Updating vSnap servers

The default vSnap server is updated with the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus appliance. You must update additional vSnap servers that are installed on either virtual or physical appliances separately.

Before you begin

Before you begin the update process, complete the following steps:
  1. Ensure that you have backed up your IBM Spectrum Protect Plus environment as described in Backing up the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus application.
  2. Download the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus version 10.1.2 virtual appliance plus operating system update file to the tmp directory on the vSnap server. For information about downloading files, see technote 4044949.
  3. Download the vSnap update script and copy it to a temporary location on the vSnap server. For information about downloading files, see technote 4044949.

Procedure

To update a vSnap server, complete the following steps:

  1. Ensure that there are no active jobs that use the vSnap server.
  2. Navigate to the Jobs and Operations > Monitoring page in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus.
  3. When the associated jobs are complete or in an idle state, select Pause Schedule from the Actions list for each job.
  4. On the vSnap server, open a terminal.
  5. From the folder where the vSnap update script is located, make the script executable by using the following command: 
    chmod 777 script_name.sh
  6. Execute the vSnap update script by using the following command: 
    ./script_name.sh /tmp/full_update.iso
    If the serveradmin user doesn't exist in your vSnap environment, it will be created and you will be prompted to create a password. The serveradmin user is used as an alternative to the root user to access the vSnap server command-line interface.
  7. Reboot the vSnap server when prompted.
    After reboot, additional components will be installed which may take several minutes to complete.
  8. The serveradmin user does not have sudo privileges by default. To assign sudo privileges to the serveradmin user, log in to the vSnap server command-line interface as the root user and enter the following command: 
    echo "serveradmin ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL" >/etc/sudoers.d/serveradmin
  9. On the Monitoring page, select Release Schedule from the Actions list for the jobs that are associated with the vSnap server.