.

8 

Enter the following:

# chmod +x * ↵

9 

Enter the following:

# dnf install *.rpm ↵

The dnf utility resolves any package dependencies, and displays the following prompt:

Total size: nn G

Installed size: nn G 

Is this ok [y/d/N]: 

10 

Enter y. The following and the installation status are displayed as each package is installed:

Downloading Packages:

Running transaction check

Transaction check succeeded.

Running transaction test

Transaction test succeeded.

Running transaction

The package installation is complete when the following is displayed:

Complete!

11 

Enter the following; see NFM-P samconfig utility for information about using samconfig:

# samconfig -m aux ↵

The following is displayed:

Start processing command line inputs...

<aux>

12 

Enter the following:

<aux> configure ↵

The prompt changes to <aux configure>.

13 

Verify the auxiliary server configuration.

  1. Enter the following:

    <aux> show-detail ↵

    The auxiliary server configuration is displayed.

  2. Review each parameter to ensure that the value is correct; see NFM-P samconfig utility for information about using the samconfig utility.

  3. If required, modify one or more parameter values, and then enter back ↵.

  4. When you are certain that the configuration is correct, enter the following:

    <aux> apply ↵

    The configuration is applied.

  5. Enter the following:

    <aux> exit ↵

    The samconfig utility closes.

14 

Close the console window.

End of steps