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  2. NetBackup™ Deployment Guide for Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS) Cluster
  3. Upgrading NetBackup
  4. Upgrading Snapshot Manager
NetBackup™ Deployment Guide for Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS) Cluster

Upgrading Snapshot Manager

Edit the tag field in the CR to upgrade Snapshot Manager using environment CR. MODIFY event will be sent to Snapshot Manager operator which will trigger upgrade workflow.

To upgrade Snapshot Manager

  1. Update the variables appropriately:
    NB_VERSION=10.1.0
    OPERATOR_NAMESPACE="netbackup-operator-system"
    ENVIRONMENT_NAMESPACE="ns-155"
     
    NB_DIR=/home/azureuser/VRTSk8s-netbackup-${NB_VERSION}/
  2. Edit the operator/kustomization.yaml file as follows:

    KUSTOMIZE_FILE=${NB_DIR}operator/kustomization.yaml nano $KUSTOMIZE_FILE

    Update the newName and newTag under cloudpointoperator.

  3. Upgrade the operator using the following command:

    cd $NB_DIR kubectl apply -k operator sleep 20s

  4. Check (Wait for) if the operator is upgraded and running:

    kubectl describe pod $(kubectl get pods -n $OPERATOR_NAMESPACE | grep flexsnap-operator | awk '{printf $1" " }') | grep Image: kubectl get all -n $OPERATOR_NAMESPACE

  5. Once the operator is upgraded successfully and it is running, update the cpServer.tag in environment.yaml file as follows:

    nano ${NB_DIR}environment.yaml

  6. Apply environment.yaml file to start upgrading Snapshot Manager services using the following command:

    kubectl apply -f ${NB_DIR}environment.yaml -n $ENVIRONMENT_NAMESPACE

  7. Check upgrade logs in flexsnap-operator using the following command:

    kubectl logs -f $(kubectl get pods -n $OPERATOR_NAMESPACE | grep flexsnap-operator | awk '{printf $1" " }')

  8. Check Snapshot Manager status using the following command:

    kubectl get cpserver -n $ENVIRONMENT_NAMESPACE

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