3.1. Upgrading VA Management Node¶

You can upgrade the VA 6 Management Node component as follows:

1. Setup a new Master Server with the VA 7 Management Node installed. For details, see Master Server Requirements and Installing VA Management Node.

2. On the VA 7 Management Node, execute the vaconfig import-ssh script with the VA 6 Management Node credentials from script’s default location:

   # /opt/pva/mn/bin/vaconfig import-ssh [--user <user>] [--passwd <passwd>] <VA6_MN_IP_address_or_hostname>
   

   The script will collect all the needed data, dump it to a tarball on the VA 6 Management Node, and then import the created tarball to the VA 7 Management Node.

3. Shut down the VA 6 Management Node.

4. Change the VA 7 Management Node IP address to that of the VA 6 Management Node.

   Important

   The VA 7 Management Node should have the same IP address as the VA 6 Management Node.

All hardware nodes previously registered in Virtuozzo Automator 6.1 will appear in the VA 7 Control Center.

After importing the VA 6 Management Node data to the VA 7 Management Node:

• the previous Virtuozzo Automator 7 setup, including registered slave servers, is replaced with that of Virtuozzo Automator 6.1 (for instructions on how to re-register your physical servers, see Registering Physical Server in Virtuozzo Automator),

• the installed Virtuozzo Automator license is lost due to the hardware ID change,

  Note

  Starting from Update2 Hotfix6, Virtuozzo Automator does not require a separate license.

• the physical server hosting the container with the VA 6 Management Node may be offline in the VA 7 Control Center. The detailed information on this issue is provided in the Virtuozzo KB article #2762523.