Overview

This guide explains how to upgrade an existing v3.0 configuration to v3.0.1. There are two services involved in the operation of RCA-V. The Admin Interface that provides the UI and writes the configuration files, and the Vscale Service that processes the configuration file and talks to RightScale and VSphere.

New Features

  1. VMWare 6.7 support
  2. AWS VMC Support
  3. Shutdown Guest Support

Upgrading Admin Interface

  1. You will upgrade the vscale admin package to: vscale-admin-3.0.1.
  2. Log into the RCAV web interface
  3. Under Connectivity -> RightScale Platform -> Admin Interface, click Upgrade
  4. Look for the package named: vscale-admin-3.0.1, click Download
  5. SSH into the RCAV, credentials can be found here: Knowing Your Environment
  6. Run sudo –i su
  7. Change directory to /home/vscale-admin
  8. Run chown –R vscale:vscale vscale-admin-3.0.1
  9. Click Active next to the package, you will get a flash error, ignore it.
  10. Run service vscale-admin restart
  11. At this point it is upgraded, but leave the ssh window open you will need it to upgrade vscale

Upgrading Vscale Service

  1. You will upgrade the vscale package to: vscale_3.0.1.
  2. Log into the RCAV web interface
  3. Under Connectivity -> vCenter -> Cloud Appliance (vscale), Click Upgrade.
  4. Look for the package named: vscale_3.0.1, click Download
  5. SSH into the RCAV
  6. Run sudo –i su
  7. Change directory to /home/vscale
  8. Run chown –R vscale:vscale vscale_3.0.1
  9. In the web interface click Activate
  10. Run service vscale restart from the ssh window