Before you begin:

From the UCS Tools page, download the IMM Transition Tool Upgrade package file to your computer in a location that is easy to find when you upgrade the IMM Transition Tool VM.

Upgrading 5.x Releases

Use one of the following options to upgrade the tool across 5.x releases:

• Use the CLI to upgrade the tool:

  1. Take a SNAPSHOT of the VM before starting the upgrade.

  2. Copy (SCP) the downloaded tar file of the higher version to the lower version VM.

  3. Execute the below command:

     imm_upgrade -p <downloaded_tar_file>

     Enter the administrator password when prompted.

     This will take few minutes to complete.

     The file validation and the upgrade process will get started as shown below:

     The log messages of the upgrade should be:
     Have you taken a snapshot of the VM? (y/n) : y
     Enter '[admin]' Password:
     INFO: Password is correct. Continuing...
     INFO: File format validation success
     INFO: Successfully verified the authenticity of upgrade_file.
     INFO: Version validation success
     INFO: Upgrading... May take a few minutes
     INFO: Upgrade Success. Restarting server
     INFO: Server Restarted

     Note	It is recommended to roll back to the last snapshot of the VM in case of failure of the upgrade.

• Alternatively, deploy a new OVA and perform a Backup/Restore operation as outlined in the Upgrading from 4.x to 5.x Releases section.

Upgrading from 4.x to 5.x Releases

Perform the following steps to upgrade the tool from 4.x to 5.x:

1. Take a backup of the data before starting the upgrade. For more details, see Backup/Restore.

2. Download the IMM Transition Tool .ova file to your computer.

3. Deploy the .ova file. For more details, see Installing Cisco Intersight Managed Mode Transition Tool.

4. Restore the data on the new instance of the tool. For more details, see Backup/Restore.