Upgrading Linux Tape Device Drivers

You can use the appkg_install command to upgrade the currently installed Linux Tape Device Drivers rpms.

Procedure

Use the following command to upgrade Linux Tape Device Drivers:

[apuser@node0101]# appkg_install lintapeupdgraderpms --help
usage: appkg_install lintapeupdgraderpms [-h] [-v] --chart CHART --path PATH
                                         [--on_nodes {node0101,node0102,node0103,node0104,node0105,node0106,node0107} [{node0101,node0102,node0103,node0104,node0105,node0106,node0107} ...]]

Upgrade the IBM Tape Device Drivers for Linux

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -v, --verbose         increase output verbosity
  --on_nodes {node0101,node0102,node0103,node0104,node0105,node0106,node0107} [{node0101,node0102,node0103,node0104,node0105,node0106,node0107} ...]
                        A space separated list of nodes to upgrade devices on:
                        if omitted, then the install will be on all nodes

required arguments:
  --chart CHART         Path to the helm chart defining upgrade options
  --path PATH           Directory path to the software package(s) to use for
                        upgrade

You must provide the following arguments:

--chart A path to the installation configuration file which uses the helm chart format.
Following is an example of a helm chart that might be used for installation of the IBM Linux Tape Device Drivers:
```
apiVersion: v1
vendor: IBM
product: IBM Tape Device Drivers for Linux
version: 1.0.17
description: installation information for the IBM Tape Device Drivers for Linux
appVersion: 3.0.39.0
# customer filled in parameters
parameters:
  lin_tape_src_rpm: lin_tape-3.0.39-1.src.rpm
  lin_taped_rpm: lin_taped-3.0.39-rhel7.ppc64le.rpm
```
In the chart, the vendor, product, version, description and appVersion fields will be provided in the template already filled in:

apiVersion

Refers to the helm chart version itself

vendor

The provider of the product

product

The package being installed

version

IAS version, for example 1.0.21.0

appVersion

The version that can be installed - this must be above the defined minimum supported version; for IBM Linux Tape Device Drivers it's 3.0.39.0 and it must be compatible with the system kernel version.

You must provide the following values:

lin_tape_src_rpm

The name of the IBM Linux Tape Device Drivers client source rpm file

lin_taped_rpm

The name of the IBM Linux Tape Device Drivers daemon rpms
--path A path to the directory in which the tar.gz files for the client and nmda libraries are located.

Optional parameter:

--on_nodes Provide node names on which you want to upgrade the drivers. All nodes are updated by default if it's not provided.