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
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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. |
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Log in as the root user on the auxiliary server station. |
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Open a console window. |
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As the root user, enter the following sequence of commands to disable the auxiliary server services: systemctl disable nfmp-aux.service systemctl disable nfmp-aux-config.service |
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If the auxiliary server is running, stop the auxiliary server.
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Download the following NFM-P installation files to an empty local directory: where R.r.p is the NSP release identifier, in the form MAJOR.minor.patch v is a version identifier |
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Navigate to the directory that contains the NFM-P installation files. Note: Ensure that the directory contains only the installation files. |
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Enter the following: # chmod +x * ↵ |
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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]: |
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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! |
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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> |
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Enter the following: <aux> configure ↵ The prompt changes to <aux configure>. |
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Verify the auxiliary server configuration.
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Close the console window. End of steps |