Prerequisites for upgrading
You must complete the system updates before you can perform package updates. Do not download or install any package updates until all system updates have been installed.
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In a multihop upgrade, you must confirm that the applications have been updated successfully before you begin the next system update. If you skip to the next system update without first updating the applications, you will have to reimage your Cisco Catalyst Center appliance. |
Note the following points:
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You cannot upgrade the packages individually. You must follow all of the steps that are described in this guide.
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Before you upgrade, make sure that the cluster link interface is connected to a switch port and is in the up state. To confirm that the interface is up, complete these steps:
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In an SSH client, log in to Catalyst Center on your appliance.
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Run the ifconfig interface-name command, using the appropriate interface name for your appliance:
Interface name Catalyst Center appliance enp94s0f1
Medium second-generation appliance: Cisco part number DN2-HW-APL
Medium third-generation appliance: Cisco part number DN3-HW-APL
Large second-generation appliance: Cisco part number DN2-HW-APL-L
Large third-generation appliance: Cisco part number DN3-HW-APL-L
enp69s0f1
Extra large second-generation appliance: Cisco part number DN2-HW-APL-XL
Extra large third-generation appliance: Cisco part number DN3-HW-APL-XL
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In the resulting output, check the last line and verify that data has been received and transmitted. Nonzero values indicate that the interface is up and operational.
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Review the following list of prerequisites before upgrading your installed instance of Catalyst Center:
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Only a user with SUPER-ADMIN-ROLE permissions can perform this procedure. For more information, see the Cisco Catalyst Center Administrator Guide.
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Create a backup of your Catalyst Center database. For more information, see the Cisco Catalyst Center Administrator Guide.
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If you have a firewall, allow Catalyst Center to access the following URLs on each node in your cluster for all system and package downloads:
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*.cloudfront.net
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*.tesseractcloud.com
To ensure that you have cloud connectivity to AWS, log in to the cluster and enter the following CLI command: maglev catalog settings validate. For more information, see the Internet Connectivity Traffic table in the Cisco Catalyst Center Appliance Installation Guide.
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While the Catalyst Center GUI is compatible with the following HTTPS-enabled browsers, we recommend that you use Chrome, not Firefox, during the upgrade:
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Google Chrome: Version 93 or later (recommended for upgrade)
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Mozilla Firefox: Version 92 or later (not recommended for upgrade)
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Have the username and password for a cisco.com user account available during the upgrade. You might be prompted, once, for the account credentials during package installations. This can be any valid cisco.com user account.
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Allocate enough time for the upgrade process. Upgrading can take longer than 6 hours to complete.
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We strongly recommend that you do not use Catalyst Center or any of its applications or tools while the upgrade is in process.
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Confirm that the minimum disk requirements are met:
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The / partition has at least 2 GB of free space.
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The /data partition has at least 35 GB of free space and is not more than 70% full.
If you receive a
storage validations failed
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If the Catalyst Center download, update, or install procedures fail for any reason, always retry the procedure a second time using the GUI.
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If your environment uses Catalyst Center's disaster recovery implementation, see the "Implement Disaster Recovery" chapter in the Cisco Catalyst Center Administrator Guide for upgrade information specific to a disaster recovery setup.
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Before you upgrade your disaster recovery system or update your Cisco IMC firmware, first place your system on pause. For more information, see the "Pause Your Disaster Recovery System" section in the Cisco Catalyst Center Administrator Guide.
In a three-node cluster, you can trigger an upgrade of the entire cluster from the Catalyst Center GUI (the GUI represents the entire cluster and not just a single host). An upgrade triggered from the GUI automatically upgrades all hosts in the cluster.
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To upgrade a three-node cluster, Service Distribution (or high availability) must be enabled. |