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Upgrade NetQ Agent

Lifecycle management lets you upgrade to the latest agent version on switches with an existing NetQ Agent. You can upgrade only the NetQ Agent or both the NetQ Agent and NetQ CLI simultaneously. You can run up to five jobs at the same time; however, a given switch can only appear in one running job at a time.

Prepare for a NetQ Agent Upgrade

Before you upgrade, make sure you have the appropriate files and credentials:

  1. Upload the upgrade images.

  2. (Optional) Specify a default upgrade version.

  3. Verify or add switch access credentials.

  1. Verify or add switch access credentials.

  2. Configure switch roles to determine the order in which the switches get upgraded.

  3. Upload the Cumulus Linux upgrade images.

Perform a NetQ Agent Upgrade

After you complete the preparation steps, upgrade the NetQ Agents:

  1. From the LCM dashboard, select the Switch management tab. Locate the Switches card and click Manage.

  2. Select the switches you want to upgrade.

  3. Click Upgrade NetQ above the table and follow the steps in the UI.

  4. Verify that the number of switches selected for upgrade matches your expectation.

  5. Enter a name for the upgrade job. The name can contain a maximum of 22 characters (including spaces).

  6. Review each switch:

    • Is the configuration profile the one you want to apply? If not, click Change config, then select an alternate profile to apply to all selected switches.

You can apply different profiles to switches in a single upgrade job by selecting a subset of switches then choosing a different profile. You can also change the profile on a per-switch basis by clicking the current profile link and selecting an alternate one.

dialog displaying two profiles that can be applied to both multiple and individual switches

  1. Review the summary indicating the number of switches and the configuration profile to be used. If either is incorrect, click Back and review your selections.

  2. Select the version of NetQ Agent for upgrade. If you have designated a default version, keep the Default selection. Otherwise, select an alternate version by clicking Custom and selecting it from the list.

By default, the NetQ Agent and CLI are upgraded on the selected switches. If you do not want to upgrade the NetQ CLI, click Advanced and change the selection to No.

  1. NetQ performs several checks to eliminate preventable problems during the upgrade process. When all of the pre-checks pass, click Upgrade to initiate the upgrade.

To upgrade the NetQ Agent on one or more switches, run:

netq lcm upgrade netq-image 
    job-name <text-job-name> 
    [netq-version <text-netq-version>] 
    [upgrade-cli True | upgrade-cli False] 
    hostnames <text-switch-hostnames> 
    [config_profile <text-config-profile>]

The following example creates a NetQ Agent upgrade job called upgrade-cl550-nq470. It upgrades the spine01 and spine02 switches with NetQ Agents version 4.8.0.

cumulus@switch:~$ netq lcm upgrade netq-image job-name upgrade-cl550-nq480 netq-version 4.8.0 hostnames spine01,spine02

Analyze the NetQ Agent Upgrade Results

After starting the upgrade you can monitor the progress in the NetQ UI. Successful upgrades are indicated by a green . Failed upgrades display error messages indicating the cause of failure.

To view the progress of upgrade jobs using the CLI, run:

netq lcm show upgrade-jobs netq-image [json]
netq lcm show status <text-lcm-job-id> [json]
▼ Example netq lcm show upgrade-jobs

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