Upgrading the VMware Appliance and Remote Plugin

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Here is the process to upgrade when either the Remote Plugin or VMware Appliance has an upgrade available.

  1. Log into the VMware Appliance CLI
    ssh pureuser@appliance-fqdn
  2. Find what upgrades are available by using puresw list
    pureuser@remote-plugin:~$ puresw list
    Checking for updates...
    
    Package                     Description                         Installed  Update Available
    pure-vmware-appliance       Pure Storage VMware Appliance       4.1.3      Yes (5.0.0)
    pure-vsphere-remote-plugin  Pure Storage vSphere Client Plugin  5.3.13      Yes (5.3.15)
    
    33 system packages have updates available
    
  3. Upgrade either the appliance or plugin with puresw upgrade start pure-vsphere-remote-plugin. If there are updates to both the appliance and vSphere plugin available when running this command, the plugin will be updated first; the command will need to be run again to update the VMware appliance.
    pureuser@remote-plugin:~$ puresw upgrade start pure-vsphere-remote-plugin
    Installing...
    
    ==================================WARNING======================================
    There is a plugin upgrade ongoing. After the upgrade is complete, please run
    `pureplugin update-registration` to update the registration on vCenter(s).
    ===============================================================================
    
    
    Installation complete!
    
    1. The vSphere Remote Plugin will require that the extensions are re-registered in order to ensure the updated extensions are pushed to the vCenter. You will need to run pureplugin update-registration which will require a username and password in order to re-register the extensions. This is required as the credentials to register the extensions is not stored on the appliance.
      pureuser@remote-plugin:~$ pureplugin update-registration
      Please enter user for demo-vcsa-01.purecloud.com: extension-register@vsphere.local
      Please enter password for demo-vcsa-01.purecloud.com:
      Unregistering plugin...
      Plugin   Status   Version  Registrations
      vSphere  running  5.3.15    -
      Re-registering plugin...
      Host thumbprint is d1:27:2b:0e:3c:a1:6e:ff:88:9b:aa:7b:8e:f4:c7:ca:69:3b:7e:94. Is this correct? (y/n) y
      Plugin   Status   Version  Registrations
      vSphere  running  5.3.15    demo-vcsa-01.purecloud.com
      Registration update for demo-vcsa-01.purecloud.com complete!
      pureuser@remote-plugin:~$
      
  4. Check that the appliance or plugin are updated with puresw list
    pureuser@remote-plugin:~$ puresw list
    Checking for updates...
    
    Package                     Description                         Installed  Update Available
    pure-vmware-appliance       Pure Storage VMware Appliance       5.0.0      No
    pure-vsphere-remote-plugin  Pure Storage vSphere Client Plugin  5.3.15      No
    
    0 system packages have updates available
    
    Software is up to date!