viocli upgrade Command

Use the viocli upgrade command to upgrade between major versions of VMware Integrated OpenStack.

The viocli upgrade command supports a variety of actions to perform different tasks. The following parameters apply to all actions.

Parameter	Mandatory or Optional	Description
-d NAME or --deployment NAME	Optional	Name of the deployment to use. If you do not enter a value, the default deployment is used.
-p or --progress	Optional	Shows the progress of the current operation.

You can run viocli upgrade -h or viocli upgrade --help to display the parameters for the command. You can also use the -h or --help option on any action to display parameters for the action. For example, viocli upgrade prepare -h will show parameters for the prepare action.

viocli upgrade mgmt_server [-d NAME] DIR-NAME NFS-VOLUME [-p]

Upgrades the management server database and configuration to the desired version. The following additional parameters apply to the mgmt_server action.

Parameter	Mandatory or Optional	Description
DIR-NAME	Mandatory	Directory containing the backup file.
NFS-VOLUME	Mandatory	Name or IP address of the target NFS volume and directory in the format remote-host:remote-dir. For example: 192.168.1.77:/backups

 

viocli upgrade prepare [-d NAME] BLUE-OMS-SERVER NFS-DIR-NAME [BLUE-VIOUSER-PASSWORD] [-f] [-p]

Prepares the NFS server for the OpenStack Management Server upgrade. The following additional parameters apply to the prepare action.

Parameter	Mandatory or Optional	Description
BLUE-OMS-SERVER	Mandatory	IP address of the old OpenStack Management Server.
NFS-DIR-NAME	Mandatory	Local mount point to attach the target NFS volume.
BLUE-VIOUSER-PASSWORD	Optional	Password of the viouser account on the old OpenStack Management Server. If you do not include this option in the command, you will be prompted to enter the password.
-f or --force	Optional	Runs the command without prompting for confirmation.

 

viocli upgrade openstack [-d NAME] [-n NEW-DEPLOY] [-f] [-p]

Upgrades the VMware Integrated OpenStack deployment to the desired version.

Note: If possible, use the vSphere Web Client to upgrade your deployment instead of this command.

The following additional parameters apply to the openstack action.

Parameter	Mandatory or Optional	Description
-n NEW-DEPLOY	Optional	Name of the deployment for the new version. If you do not include this option in the command, you will be prompted to enter a name.
-f or --force	Optional	Runs the command without prompting for confirmation.