{"id":14371,"date":"2015-11-16T10:00:09","date_gmt":"2015-11-16T09:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/?p=14371"},"modified":"2015-11-16T08:39:19","modified_gmt":"2015-11-16T07:39:19","slug":"pernixdata-fvp-host-extension-upgrade-with-vum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/pernixdata-fvp-host-extension-upgrade-with-vum\/","title":{"rendered":"PernixData FVP Host Extension upgrade with VUM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14331 size-full\" title=\"pernixdatavum01\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/pernixdatavum01.jpg\" alt=\"pernixdatavum01\" width=\"602\" height=\"202\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Prior to PernixData FVP 2.5, steps required to perform the FVP Host Extension upgrade were manual and took lots of time especially for large environments with many ESXi hosts.<\/p>\n<p>PernixData released an extension to perform the upgrade process using the VMware Update Manager (VUM). Available for<strong> FVP 2.5 and later releases<\/strong>, it automates and make the overall procedure easier saving a considerable amount of time.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>FVP VUM extension<\/h2>\n<p>Using the VUM extension is now possible to perform the following tasks:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Installing the PernixData FVP Host Extension for the first time<\/li>\n<li>Upgrading the PernixData FVP Host Extension (for both major version upgrades and hotfix upgrades)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Due to limitations with VUM, the FVP Host Extension <strong>uninstall process remain the same<\/strong> as previous releases.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Import PernixData FVP Host Extension for VUM<\/h2>\n<p>From PernixData website <a href=\"https:\/\/pernixdatainc.force.com\/downloadlinks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">download<\/a> the correct version of the FVP Host Extension for VUM to install in your hosts <strong>members of the FVP cluster<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14332 size-full\" title=\"pernixdatavum02\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/pernixdatavum02.jpg\" alt=\"pernixdatavum02\" width=\"429\" height=\"456\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From vSphere Client, select <strong>Update Manager<\/strong> tab and click on <strong>Admin View<\/strong> option.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14334 size-full\" title=\"pernixdatavum03\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/pernixdatavum03-e1447515039295.jpg\" alt=\"pernixdatavum03\" width=\"600\" height=\"299\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the <strong>Admin View<\/strong> screen, click on\u00a0<strong>Import Patches<\/strong>\u00a0link.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14335 size-full\" title=\"pernixdatavum04\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/pernixdatavum04-e1447515097418.jpg\" alt=\"pernixdatavum04\" width=\"600\" height=\"303\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Select the<strong> PernixData Host Extension VUM<\/strong> file then click <strong>Open<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14336 size-full\" title=\"pernixdatavum05\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/pernixdatavum05-e1447515131813.jpg\" alt=\"pernixdatavum05\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After selecting the host extension, click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14337 size-full\" title=\"pernixdatavum06\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/pernixdatavum06-e1447515204519.jpg\" alt=\"pernixdatavum06\" width=\"600\" height=\"330\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the <strong>Security\u00a0Warning<\/strong> window, enable the <strong>Install this certificate and do not display\u2026<\/strong> option then click on <strong>Ignore<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14338 size-full\" title=\"pernixdatavum07\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/pernixdatavum07-e1447515245187.jpg\" alt=\"pernixdatavum07\" width=\"600\" height=\"330\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Again, if you receive any warning message click <strong>Yes<\/strong> to continue.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14339 size-full\" title=\"pernixdatavum08\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/pernixdatavum08.jpg\" alt=\"pernixdatavum08\" width=\"404\" height=\"217\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The system imports the selected file.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14340 size-full\" title=\"pernixdatavum09\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/pernixdatavum09-e1447515394187.jpg\" alt=\"pernixdatavum09\" width=\"600\" height=\"330\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click <strong>Finish<\/strong> to add the PernixData VUM extension to the <strong>patch repository<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14341 size-full\" title=\"pernixdatavum10\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/pernixdatavum10-e1447515426627.jpg\" alt=\"pernixdatavum10\" width=\"600\" height=\"330\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The PernixData FVP VUM extension has been imported successfully.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14342 size-full\" title=\"pernixdatavum11\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/pernixdatavum11-e1447515467314.jpg\" alt=\"pernixdatavum11\" width=\"600\" height=\"155\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Create the baseline<\/h2>\n<p>Select the<strong> Baseline and Groups<\/strong> tab and click on <strong>Create<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14343 size-full\" title=\"pernixdatavum12\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/pernixdatavum12.jpg\" alt=\"pernixdatavum12\" width=\"600\" height=\"178\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Add a <strong>Name<\/strong>\u00a0(i.e. <em>PernixData Host upg<\/em>), a <strong>Description<\/strong> and select the <strong>Host Extension<\/strong> as <strong>Baseline Type<\/strong> then click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14344 size-full\" title=\"pernixdatavum13\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/pernixdatavum13-e1447515608101.jpg\" alt=\"pernixdatavum13\" width=\"600\" height=\"452\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Select <strong>PernixData FVP<\/strong> extension and click the down arrow to <strong>Add the Extension<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14345 size-full\" title=\"pernixdatavum14\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/pernixdatavum14-e1447515650653.jpg\" alt=\"pernixdatavum14\" width=\"600\" height=\"452\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click <strong>Finish<\/strong> to create the baseline.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14346 size-full\" title=\"pernixdatavum15\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/pernixdatavum15-e1447515698236.jpg\" alt=\"pernixdatavum15\" width=\"600\" height=\"452\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The baseline has been created.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14347 size-full\" title=\"pernixdatavum16\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/pernixdatavum16.jpg\" alt=\"pernixdatavum16\" width=\"600\" height=\"204\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On the right side of the window, click <strong>Compliance View<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14348 size-full\" title=\"pernixdatavum17\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/pernixdatavum17.jpg\" alt=\"pernixdatavum17\" width=\"600\" height=\"282\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Since we need to attach the new\u00a0baseline, click <strong>Attach<\/strong> option.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14349 size-full\" title=\"pernixdatavum18\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/pernixdatavum18.jpg\" alt=\"pernixdatavum18\" width=\"600\" height=\"422\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Select the created baseline PernixData then click on <strong>Attach<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14350 size-full\" title=\"pernixdatavum19\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/pernixdatavum19.jpg\" alt=\"pernixdatavum19\" width=\"494\" height=\"563\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click <strong>Scan<\/strong> to verify the cluster for outdated FVP Host Extensions.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14351 size-full\" title=\"pernixdatavum20\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/pernixdatavum20.jpg\" alt=\"pernixdatavum20\" width=\"600\" height=\"422\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Select <strong>Patches and Extensions<\/strong> option then click <strong>Scan<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14352 size-full\" title=\"pernixdatavum21\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/pernixdatavum21.jpg\" alt=\"pernixdatavum21\" width=\"498\" height=\"205\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When the system detects updated FVP Host Extensions, click <strong>Stage<\/strong> to copy the updates to local host to speed up the installation process.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14353 size-full\" title=\"pernixdatavum22\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/pernixdatavum22-e1447516012290.jpg\" alt=\"pernixdatavum22\" width=\"600\" height=\"122\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Select the baseline previously created then click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14354 size-full\" title=\"pernixdatavum23\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/pernixdatavum23-e1447516077804.jpg\" alt=\"pernixdatavum23\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click <strong>Next<\/strong> to continue.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14355 size-full\" title=\"pernixdatavum24\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/pernixdatavum24-e1447516106711.jpg\" alt=\"pernixdatavum24\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When ready, click <strong>Finish<\/strong> to start staging.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14356 size-full\" title=\"pernixdatavum25\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/pernixdatavum25-e1447516152305.jpg\" alt=\"pernixdatavum25\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Updates are being staged.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14357 size-full\" title=\"pernixdatavum26\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/pernixdatavum26.jpg\" alt=\"pernixdatavum26\" width=\"600\" height=\"156\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When the process completes, you are <strong>ready to upgrade<\/strong> the FVP Host Extensions in your ESXi hosts.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14358 size-full\" title=\"pernixdatavum27\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/pernixdatavum27.jpg\" alt=\"pernixdatavum27\" width=\"600\" height=\"157\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Upgrade the FVP Management Server<\/h2>\n<p>Before upgrading the hosts members of the FVP cluster, you need to <strong>upgrade the FVP Management Server<\/strong> first to guarantee the correct functionality of FVP. Before starting the process, write down\u00a0the FVP release currently installed in the system. In the example the release installed is the <strong>3.0.09777.0<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14359 size-full\" title=\"pernixdatavum28\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/pernixdatavum28-e1447516273353.jpg\" alt=\"pernixdatavum28\" width=\"600\" height=\"351\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Upgrade FVP Host Extension<\/h2>\n<p>Once the FVP Management Server upgrade has been completed, from VMware Upgrade Manager click <strong>Remediate<\/strong> to start upgrading the\u00a0PernixData FVP Host Extension.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14360 size-full\" title=\"pernixdatavum29\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/pernixdatavum29.jpg\" alt=\"pernixdatavum29\" width=\"538\" height=\"380\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Select <strong>Extension Baselines<\/strong>\u00a0option and\u00a0select the new created\u00a0<strong>PernixData Host upg<\/strong>\u00a0baseline, then click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14361 size-full\" title=\"pernixdatavum30\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/pernixdatavum30-e1447516346889.jpg\" alt=\"pernixdatavum30\" width=\"600\" height=\"454\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click <strong>Next<\/strong> to continue.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14362 size-full\" title=\"pernixdatavum31\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/pernixdatavum31-e1447516455690.jpg\" alt=\"pernixdatavum31\" width=\"600\" height=\"454\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Enter a <strong>Task Name<\/strong>, a\u00a0<strong>Description<\/strong> and the\u00a0<strong>Remediation Time<\/strong> then click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14363 size-full\" title=\"pernixdatavum32\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/pernixdatavum32-e1447516485651.jpg\" alt=\"pernixdatavum32\" width=\"600\" height=\"454\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Select the <strong>Host Remediation Options<\/strong> you need to configure\u00a0then click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14364 size-full\" title=\"pernixdatavum33\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/pernixdatavum33-e1447516542464.jpg\" alt=\"pernixdatavum33\" width=\"600\" height=\"454\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Select the <strong>Cluster Remediation Options<\/strong> you need to configure then click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14365 size-full\" title=\"pernixdatavum34\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/pernixdatavum34-e1447516569524.jpg\" alt=\"pernixdatavum34\" width=\"600\" height=\"454\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click <strong>Finish<\/strong> to start remediation.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14366 size-full\" title=\"pernixdatavum35\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/pernixdatavum35-e1447516602968.jpg\" alt=\"pernixdatavum35\" width=\"600\" height=\"454\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The upgrade process takes place.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14367 size-full\" title=\"pernixdatavum36\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/pernixdatavum36-e1447516630729.jpg\" alt=\"pernixdatavum36\" width=\"600\" height=\"569\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Depending on the speed of your infrastructure, the procedure takes some minutes to upgrade the\u00a0ESXi hosts members of the <strong>FVP cluster<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14368 size-full\" title=\"pernixdatavum37\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/pernixdatavum37.jpg\" alt=\"pernixdatavum37\" width=\"600\" height=\"521\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If no\u00a0errors occur during the upgrade process, the\u00a0<strong>FVP Cluster<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Status<\/strong>\u00a0is reported as <strong>OK<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14392 size-full\" title=\"pernixdatavum38\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/pernixdatavum38-e1447583664311.jpg\" alt=\"pernixdatavum38\" width=\"600\" height=\"271\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Checking the FVP release, the version has been upgraded to <strong>3.1.0.1.0278.0<\/strong>. Now all ESXi hosts have been upgraded to latest available release.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14393 size-full\" title=\"pernixdatavum39\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/pernixdatavum39-e1447583700687.jpg\" alt=\"pernixdatavum39\" width=\"600\" height=\"351\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This solution not only saves precious time, but <strong>reduces the IT load<\/strong> automating the overall hosts upgrade process.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/firma.jpg\" alt=\"firma\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prior to PernixData FVP 2.5, steps required to perform the FVP Host Extension upgrade were manual and took lots of time especially for large environments with many ESXi hosts. PernixData released an extension to perform the upgrade process using the VMware Update Manager (VUM). Available for FVP 2.5 and later releases, it automates and make the overall procedure easier saving a considerable amount of time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":14331,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"linkedin_93tdZWzMZc_93tdZWzMZc":"","facebook_2879994398731222_17841400390232720":"","twitter_113568041_113568041":"","mastodon_115463926174894442_115463926174894442":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[987,903],"tags":[961,1629,960,1579],"class_list":["post-14371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pernixdata-en","category-vmware-en","tag-fvp-en","tag-host-extension","tag-pernixdata-en","tag-vum","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14371\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}