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Upgrade VDS Singleton Appliance

The following steps describe the process for upgrading the singleton in a Windows VDS application, using the application VDS_Win08S_r2 as an example:

Follow these steps:

1. Open the GUI, then create and open a new application. This creates a sandbox application that you delete in the final step.

   The application displays in the Infrastructure Editor.

   • Drag an instance of the WIN08S appliance from the system_ms catalog to the canvas.
   • Branch the class instance.
   • Right click the singleton and select Modify Boundary. The Class Definition dialog box displays.

     In the Documentation URL field, enter the catalog datasheet URL. For example:

     http://doc.3tera.com/AppLogicxx/en/index.htm?toc.htm?CatGenericWindows.html.

     where xx is the new version of CA AppLogic

     Click OK. The Infrastructure Editor displays.

   • Save and start the application. Do not close the GUI.
2. Open a 3t shell and ssh into the running singleton.:
   • Set a new Administrator password, such as net user administrator newpwd.
   • Note the IP address of the DHCP server for the internal interface using

     ipconfig /all | grep 'DHCP Server' 
     

   • Change the directory

     cd /cygdrive/c
     

   • Use wget and the IP address noted above to obtain the current Windows Server exe from the grid controller. For example:

     wget http://ip-address:8080/download/Server_Windows-*.exe
     

   • Use the following to change permissions

     chmod 755 *.exe
     

   • Do not close the 3t shell.
3. Open the graphical console for the singleton and log in as Administrator.
   • Execute the installer by double-clicking the file VDS_Windows-*.exe in Windows Explorer.
4. In the ssh session, open on the singleton:
   • rm -f *.exe
   • Set a new complex Administrator password, such as net user administrator a3893hf092jfww.^JDFoi8hfwehohgw
   • Exit and then ssh back into the running singleton
   • rm -f ~/.bash_history
   • Exit
5. Stop the application.
   • Set a new Administrator password, such as net user administrator newpwd.
   • Note the IP address of the DHCP server for the internal interface using

     ipconfig /all | grep 'DHCP Server' 
     

   • Change the directory

     cd /cygdrive/c
     

   • Use wget and the IP address noted above to obtain the current Windows Server exe from the grid controller. For example:

     wget http://ip-address:8080/download/Server_Windows-*.exe
     

   • Use the following to change permissions

     chmod 755 *.exe
     

   • Do not close the 3t shell.
6. Access the GUI and select the application. The application displays in the Infrastructure Editor.
   • Click the Restart icon. This stops and restarts the application. The application updates the parameters, such as setting a random admin password, that were manually updated in the previous steps.
   • Click the Stop icon.
   • Drag the singleton to the user catalog.
7. Access the 3t shell and execute the following commands to destroy or archive the existing class:
   • To destroy the volume

     vol destroy VDS_Win08S_r2:VDS_WIN08S.boot --force  
     

   • To copy the volume

     vol copy app-name:WIN08S.boot VDS_Win08S_r2:VDS_WIN08S.boot where app-name is the name of the application you have created.  
     

8. Access the GUI, then destroy the application that you created in step 1.