Updating the HPE VME Hypervisor

[led1789]

What is the process for updating the HPE Hypervisor Ubuntu and Morpheus console from 8.0.8 to 8.0.9 ?

[dccolpitts]

It's in the documentation:

https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=sd00006691en_us&page=GUID-C548FF65-C2BF-4D45-883D-4C75F3AA628C.html

Download the .deb(s), drop it on manager VM with WinSCP or some other method, ssh the manager, and run:

sudo morpheus-ctl stop morpheus-ui
sudo dpkg -i /path/to/HPE_VM_Essential_8.0.9_AMD64_Debian_S5Q83-11025.deb
sudo dpkg -i /path/to/HPE_VM_Essential_Supplemental_8.0.9_Debian_S5Q83-11026.deb  # Optional -- Only for offline upgrades where manager can not connect to the internet
sudo morpheus-ctl reconfigure

dcc

[led1789]

The documentation describes the update process for the manager, I want to know how to update the hypervisor

[dccolpitts]

My bad.  As near as I can tell, there is no update for the HVM with 8.0.9, but I'm sure someone from the VME team can answer that.

[dccolpitts]

In the 8.0.9 documentation under Getting Started --> Installation, a little more than halfway down the page is a paragraph that begins with:

"Now that the host system has been installed, ensure the image is up to date by running apt update -y && apt upgrade -y as a super user."

So it appears you just need to apt update / upgrade on the HVM host. I did note on my hosts that a couple of the repositories point to my VME Manager, so it will need to be up and running when you run your updates.

[led1789]

Does anyone know how to check which version is installed, after Updates?

[Moto_PK]

Log in to the VME Manager portal.
Go to Help → About (top-right corner menu).
The version number (e.g., VME Manager 1.2.3) will be displayed there.orSSH into the VME Manager VM.
Run:

vme --version

 You would also find at as a footer:

[led1789]

and about the Ubuntu Host HPE Morpheus console Version?

[Arnout_Verbeken]

Let's go over the full process and different steps needed:

VME Manager upgrade:  https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/km/product/1014875616/Product?kmpmoid=1014875616&tab=manuals&cep=on#t=null

sudo morpheus-ctl stop morpheus-ui
sudo dpkg -i xxxx.deb
sudo dpkg -i xxxx.supplemental.deb  # Optional -- Only for offline upgrades
sudo morpheus-ctl reconfigure

I always install the supplemental bundle also.  It never hurts and takes 1 minute.
The above will update and reconfigure the VME Manager itself.  Not the appliance (VM) OS, just the VME bits
Part of this update is that it will add new "agent" versions to a repository it hosts.

Hypervisor updates:

Simple as it is:
- Set host in maintenance from VME UI
- sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
- exit maintenance from VME UI

This will update your whole Hypervisor OS (Ubuntu) based on the configured apt repositories
One of those repositories is a repo that is hosted in the VME Manager.  This repo contains the Morpheus Agents.  Those agents are responsible for the communication between the hypervisor host and the VME Manager .

You can run the hypervisor updates whenever you want.  But it's not needed to update the hypervisors.
In production, a best practice could be to keep the hypervisors stable and just update the Morpheus Agents after a VME upgrade.  You should have a test environment where you can test the hypervisor updates itself and its compatibility with VME, before doing the same exercise in production.

Morpheus Agent upgrade:

While not explicitely mentioned in the docs, you can upgrade the Morpheus Agents after a VME upgrade. 
Not every VME version/upgrade has new agent versions.
Agent updates are sometimes needed for new functionality (e.g. Vmware Migration Tool needs agent > 2.10.0).

You can upgrade the agent straight from the UI by going to the hypervisor host and selecting "Upgrade Agent" under actions.  This is the recommended way.
You can also upgrade the agent via the procedure above (Hypervisor updates).  Since the agent is part of a repo that is configured on your hosts.  An apt update/upgrade will also update the agent.

You can find the agent version in the summary page of the hypervisor in the UI.

If you have chosen to also install the agent in your VM's, you can update them in the same way as for a host:
- Select the VM (or multiple VM's under "Clouds")
- Actions - Upgrade Agent

[dccolpitts]

Arnout - just for clarification, you call out that installing the .deb on the Manager does not upgrade the Manager VM's OS, just the Manager's code.  Is it safe to assume we need to apt update and apt upgrade the Manager's OS too just like the hypervisor?

dcc

[Arnout_Verbeken]

I personally don't do that myself.

Adn even more, there are no repositores configured in apt on the VME Manager VM OS.  The only repo configured is its own Morpheus repo.

So you can do an apt update/upgrade, but it will do nothing, except a possible Morpheus Agent upgrade.

check/compare / etc/apt/sources.list.d from the VME Manager VM OS and your Hypervisor hosts.  You'll see the difference.