Applying and uninstalling the hotfix to the virtual appliance
You can use the klish menu to perform hotfix-related tasks in the Resiliency Platform.
To apply the hotfix to the virtual appliance
- Log on to the virtual appliance as admin.
- Go to utilities prompt.
- You need to create sftp session to put the patch onto appliance.
- Run the sftp-session start put patch command.
- Temporary sftp user would be created for which you need to set password.
- Once you set password for this sftp user, you need to open sftp connection to same appliance (use any sftp client). Use this sftp user with same password.
- Go to upload folder.
- Upload the patch to Upload folder on the appliance using put downloaded-patch-location command.
The hotfix is downloaded to your virtual appliance.
- Log on to the virtual appliance as admin.
- Execute the hotfix command.
- Run the following commands to perform the operations that are related to hotfixes:
Task description
Command
Example
To view all hotfixes that are applied on the appliance
list-applied-hotfixes
list-applied-hotfixes
To view the hotfixes that you have uploaded to the appliance
list-available-hotfixes
list-available-hotfixes
To apply an available hotfix
apply-hotfix version_of_the_hotfix
apply-hotfix 3.3.2.5
For a complete list of options available with the Hotfix command, refer to the following section:
See About klish.
To uninstall the hotfix to the virtual appliance
- View all hotfixes that are applied on the appliance, by running the following command: list-applied-hotfixes.
- Uninstall an applied hotfix by running the following command: uninstall-hotfix version_of_the_hotfix
For example, uninstall-hotfix 3.3.2.5.
Note:
You can only uninstall the last installed hotfix. Attempting to uninstall an older hotfix removes all older hotfixes in the same functional area.
See About hotfixes.