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The Platform Manager tool is used to upgrade the
When upgrading from 5.0 and later releases, use Upgrading SBC Application using EMA Platform Mode procedures. |
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Launch the Platform Manager.
The Platform Manager main screen appears.
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Upload the SBC application package to the active and standby SBC servers using the Upload Files tab.
Click Upload Files.
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Select the SBC application package files in the File Upload screen.
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Click Open. The Files are added in the Upload Queue section.
Click Upload to upload the queued files.
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Once the file upload is completed, the SBC application files are moved to the Files section.
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Stop the application on the active server using Admin > Stop Application.
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Stopping the application is a service-affecting operation. Confirm the stop operation by entering your user credentials and clicking Stop.
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The application is stopped on the active server.
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Launch the Platform Manager on the standby server.
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Once the active server (WFDSBC01a) stops, automatically the standby server (WFDSBC01b) becomes active. |
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Stop the application on the standby server using Admin > Stop Application.
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Stopping the application is a service-affecting operation. Confirm the stop operation by entering your user credentials and clicking Stop.
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The application is stopped on the standby server.
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From the Platform Manager of the initial active server (WFDSBC01a), navigate to the SW Install > Upgrade SBC Application tab. Select the SBC Application Version to upgrade, and click Next.
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Select the "off-line" upgrade option for Non-LSWU upgrades. Ignore the messages appearing for Live Software Upgrade (LSWU). These messages will be removed in the subsequent releases. |
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The signature file of the SBC package verifies the integrity of the package contents before proceeding with the SBC installation. |
Confirm the upgrade by providing your user credentials and clicking Upgrade.
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The upgrade process starts on the active server (WFDSBC01a) and displays the upgrade status on the View Application Upgrade Log screen.
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You may lose connectivity to the browser session when the server reboots. |
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This process takes approximately 45 minutes to complete on a single server. |
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Once the upgrade is successful, clear the browser cache prior to accessing the SBC EMA. |
Launch the EMA Platform Mode.
Log on using the default credentials.
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Beginning with 5.0 release, the Platform Manager is integrated into the EMA and referred to as EMA Platform Mode. Thus, post 5.0 SBC application installation and upgrades are performed using the EMA. |
Verify the SBC application status on the Administration > System Administration > Platform Management screen.
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Once all the SBC process starts running, continue upgrading the standby SBC server. |
Follow step 12 through step 16 to perform the upgrade on the standby server (WFDSBC01b).
Verify the standby SBC application status on the Administration > System Administration > Platform Management screen.
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Verify the firmware, ConnexIP OS and SBC application versions in Monitoring > Dashboard > System and Software Info.
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Log on to EMA. Navigate to Monitoring > Dashboard > System Status to verify the overall HA system status on the active server.
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