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Estimated Time
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Preparing for
Upgrade
Check upgrade path
Obtain the latest aDeploy version
Prepare HCI update package
Check version information
Prepare license key
Read upgrade notes(in the release notes)
aSecurity
Upgrade aSecurity before upgrading ES/EDR MGR
About 30 minutes
aNI
Upgrade Network Insight (aNI) on HCI
HCI
Process
Make sure there are no ongoing tasks
5 minutes
General page check
10 minutes
Health check
Enable maintenance mode
1 minute
Environment check before upgrading HCI
Upload HCI update
package/Verify software edition
3 minutes
Distribute update package
Package size * Number of nodes/Transfer rate
Pre-upgrade check
15 minutes. The time varies according to virtual storage capacity. The larger the
storage capacity is, the
longer the upgrade process takes.
Control plane active upgrade
11 minutes
VM active upgrade
5 seconds for every 5 VMs with vmTools installed.
2 minutes for each VM
without vmTools installed.
Virtual storage active upgrade
Number of clustered nodes*10 minutes
Related to the
scale and load of VMs
Active upgrade for virtual network
Apply new virtual storage version
Post-upgrade Check business
30 minutes
License after upgrade
1.1.6.2 Rolling Upgrade
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Preparing
for
Packet size/Transfer rate- Packet size*2/Transfer rate
15 minutes
The larger the virtual
storage
capacity is,
the longer the upgrade
process takes.
Enable Maintenance Mode for the cluster
25 minutes
Disable Maintenance Mode for the cluster
Live migration of VMs
across nodes in the same cluster
3 minutes for each VM
The migration time of each VM varies
according to the data
volume and I/O status
when the VM is running.
Enable Maintenance Mode for nodes
Related to the cluster size
and workload.
Restart server manually
Disable Maintenance Mode for nodes
Repeat the preceding
steps (starting from the live migration of VMs)
About 40 minutes for each node
Check business
1.1.6.3 Offline Upgrade
Preparing for Upgrade
aNI Upgrade
Upgrade Network Insight
(aNI) on HCI
HCI Upgrade Process
2 minutes
Shut down all VMs
20-30 minutes
Shut down all NFV devices
Check environment for upgrade
Upload HCI update package
Verify the update package via the QR code
Check environment
Perform offline upgrade
Power on VM
The larger the cluster is, the longer it takes to convert the configuration file and the longer the upgrade time.