Upgrading Cast Iron appliance

This feature is used to upgrade the Cast Iron® appliance by using the upgrade files vcrypt2 and scrypt2 files. The upgrade files are obtained as a part of Cast Iron software or from Fix Central depending on the version (FixPacks/patch/major release) of the appliance.

About this task

To upgrade remote appliances, complete the following steps:

Procedure

  1. Copy the vcrypt2 and/or scrypt2 file to the workstation from where you can access the appliance from Web Management Console.
  2. In WMC, log on to the Integration Appliance and go to Manage > Appliances.
  3. Select the appliances that you want to upgrade, from the list of registered appliances.
  4. Click the Upgrade Operating System link. The Upgrade Appliances Operating System Wizard is displayed.
  5. Browse the .vcrypt2 file in the Virtual appliance Upgrade File field, to upgrade the virtual appliance.
  6. Browse the .scrypt2 file in the Physical appliance Upgrade File field, to upgrade the physical appliance.
  7. Click Upgrade. All the selected appliances will be upgraded one after the other sequentially.

Results

The results of the upgrade are displayed after all the appliance upgrade is complete. The appliance version is also updated in the registered list of appliances, after the data gets updated.

Note:
  • Before making changes like Upgrade/Reboot of appliance, please stop all projects in the runtime. After appliance comes back, starts the projects one-by-one.
  • If the master appliance is a part of the upgrade list, it will be upgraded only after the upgrade of the other appliances are complete.
  • When the files for both physical appliance and virtual appliance, scrypt2 and vcrypt2, are browsed, upgrade is based on the type information (physical or virtual) available for the appliance in the table. If the type information is not available (earlier version without an interim fix), then these appliances are skipped from being upgraded.
  • When only one file is browsed, that file is used as an input to upgrade all selected appliances, including appliances, which do not have type information (represented by -).



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