Scheduling Upgrade of Managed Devices
The following procedure describes how to schedule the upgrade of managed devices.
1. In the node hierarchy, navigate to .
2. Select one or multiple managed devices from the table. The table lists the following columns:
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Specifies the name of the managed device. |
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Specifies the ArubaOS release version (denoted by release number-build number) that is already running on the managed device. If an upgrade is in progress, this column displays the link. Hovering on the link opens a pop-up, which lists: Additional information of the upgrade through the link. The time (in most significant non-zero units) when the upgrade was initiated. If an upgrade was initiated within the last 7 days, this column displays an upgrade status icon next to the value of the current version. Hovering on the upgrade status icon opens a pop-up, which lists: Additional information of the upgrade through the link. The time (in most significant non-zero units) when the upgrade succeeded or failed. If an upgrade is scheduled, this column displays an upgrade schedule clock icon next to the value of the current version. Hovering on the upgrade schedule clock opens a pop-up, which lists: The ArubaOS release version and scheduled date and time. An option to reschedule the date and time. An option to cancel the scheduled upgrade. |
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Specifies the total number of access points that are configured on the selected managed device. |
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Specifies the parent group of the managed device. |
3. In the menu:
To upgrade the selected managed devices immediately, select .
To schedule the upgrade of the selected managed devices at a later date and time, select . Use the date and time picker to schedule the date and time. If the upgrade is scheduled to occur at a later date and time, a message is displayed.
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You can specify any date and time from the current date and time until the next 30 days. The upgrade occurs at the scheduled local date and time of the Mobility Master. |
4. In the menu, specify the hostname, IPv4, or IPv6 address of the file server that hosts the ArubaOS image.
5. In the menu, specify the path of the ArubaOS image on the file server that hosts the image. You may use the wildcard character to specify the default path.
6. In the menu, select the protocol to transfer the ArubaOS image from the file server to the selected managed devices.
7. In the menu, specify the software release number of the ArubaOS image in release number-build number format.
8. In the menu, select the partition of the selected managed devices where the ArubaOS image should be installed.
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Upgrades the default boot partition of the selected managed devices. |
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Upgrades partition 0 of the selected managed devices. |
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Upgrades partition 1 of the selected managed devices. |
9. Click . A pop-up displays the message.
10. In the pop-up, click .
To schedule the upgrade of a managed device using the CLI Command-Line Interface. A console interface with a command line shell that allows users to execute text input as commands and convert these commands to appropriate functions.:
(host) [mynode] #upgrade managed-devices copy configured-fileserver version 8.4.0.0 all schedule 2018 12 25 12 30 00
To reschedule the scheduled upgrade of a managed device using the CLI Command-Line Interface. A console interface with a command line shell that allows users to execute text input as commands and convert these commands to appropriate functions.:
(host) [mynode] #upgrade reschedule from 2018 11 30 23 59 59 to 2018 12 25 12 30 00 all
To cancel the scheduled upgrade of a managed device using the CLI Command-Line Interface. A console interface with a command line shell that allows users to execute text input as commands and convert these commands to appropriate functions.:
(host) [mynode] #upgrade cancel-schedule 2018 12 01 23 59 59 all
Viewing Status of Scheduled Upgrade of Multiple Managed Devices
A scheduled upgrade icon in the banner indicates that one or more managed devices are scheduled for upgrade. Hovering over the scheduled upgrade icon opens a pop-up, which lists the number of managed devices that are scheduled for upgrade. Click the number in the pop-up to open the node hierarchy table. The node hierarchy table is filtered to list only the managed devices that are scheduled for upgrade.
If the upgrade of managed devices is in progress, a controller upgrade icon replaces the scheduled upgrade icon. Hovering over the controller upgrade icon opens a pop-up, which lists the number of managed devices that are currently under upgrade. Click the number in the pop-up to open the node hierarchy table. The node hierarchy table is filtered to list only the managed devices that are currently under upgrade.
Click in the controller upgrade in progress pop-up to view the upgrade status of the managed devices and their access points. The upgrade status of the managed devices is displayed as either or .
The upgrade status of the access points connected to the managed devices is displayed as a horizontal bar chart and can be switched to table view. The table view lists the following columns:
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Specifies the name of the access point. |
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Specifies the IP address of the access point. |
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Specifies the MAC Media Access Control. A MAC address is a unique identifier assigned to network interfaces for communications on a network. address of the access point. |
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Specifies the AP group of the access point. |
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Specifies the status of upgrade (pending, installation successful, or reboot in progress) of the access point. |
