Workflow for DR NSP system upgrade from Release 22.9 or later

Purpose

Table 9-1, DR system upgrade actions, by NSP cluster lists the sequence of high-level actions involved in the upgrade of a DR Release 22.9 or later NSP system. The table has a separate column for each NSP cluster.

Concurrent task execution

You can perform some upgrade actions on each cluster at the same time. Actions that you can perform concurrently on each cluster are in table rows that span the Primary NSP cluster and Standby NSP cluster columns.

Table 9-1: DR system upgrade actions, by NSP cluster

DR mode

Primary NSP cluster

Standby NSP cluster

D

U

P

L

E

X

Perform “How do I display the NSP cluster status?” in the NSP System Administrator Guide to:

  • identify the primary and standby NSP clusters

  • verify the operational state of each NSP cluster

Perform To prepare for an NSP system upgrade from Release 22.9 or laterto do the following:

  • back up the NSP software configuration

  • download the NSP installation software

  • verify the cluster readiness for the upgrade

  • perform special upgrade preconfiguration

The remaining links in the table lead to step sections in To upgrade a Release 22.9 or later NSP cluster.

Back up NSP deployer host configuration files

Disable SELinux enforcing mode

Apply OS update to NSP deployer host

Prepare for Kubernetes upgrade

Upgrade Kubernetes registry

Configure Kubernetes deployer

Restore NSP system files

Configure NSP software

S

I

M

P

L

E

X

Stop and undeploy NSP cluster

Apply OS update to NSP cluster VMs

O

U

T

A

G

E

Install Kubernetes secrets

Stop and undeploy NSP cluster

Apply OS update to NSP cluster VMs

Upgrade Kubernetes deployment environment

Label NSP cluster nodes

Upgrade NSP software

Monitor NSP initialization

S

I

M

P

L

E

X

Verify upgraded NSP cluster operation

Upgrade MDM adaptors

Upgrade or enable additional components and systems

Upgrade Kubernetes deployment environment

Label NSP cluster nodes

Upgrade NSP software

Monitor NSP initialization

Verify upgraded NSP cluster operation

Upgrade MDM adaptors

Upgrade or enable additional components and systems

D

U

P

L

E

X

Note: The simplex state persists until device discovery is complete.

Purge Kubernetes image files

Purge NSP image files

Restore SELinux enforcing mode

Import NFM-P users and groups

Remove path-control subscriptions

Restore classic telemetry collection

Synchronize LSP paths