Configure the connector appliance to point to the local Web server to perform an offline upgrade. Then upgrade the appliance.
Procedure
- Log in to the connector appliance as the root user.
- Run the following command to configure an upgrade repository that uses a local Web server.
/usr/local/horizon/update/updatelocal.hzn seturl http://YourWebServer/VM/
Note: To undo the configuration and restore the ability to perform an online upgrade, you can run the following command.
/usr/local/horizon/update/updatelocal.hzn setdefault
- Perform the upgrade.
- Run the following command.
/usr/local/horizon/update/updatemgr.hzn updateinstaller
- Run the following command to check the version of the available upgrade.
/usr/local/horizon/update/updatemgr.hzn check
- Run the following command to update the connector.
/usr/local/horizon/update/updatemgr.hzn update
Messages that occur during the upgrade are saved to the update.log file at /opt/vmware/var/log/update.log.
- Run the updatemgr.hzn check command again.
/usr/local/horizon/update/updatemgr.hzn check
- Check the version of the upgraded appliance.
vamicli version --appliance
The command should display the new version.
- Restart the connector appliance.
For example, from the command line run the following command.
reboot
- Repeat the preceding steps for each connector appliance in your VMware Identity Manager deployment.
Results
The connector upgrade is complete.