Upgrade Path of vRealize Network Insight

3.0 → 3.1 → 3.2 → 3.3 → 3.4 → 3.5

Online Upgrade

Notification of new version available:

1. Go to Settings > Install and Support.
   
   Updates: A new version 3.5.0.1502978926 is available!
   Pop Up Notification: Upgrade available!
   
   
2. Click View details to view details of update.
   
3. Click Install Now on details page to download and upgrade the vRealize Network Insight deployment.
   
4. Verify the upgraded version from the product UI under Settings > About page to be 3.5.0.1502978926.

1. Run this CLI command on each VM:
   
   show-connectivity-status
   
   Note: Ensure that the output contains upgrade connectivity status as Passed. For more information, see the vRealize Network Insight Command-Line Interface Reference Guide at VMware vRealize Network Insight Information Center.
   
   
2. File a support ticket and provide Service tag from the product UI. Service tag is shown under Settings > About page.
   
3. Provide screenshot of show-connectivity-status CLI command output from each vRealize Network Insight Platform and Proxy VMs.
   
   After VMware support enables online upgrade, these notification are visible in Settings > Install and Support.
   
   Updates: A new version 3.5.0.1502978926 is available!
   Pop Up Notification: Upgrade available!
   
   
4. Click View details to view details of update.
   
5. Click Install Now on the Details page to download and upgrade the vRealize Network Insight deployment.
   
   Note: Verify the upgraded version from the product UI under Settings > About page to be 3.5.0.1502978926.

Offline Upgrade

Use this option when both vRealize Network Insight Platform and Proxy VMs do not have access to the internet. You must upgrade Platform VMs before Proxy VMs.

1. Download the upgrade bundle file VMWare-vRealize-Network-Insight-3.5.0.1502978926.upgrade.bundle from Customer Connect.
   
2. Copy the upgrade bundle VMWare-vRealize-Network-Insight-3.5.0.1502978926.upgrade.bundle to vRealize Network Insight Platform and Proxy VMs.

To copy the file to vRealize Network Insight VM, use any one of these options:

Option 1:

• To copy the file from Linux VM to vRealize Network Insight VM, run this command:
  
  scp VMWare-vRealize-Network-Insight-3.5.0.1502978926.upgrade.bundle consoleuser@<IP_Address_vRNI_VM>:~/
  
• To copy file from Windows VM to vRealize Network Insight VM, run this command:
  
  Use pscp utility from https://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/w64/pscp.exe
  
  pscp -scp <SOURCE_PATH>\VMWare-vRealize-Network-Insight-3.5.0.1502978926.upgrade.bundle consoleuser@<IP_Address_vRNI_VM>:~/
  

Option 2:

Log in to vRealize Network Insight Platform CLI using consoleuser and run this command:

Note: This command uses SCP to download the bundle from the host where the patch is downloaded, thus SCP server is required to be running on the host.

For example:

(cli) package-installer copy --host 192.168.21.22 --user johndoe --path /path/to/VMWare-vRealize-Network-Insight-3.5.0.1502978926.upgrade.bundle

For more information, see the vRealize Network Insight Command-Line Interface Reference Guide at VMware vRealize Network Insight Information Center.

1. Upgrade the appliance using package-installer upgrade command.
   
   For example:
   
   (cli) package-installer upgrade --name VMWare-vRealize-Network-Insight-3.5.0.1502978926.upgrade.bundle
   
   Note: Upgrade would complete within 30 minutes after this step.
   
   
2. Verify the upgraded version using the show-version command.
   
   For example:
   
   (cli) show-version
   
   You see the output similar to:
   
   3.5.0.1502978926
   
   Note: After a successful upgrade, it is not required to reboot the virtual machine.

The checksums for VMWare-vRealize-Network-Insight-3.5.0.1502978926.upgrade.bundle are:

MD5SUM: de1c8ac7c2d59605e4bcc397a680e3ba
SHA1SUM: 520bacc47fde458c5ff1e989f94c7a900e50db5e
SHA256SUM: 9f7ff48efa79de1db429e17794bb2591a8bfc40c230b78df1b98a526d375116a