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07-18-2017 01:38 AM
07-18-2017 01:38 AM
Best practices software upgrade path
Hello guys,
I am planning to perform a software upgrade on our access layer J9727A Aruba 2920 POE switch stacks.
From current version: WB.15.17.0007
to new version: WB.16.03.0005
HP recommends an incremental upgrade and that you follow "Best practices for Software Upgrade", but they don't provide a link to these best practices. A google search did not gave me any useful results.
Is anyone familiar with the best practices for software upgrade and perhaps able to provide me a link?
Tips and other matters to take into account are always welcome. :-)
Many thanks.
Dennis
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07-18-2017 01:49 AM
07-18-2017 01:49 AM
Re: Best practices software upgrade path
Hello
Your software is not that different from the new one, so it is not needed to do an incremental upgrade.
Load your software on the commander switch, he will push the new software automatically to the other members. if you will use tftp use following command:
copy tftp flash <ip address> <full filename> primary
after that you only need to reboot the whole stack by executing following command:
boot system
This will boot the whole stack, so you should do this between a downtime window.
Kind regards
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07-18-2017 01:55 AM
07-18-2017 01:55 AM
Re: Best practices software upgrade path
Great thanks!
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07-18-2017 02:28 AM
07-18-2017 02:28 AM
Re: Best practices software upgrade path
I ususally make a backup of the current software version first in case there are problems with the new version.
copy flash flash secondary
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07-19-2017 09:50 AM
07-19-2017 09:50 AM
Re: Best practices software upgrade path
Cool ! Thanks alot
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02-28-2018 10:53 PM
02-28-2018 10:53 PM
Re: Best practices software upgrade path
Hey Dennis,
every Major Version of Softwar has a "Basic Operations Guide" as mentioned in the update notice.
So if you google something like "HPE ArubaOS-Switch Basic Operations Guide Version 16.04" you'll get an Link:
In the document there is a Chapter called "Managing switch software", in this perticular case it is Chapter 10, page 148.
And on page 152 you get your "Best practices, recommendations, and precautions".
From time to time some commands change a bit, all those changes are always shown within that document.
Cheers,
Kerim
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01-29-2019 07:02 AM
01-29-2019 07:02 AM
Re: Best practices software upgrade path
I know this may sound like a stupid question, but why were you updating the firmware? Were you having a problem and the firmware update was the first step for resolution? I have a switch running a very similar firmware version and the memory utilization seems to be high. Was that a problem you were having?
Brent
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01-30-2019 04:31 AM
01-30-2019 04:31 AM
Re: Best practices software upgrade path
Just curious. Why upgrading to a firmware dated from: 14-07-2017? Why not upgrading to the latest WB.16.08 branche? or one before?
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10-18-2019 12:57 AM - edited 10-18-2019 12:57 AM
10-18-2019 12:57 AM - edited 10-18-2019 12:57 AM
Re: Best practices software upgrade path
this brings up the question: which current version count requires incremental updates and which one doesn't?
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10-18-2019 05:47 AM
10-18-2019 05:47 AM
Re: Best practices software upgrade path
Please check which immedite firmware version up dating Boot ROM version. then upgrade to that version first.
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