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#Emc powerpath download update#
Okay, so click the name of the Update Manager server along your left under Servers. I suspect 6.0 fat client will be similar but probably have things in different places, so when I say “along the left” or similar, it may not be there. I skipped over 6.0 so my instructions are specific to 6.5 using the Flash-based (barf!) web client. Hopefully you’re on vCenter 6.5 now so you can use the new appliance-based update manager, but if not, you’ll want to use the fat client for vCenter/vSphere 6.0 since those versions don’t have update manager working properly in the web interface. This differs from the old 5.9 release where the zip you downloaded from EMC is what you fed to Update Manager you need to extract the VUM file from in the overall zip since it includes other goodies. You’ll need a file from inside the zip it will be named EMCPower.VMWARE.6.2.b126.zip. PowerPath_VE_6.2_for_VMWARE_vSphere_Install_SW.zip At the time of this writing, the 6.2 release is named: Grab your PowerPath bundle from EMC’s website. You will probably need to unregister the licenses and re-register unfortunately do that via command line on the PPMA server: rpowermt unregister host=192.0.2.1 So anyway, shut the old ELMS down and switch to PPMA much better experience for new hosts, old hosts, and ongoing maintenance/licensing since it pulls all that data from vCenter. The 2.2 PPMA can manage older PowerPath versions too so you’re safe there. No more running the stupid rpowermt stuff to license your hosts, query them to see if PowerPath has gone through its inevitable forgetting of its license, etc. You get your new license from them, paste it into the web interface of PPMA, bam, all your licenses are now there. You’ll find your old key on your ELMS server in /etc/emc/licenses.
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It will get all your vSphere hosts from vCenter, then talk to them to see if they’re using PowerPath, if they’re licensed, and can push licenses to them if that’s what you want.Ī simple support ticket with your old ELMS license key is all you need to have them issue a new license key for your PPMA system.
Where it gets interesting is the web interface it’s a web-driven system that communicates with vCenter and your PowerPath hosts on your behalf (along with any non-vmware systems using PowerPath if you want it to). What does it do that is different? Well, it has the same command line RTOOLS stuff that the ELMS appliance has, so you won’t miss anything there. You’ll need the 2.2 release if you’re on vCenter 6.5 2.1 doesn’t support it and won’t deploy correctly using the OVF on vSphere/vCenter 6.5. It is the PowerPath Management Appliance (PPMA). Then we get to work on PowerPath.įirst things first if you’re using an older style ELMS license appliance, there’s a new kid in town. It will upgrade, you reboot, now your host is on 6.5. Then run: esxcli software profile update -d /vmfs/volumes//update-from-esxi6.5-6.5_update01.zip -p
It will spit out your options for profile names, typically you’d want the -standard option without the s, not the no-tools version or the s version.
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You MUST give the esxcli command the full path even if you’re in the same directory. That’s the current filename for the 6.5 offline upgrade. If you’re not familiar with the offline bundle process, here’s a page that documents it:īasically you download the offline bundle (a zip file) from the vmware site, stick it on a LUN your vSphere host has mounted, put the host in maintenance mode, enable ssh, log in, then run: esxcli software sources profile list -d /vmfs/volumes//update-from-esxi6.5-6.5_update01.zip Or this if you’re on 5.5U2 or 6.0: esxcli software vib remove -vibname= -vibname= -vibname=
SSH in, run this if you’re on 5.5: esxcli software vib remove -n -n -n
#Emc powerpath download upgrade#
Skip ahead if you don’t want info on that vSphere upgrade or PowerPath removal.īefore starting, I recommend you get rid of your old PowerPath once you’re in maintenance mode.
#Emc powerpath download install#
My steps were maintenance mode, remove PowerPath, reboot, “offline” upgrade to 6.5, reboot, install PowerPath 6.2, re-license. My upgrade path was 5.5 to 6.5, with PowerPath 5.9 to 6.2. VMware is up to 6.5 on vSphere/vCenter, the web-based interface continues to suck, North Korea has ballistic missiles wtf is going on.Īnyway, let’s get on with the show. Wow, four years have gone by since my article about upgrading PowerPath to 5.9 for vSphere 5.5 support.
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