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Spirent Velocity: How to upgrade Velocity to latest version if you are several releases behind?
Objective/Summary
If an upgrade needs to be done from an older version of Velocity like 6.x
à
8.x (several releases in between) there are a lot of things to take into consideration to ensure a smooth migration.
Environment/Versions
Spirent Velocity & VDS
Procedure
A typical upgrade process consists of these steps:
Switch of Velocity and perform offline backup of iTE database (iTE-data-offline.bak)
Run Velocity and download configuration(json) and remove hotfix_directory/patch (if any), clear jboss
Power off Velocity and change iso
Power off iTE and change iso
Run iTE, make the proper config
Run Velocity, make the proper config
Upgrade external agent (if any)
Perform testing on upgraded setup (reservations/tests/inventory changes)
Important notes:
First step is to thoroughly study the documentation for each release and understand the changes (
https://support.spirent.com/SpirentCSC/SC_KnowledgeView?id=DOC10663
)
Organize the upgrade in stages
For example upgrading from 6.1 to 8.2 could be done like this: 6.1à7.0à7.1à7.3à8.0à8.2 (usually we recommend upgrade process by two)
On licensing area :
ensure the license file will be compatible with 8.2 release
update license server package (if there’s external license server in place)
Check VMware versions to ensure compatibility of supported version is satisfied
Ensure resource requirements can be fulfilled (CPU, memory, disk space)
Ensure you have downloaded the iso images from CSC beforehand
To download older versions from CSC, please filter by ‘Archived Release’ (left) and pick the desired version (right) from the list:
Starting with 8.0 release, iTE has been renamed VDS (Velocity Data Store)
Version
2.0
Publish Date
2023-11-16
Categories
Product : Velocity Core,Velocity Portfolio
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