You can view the alert messages and notifications on the
Activity screen of the Image Streamer user interface for a
successful or a failed update.
The individual Image Streamer appliances in an appliance pair are automatically updated so that servers have
nondisruptive OS volume access during the update process. Appliance storage is synchronized after the update process is
complete. Hence, it is important to allow update of the standby appliance, followed by the synchronization of the
appliances in the appliance pair. As a result, the time required to complete the update process for an appliance pair may
vary.
During the update process, different Image Streamer appliance pairs will have different firmware versions. Image Streamer
appliances are designed to provide nondisruptive access to OS volumes when they operate in this mode. Image Streamer
appliances do not support deployment or artifact management during the update process or when the appliance pairs
have different firmware versions.
If an update fails on an active appliance, Image Streamer is reverted to the version before the update started. To be able
to perform deployments using Image Streamer, the current Image Streamer firmware version and the reverted Image
Streamer version must be compatible. Otherwise, you must first fix the issue with the update process to complete the
update successfully which will render the versions compatible.
It is important that servers are correctly configured for network teaming. This configuration ensures that OS issues do not
occur when firmware updates in various parts of HPE Synergy temporarily interrupt a part of the network. This
requirement is applicable for the deployment network that is used for OS volume access and connections to other
networks.
However, firmware update of single Image Streamer configurations used for artifact development and testing is disruptive
to server operations. Servers using Image Streamer OS volumes must be shut down before Image Streamer firmware
update is done.
Update Image Streamer in a single frame configuration
Hewlett Packard Enterprise recommends a three-frame configuration as a minimum requirement for production
environment. A special single frame configuration with one Image Streamer appliance can be used for development or
testing environments. However, updating an Image Streamer appliance in a single frame configuration is not supported;
therefore, you must reimage the appliance to a new version.
IMPORTANT: This procedure causes a downtime of at least 6-7 hours and you will lose all existing configurations.
Prerequisites
HPE Synergy Image Streamer configured in a single frame setup for testing or artifact development purposes.
Procedure
1.
From the Image Streamer main menu, select
Deployment Groups > Actions > Create backup bundle to backup all
Image Streamer artifacts.
2.
Select
Deployment Groups > Actions > Download backup bundle to download the backup bundle to the local
machine. You can use it to restore the artifacts later.
3.
From the HPE OneView main menu, select
SERVERS > Server Profiles > Actions > Edit OR select SERVERS >
Server Profile Templates > Actions > Edit.
a. Choose none in the Deployment Plan section.
b. Remove the associated Deployment Network iSCSI boot connections.
c. Clear Manage boot order under Boot Settings and click OK.
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