Upgrading Cognos Dashboards from Version 4.8.x to a later 4.8 refresh
An instance administrator can upgrade Cognos Dashboards from Cloud Pak for Data Version 4.8.x to a later 4.8 refresh.
- Who needs to complete this task?
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Instance administrator To upgrade Cognos Dashboards, you must be an instance administrator. An instance administrator has permission to manage software in the following projects:
- The operators project for the instance
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The operators for this instance of Cloud Pak for Data are installed in the operators project. In the upgrade commands, the
${PROJECT_CPD_INST_OPERATORS}
environment variable refers to the operators project. - The operands project for the instance
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The Cloud Pak for Data control plane and the services for this instance of Cloud Pak for Data are installed in the operands project. In the upgrade commands, the
${PROJECT_CPD_INST_OPERANDS}
environment variable refers to the operands project.
- When do you need to complete this task?
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Review the following options to determine whether you need to complete this task:
- If you want to upgrade the Cloud Pak for Data control plane and one or more services at the same time, follow the process in Upgrading an instance of Cloud Pak for Data instead.
- If you didn't upgrade Cognos Dashboards when you upgraded the Cloud Pak for Data control plane, complete this task to upgrade Cognos Dashboards.
Repeat as needed If you are responsible for multiple instances of Cloud Pak for Data, you can repeat this task to upgrade more instances of Cognos Dashboards on the cluster.
Information you need to complete this task
Review the following information before you upgrade Cognos Dashboards:
- Version requirements
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All the components that are associated with an instance of Cloud Pak for Data must be installed at the same release. For example, if the Cloud Pak for Data control plane is at Version 4.8.6, you must upgrade Cognos Dashboards to Version 4.8.6.
- Environment variables
- The commands in this task use environment variables so that you can run the commands exactly as
written.
- If you don't have the script that defines the environment variables, see Setting up installation environment variables.
- To use the environment variables from the script, you must source the environment variables
before you run the commands in this task. For example,
run:
source ./cpd_vars.sh
- Common core services
- Cognos Dashboards requires the Cloud Pak for Data
common core services.
If the common core services are not at the correct version in the operands project for the instance, the common core services are automatically upgraded when you upgrade Cognos Dashboards. The common core services upgrade increases the amount of time the upgrade takes to complete.
- Storage requirements
- Specify the storage that you use in your existing installation. You cannot change the storage that is associated with Cognos Dashboards during an upgrade. Ensure that the environment variables point to the correct storage classes for your environment.
Before you begin
This task assumes that the following prerequisites are met:
Prerequisite | Where to find more information |
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The cluster meets the minimum requirements for Cognos Dashboards. | If this task is not complete, see System requirements. |
The workstation from which you will run the upgrade is set up as a client workstation and
the following command-line interfaces:
|
If this task is not complete, see Updating client workstations. |
The Cloud Pak for Data control plane is upgraded. | If this task is not complete, see Upgrading an instance of Cloud Pak for Data. |
For environments that use a private container registry, such as air-gapped environments, the Cognos Dashboards software images are mirrored to the private container registry. | If this task is not complete, see Mirroring images to a private container registry. |
For environments that use a private container registry, such as air-gapped environments,
the cpd-cli is configured to pull the olm-utils-v2 image from the private container registry. |
If this task is not complete, see Pulling the olm-utils-v2 image from the private container registry. |
Procedure
Complete the following tasks to upgrade Cognos Dashboards:
Upgrading the service
cpd-cli
manage
apply-olm
updates all of the OLM objects in the operators project
at the same time.To upgrade Cognos Dashboards:
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Log the
cpd-cli
in to the Red Hat® OpenShift Container Platform cluster:${CPDM_OC_LOGIN}
Remember:CPDM_OC_LOGIN
is an alias for thecpd-cli manage login-to-ocp
command. - Update the custom resource for Cognos Dashboards.
The command that you run depends on the storage on your cluster:
Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation storage
Run the following command to create the custom resource.
cpd-cli manage apply-cr \ --components=dashboard \ --release=${VERSION} \ --cpd_instance_ns=${PROJECT_CPD_INST_OPERANDS} \ --block_storage_class=${STG_CLASS_BLOCK} \ --file_storage_class=${STG_CLASS_FILE} \ --license_acceptance=true \ --upgrade=true
IBM Storage Fusion Data Foundation storage
Run the following command to create the custom resource.
cpd-cli manage apply-cr \ --components=dashboard \ --release=${VERSION} \ --cpd_instance_ns=${PROJECT_CPD_INST_OPERANDS} \ --block_storage_class=${STG_CLASS_BLOCK} \ --file_storage_class=${STG_CLASS_FILE} \ --license_acceptance=true \ --upgrade=true
IBM Storage Fusion Global Data Platform storage
Remember: When you use IBM Storage Fusion storage, both${STG_CLASS_BLOCK}
and${STG_CLASS_FILE}
point to the same storage class, typicallyibm-spectrum-scale-sc
oribm-storage-fusion-cp-sc
.Run the following command to create the custom resource.
cpd-cli manage apply-cr \ --components=dashboard \ --release=${VERSION} \ --cpd_instance_ns=${PROJECT_CPD_INST_OPERANDS} \ --block_storage_class=${STG_CLASS_BLOCK} \ --file_storage_class=${STG_CLASS_FILE} \ --license_acceptance=true \ --upgrade=true
IBM Storage Scale Container Native storage
Remember: When you use IBM Storage Scale Container Native storage, both${STG_CLASS_BLOCK}
and${STG_CLASS_FILE}
point to the same storage class, typicallyibm-spectrum-scale-sc
.Run the following command to create the custom resource.
cpd-cli manage apply-cr \ --components=dashboard \ --release=${VERSION} \ --cpd_instance_ns=${PROJECT_CPD_INST_OPERANDS} \ --block_storage_class=${STG_CLASS_BLOCK} \ --file_storage_class=${STG_CLASS_FILE} \ --license_acceptance=true \ --upgrade=true
Portworx storage
Run the following command to create the custom resource.
cpd-cli manage apply-cr \ --components=dashboard \ --release=${VERSION} \ --cpd_instance_ns=${PROJECT_CPD_INST_OPERANDS} \ --storage_vendor=portworx \ --license_acceptance=true \ --upgrade=true
NFS storage
Remember: When you use NFS storage, both${STG_CLASS_BLOCK}
and${STG_CLASS_FILE}
point to the same storage class, typicallymanaged-nfs-storage
.Run the following command to create the custom resource.
cpd-cli manage apply-cr \ --components=dashboard \ --release=${VERSION} \ --cpd_instance_ns=${PROJECT_CPD_INST_OPERANDS} \ --block_storage_class=${STG_CLASS_BLOCK} \ --file_storage_class=${STG_CLASS_FILE} \ --license_acceptance=true \ --upgrade=true
AWS with EFS storage only
Remember: When you use EFS storage, both${STG_CLASS_BLOCK}
and${STG_CLASS_FILE}
point to the same storage class, typicallyefs-nfs-client
.Run the following command to create the custom resource.
cpd-cli manage apply-cr \ --components=dashboard \ --release=${VERSION} \ --cpd_instance_ns=${PROJECT_CPD_INST_OPERANDS} \ --block_storage_class=${STG_CLASS_BLOCK} \ --file_storage_class=${STG_CLASS_FILE} \ --license_acceptance=true \ --upgrade=true
AWS with EFS and EBS storage
Run the following command to create the custom resource.
cpd-cli manage apply-cr \ --components=dashboard \ --release=${VERSION} \ --cpd_instance_ns=${PROJECT_CPD_INST_OPERANDS} \ --block_storage_class=${STG_CLASS_BLOCK} \ --file_storage_class=${STG_CLASS_FILE} \ --license_acceptance=true \ --upgrade=true
NetApp Trident
Remember: When you use NetApp Trident storage, both${STG_CLASS_BLOCK}
and${STG_CLASS_FILE}
point to the same storage class.Run the following command to create the custom resource.
cpd-cli manage apply-cr \ --components=dashboard \ --release=${VERSION} \ --cpd_instance_ns=${PROJECT_CPD_INST_OPERANDS} \ --block_storage_class=${STG_CLASS_BLOCK} \ --file_storage_class=${STG_CLASS_FILE} \ --license_acceptance=true \ --upgrade=true
Validating the upgrade
apply-cr
command
returns:[SUCCESS]... The apply-cr command ran successfully
If you want to confirm that the custom resource status is
Completed
, you can run the cpd-cli
manage
get-cr-status
command:
cpd-cli manage get-cr-status \
--cpd_instance_ns=${PROJECT_CPD_INST_OPERANDS} \
--components=dashboard
What to do next
Cognos Dashboards is ready to use. To get started with Cognos Dashboards, see Building interactive visualizations with Cognos Dashboards.