- Preface
- Getting Started Installing or Upgrading a Cisco StadiumVision Director Remote Server
- Installing Cisco StadiumVision Director Remote Software on a Server for the First Time
- Using the Software Manager to Upgrade Cisco StadiumVision Director Remote Software
- Appendix A: Cisco UCS C22 Hardware Installation Guidelines
- Appendix B: Using the TUI Upgrade Utility to Upgrade the Cisco StadiumVision Director Remote Software
Using the Software Manager to Upgrade Cisco StadiumVision Director Remote Software
This module describes using the Cisco StadiumVision Director Remote Software Manager to upgrade an existing server already running Cisco StadiumVision Director Remote 4.0 to a later release of Cisco StadiumVision Director Remote software.
Best Practices
Before you begin upgrading an existing Cisco StadiumVision Director Remote server, consider the following best practices:
- Choose an appropriate down time to perform the upgrade on the Cisco StadiumVision Director Remote server when there is adequate time to complete and verify the upgrade before any scheduled events and to allow time to resolve any unexpected issues that might occur.
- Refer to the Release Notes for Cisco StadiumVision Director Release 4.1 for the latest information about hardware and software requirements, changes, important notes, and caveats for your software release.
- Pay particular attention to the required hardware and software versions for other devices supporting your Cisco StadiumVision solution and be sure that you upgrade those devices as needed. For example, generally only certain firmware versions are supported for the DMP hardware, or a new firmware version is needed to provide additional functionality supported by the Cisco StadiumVision Director Remote software.
- Shut down the Cisco StadiumVision Director Remote server and take a snapshot of the VMware system. Restart the Cisco StadiumVision Director Remote server to prepare for upgrade.
Prerequisites
Be sure that the following requirements are met before you upgrade your server:
- Your server is running a minimum of Cisco StadiumVision Director Remote Release 4.0.0-66 or higher.
- You have a supported browser version for Cisco StadiumVision Director Remote. For more information about the latest supported browsers, see the Release Notes for Cisco StadiumVision Director Release 4.1.
- You have configured the admin user password in the Text Utility Interface (TUI). For more information, see the “ System Accounts on the Cisco StadiumVision Director Servers ” module in the Cisco StadiumVision Director Server Administration Guide, Release 4.1.
Information About Using the Software Manager to Update Existing Cisco StadiumVision Director Remote Software
After upgrading to Cisco StadiumVision Director Remote Release 4.1, you can use the Software Manager to upgrade to later versions of Cisco StadiumVision Director. The ISO upgrade procedure for Cisco StadiumVision Director includes the following tasks:
1. Downloading an ISO upgrade file from the software download site on Cisco.com.
2. Uploading the ISO file from your laptop using the upload function in the Software Manager.
3. Installing the ISO image using the install function in the Software Manager.
ISO Upgrade Files
You can store multiple ISO upgrade files on a Cisco StadiumVision Director Remote server. The files will be displayed with a sequence number and the ISO filename in the Software Manager. You select which file to install in the Software Manager as shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1 Cisco StadiumVision Director Remote Software Manager
Disk Maintenance
There is no automatic aging of ISO upgrade files, but ISO upgrade files can be deleted in the Software Manager (see Figure 1).
You can see disk utilization for remote servers from the Management Dashboard on the centralized Cisco StadiumVision Director server, or you can use the TUI to get file system usage.
Figure 2 shows an example of disk utilization reporting available for a Cisco StadiumVision Director Remote server from the Management Dashboard.
Figure 2 Disk Utilization for Remote Server in Cisco StadiumVision Director Management Dashboard
Upgrade Tasks
To upgrade your Cisco StadiumVision Director Remote server, complete the following tasks:
- Downloading ISO Upgrade Files from Cisco.com (required)
- Uploading an ISO Upgrade File to the Cisco StadiumVision Director Remote Server (required)
- Installing the he ISO Upgrade Image on the Cisco StadiumVision Director Remote Server (required)
- Verifying the Upgrade (required)
Downloading ISO Upgrade Files from Cisco.com
Be sure to download the upgrade files to a location, such as a laptop computer, where you can access them for installation onto the Cisco StadiumVision Director Remote server.
To download an ISO upgrade file, complete the following steps:
Step 1 Go to the Cisco StadiumVision Director software download site.
Note This site page is available from the Cisco StadiumVision Director product support page by clicking Download Software > Cisco StadiumVision Director.
Step 2 Select the ISO upgrade, and optionally the companion MD5 checksum file, and download them.
Table 1 shows the filename conventions used for ISO upgrades.
Note Be sure that you choose the ISO for SVD-REMOTE and not for SV-DIRECTOR.
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SVD-REMOTE-UPGRADE-4.1.0- nnn.x86_64.iso1 |
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You can download the files using one of the following methods:
Step 3 (Optional) To verify the integrity of your upgrade file from the download, you can use a command-line or GUI utility on your laptop to calculate the checksum on the.iso file. Open the.md5sum file to compare the value that you calculated with the expected value provided in the.md5sum file.
The values should match. If they do not, retry the download.
Uploading an ISO Upgrade File to the Cisco StadiumVision Director Remote Server
After you have downloaded the ISO upgrade file from Cisco.com, you will use the Software Manager to both upload the file to the Cisco StadiumVision Director Remote server. and to install the upgrade image.
Prerequisites
Be sure that you know the IP address of the Cisco StadiumVision Director Remote server where you want to upload the file, and you have a supported browser version for Cisco StadiumVision Director. Remote.
To upload an ISO upgrade file to the Cisco StadiumVision Director Remote server, complete the following steps:
Step 1 Log into Cisco StadiumVision Director Remote as an administrator.
Step 2 From your browser, go to the following URL, where x.x.x.x is replaced by the IP address of the server where you want to upload the upgrade software.
Step 4 From the Upgrade tab, click Upload.
Step 5 Navigate to the location of the ISO upgrade file that you downloaded from Cisco.com. Select the file that you want to upload and click Open. The file is sent to the server.
When the ISO upload is complete, one of the following occurs:
- When the image is validated and uploaded successfully, a message is displayed stating that the ISO image has been uploaded.
- The image upload failed for some reason and you will need to retry the upload again.
Installing the he ISO Upgrade Image on the Cisco StadiumVision Director Remote Server
To install the ISO upgrade image on the Cisco StadiumVision Director Remote server, complete the following steps:
Step 1 From the Software Manager screen, select the ISO file that you want to install.
Step 2 Click Install (Figure 3).
Figure 3 ISO File Selection and Upload
Step 3 The installation process begins, and status messages are displayed.
Step 4 After the installation is complete, Cisco StadiumVision services are restarted.
Verifying the Upgrade
To verify the upgrade, completing the following steps:
Step 1 Log into the TUI as installer on the Cisco StadiumVision Director Remote server.
Step 2 Go to Services Control > StadiumVision Remote Services > All.
Step 3 Select Show Status and confirm that the distribution service is reported as running normally (Figure 4):
Figure 4 Verifying Distribution Service Status
Step 4 Press any key to return to the All menu.
Step 5 Continue to return to the Main Menu and exit the TUI.