Here is the process to upgrade when either the Remote Plugin or VMware Appliance has an upgrade available.
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Log into the VMware Appliance CLI
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Find what upgrades are available by using
puresw listpureuser@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 -
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!-
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:~$
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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.
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Check that the appliance or plugin are updated with
puresw listpureuser@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!