InsightIQ upgrade - Offline bundled packages?

Question

I'm trying to upgrade from InsightIQ 3.2 to 4.1.1.

On pages 15 and 16 of the Isilon InsightIQ Installation Guide, under the section "Upgrade InsightIQ on an OVA", step 4 indicates that there are two options to upgrade: Offline and Online.

My InsightIQ VM does not have Internet access so I think I need to explore the Offline option. Does anyone know where I can find details on this option? The description says "InsightIQ will be installed using the bundled packages" but no other details like where to obtain the files, where the files need to be placed for the upgrade etc.

Thanks in advance for any assistance,

veloRAS

sjones51 · Accepted Answer

Hi veloRAS,

I asked around about this one. This was the answer that I got:

Option 1 - Offline. InsightIQ will be installed using the bundled packages.
Option 2 - Online. InsightIQ will be installed using yum mirrors.

So the option is already in the package to upgrade without internet access.

According to the install guide, it is the same process except at one point the installer issues the yum command to update packages. If being installed offline, the yum command is not run. Otherwise it is the same package/process.

mcron · Answer

Thank you for your reply.  I will test this out and report the results.

RobChang-Isilon · Answer

Hi veloRAS,

According to the latest installation guide -- https://www.emc.com/collateral/TechnicalDocument/docu81828.pdf

Page 15 & 16:

4. Select how InsightIQ will be installed, either through the offline or online

method, and then press Enter.

Option 1 - Offline. InsightIQ will be installed using the bundled packages.

Option 2 - Online. InsightIQ will be installed using yum mirrors.

Essentially when you download and stage the IIQ installation/upgrade file, for example, this one: install-insightiq-4.1.1.3.sh

This file is essentially a wrapper around some .rpm packages that are required as part of the IIQ installation/upgrade. When you choose the offline option, the installation script won't invoke yum to grab external packages and would only use the .rpm packages that are already included in the bundle.

For reference, the .sh installation method of IIQ can be used to install IIQ on a bare-metal Linux machine, or used to upgrade existing installations of IIQ (regardless of original installation method).

Phil.Lam · Answer

veloRAS,Get the 4.1.1 sh file and run the sh script and choose option 1.

mcron · Answer

Worked just as you described.&#xa0; The sh file contains the updates.The upgrade went smoothly and took about 5-10 minutes.Thanks again for the quick response.

Isilon

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