Private Cloud Appliance PCA SW 2.4.2 Update

PCA 2.4.
2 TOI
PCA Product Team

October 23, 2019
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Program agenda
1 What’s New in PCA 2.4.2

2 PCA Upgrader
3 PCA Healthcheck
4 Notable Bug Fixes
5 Q&A
Program agenda
1 What’s New in PCA 2.4.2
Scope of 2.4.2
Upgrade from PCA 2.3.4 and PCA 2.4.1

New Jet UI
FibreChannel Add-in cards
X8-2 Expansion Nodes for X5-2 (and older) racks
OVM 3.4.6.1+
Updated Firmware
Platinum Certification
Enable ZFS Snapshots
Not in Scope for 2.4.2
Expansion Racks
Expansion Storage
Changing internal ZFSSA controller heads to be active-active
Upgrade Matrix
Current Upgrade directly to Version

Installed
1.1.3 2.0.1 2.0.2 2.0.4 2.0.5 2.1.1 2.2.1 2.2.2 2.3.1 2.3.2 2.3.3 2.3.4 2.4.1 2.4.2
Version
1.1.3 P P P
2.0.1 P P P
2.0.2 P P
2.0.4 P
2.0.5 P P P
2.1.1 P P P P P
2.2.1 P P P P
2.2.2 P P P
2.3.1 P P P
2.3.2 P P
2.3.3 P
2.3.4 P
2.4.1 P
Jet Based UI
Updated look and feel
Improved accessibility
Network View has been removed
Hardware View shows rack layout based on rack type
Jet Based UI
FibreChannel Add-In cards – what’s in scope
 X8-2 Racks  X5-2 (and older) Racks

Available on X8-2 servers Available on X8-2 IB expansion nodes
Cards and cables ACS installed only Cards and cables ACS installed only
32G only 32G only
FibreChannel Add-In cards – what’s not in scope
Cannot be installed on Management Nodes
HBAs are not managed by PCA
X8-2 Expansion Nodes for X5-2 (and older) racks
X8-2 server with CX3 cards
For expansion nodes with add-in FibreChannel, the customer must call ACS to setup the FC
configuration; servers will arrive without FC cards
OVM 3.4.6.1+
OVM 3.4.6.1 plus quarterly updates, security fixes, and PCA specific bug fixes
All compute nodes must be at OVM 3.4.5 (PCA 2.3.4) or OVM 3.4.6 (PCA 2.4.1) prior to upgrade
Qualified Firmware
New Firmware
 ZFSSA AK-NAS  Cisco NX-OS

Two versions supplied nxos.7.0.3.I7.7.bin
• ak-2013.06.05.8.6 (OS8.8.6)  Updated switch config files are applied
• ak-2013.06.05.7.14 (OS8.7.14) automatically to switches during the
Management Node upgrade
 Older AK-NAS versions must be
upgraded to 8.7.14 before upgrading to  Customers can update the switch
8.8.6 firmware at their convenience after they
have upgraded to PCA 2.4.2
ASR Installs and PCA upgrade
The asrm service was added as a secondary service in PCA 2.4.2
No need to manually add asrm back in after upgrade
If the asrm service exists it will be started automatically when the ovca service is started
Platinum Certification
Includes ASR and EM
Supported configurations
• X5-2 racks with PCA 2.3.4 already on platinum that is upgraded to PCA 2.4.2
• X8-2 racks with PCA 2.4.1 upgraded to PCA 2.4.2
• X8-2 racks shipping with 2.4.2
ZFS Snapshots Enabled
Enabled only on X8-2 racks shipping with PCA 2.4.2
Enabled on the internal ZS7-2 for the OVCA_POOL
Program agenda
2 PCA Upgrader
New in pca_upgrader-1.2
Only supports upgrades from PCA 2.3.4, 2.4.1, and 2.4.2
New --kill option for pca_upgrader
Logs to timestamped log under /nfs/shared_storage/pca_upgrader/log
Seamless handling differences between rack types
Management Node upgrade prechecks run concurrently
New in pca_upgrader-1.2
 New MN upgrade prechecks  New MN upgrade postcheck

Keystore File Location Check OVM Manager Max Cache size Check
Management Node Uptime Check
MN Disk and Shared Storage Space Check
Multipath Customizations Check
Multiple Tenant Group Check
OVM Manager Max Cache size Check
OVMM Default Network Check
PCA services Check
Yum Proxy Check
Program agenda
3 PCA Healthcheck
pca_healthcheck
Replacement for pca-admin diagnose software
Delivered via pca_upgrader rpm
Utilizes the pca_upgrader framework
Seamlessly handles rack-type detection and runs appropriate tests based on rack type
Can be run from either Management Node
Logs to /nfs/shared_storage/pca_upgrader/log
Rack-type specific Healthchecks
 X8-2 rack  X5-2 (and older) racks

Check Network Spine Switch XSIGO PVI HA Feature
Check Network Leaf Switch Management Node XSIGO Network Interface
Compute Node XSIGO Network Interface
Management Node XSIGO vHBA
Compute Node XSIGO vHBA
Running pca_healthcheck on the standby Manager
Certain healthchecks will be skipped if pca_healthcheck is run from the standby Manager
• Oracle VM Server Model

• Oracle VM Manager Settings
• Oracle VM Manager Default Networks
• Repositories Defined in Oracle VM Manager
• Network Interfaces on Compute Nodes
pca_healthcheck output
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Program agenda
4 Notable Bug Fixes
Notable Bug Fixes
Bug 22720391 - Support listing backups in CLI

Bug 26679231 - Error running chgnetid "ImportError: cannot import name disable_warnings“
Bug 29285351 - Prevent MN Upgrade failure when ovmkeytool.sh setup is run
Bug 29437665 - The PCA 2.3.4 upgrade process breaks ASR if it is installed
Bug 29606665 - Large mySQL db can fill the root filesystem during break_ha_model
Bug 29681802 - Pickup AK8.8.6 to prevent discovery issue with SI plugin
Bug 30036199 - LLDP is not enabled on Cisco 9348 management switch in a PCA 2.4.1 Rack
Program agenda
5 Q&A

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PCA Product Team

1 What’s New in PCA 2.4.2

1 What’s New in PCA 2.4.2

Upgrade from PCA 2.3.4 and PCA 2.4.1

Current Upgrade directly to Version

Updated look and feel

Network View has been removed

Hardware View shows rack layout based on rack type

 X8-2 Racks  X5-2 (and older) Racks

Cannot be installed on Management Nodes

HBAs are not managed by PCA

X8-2 server with CX3 cards

 ZFSSA AK-NAS  Cisco NX-OS

The asrm service was added as a secondary service in PCA 2.4.2

No need to manually add asrm back in after upgrade

Includes ASR and EM

Enabled only on X8-2 racks shipping with PCA 2.4.2

Enabled on the internal ZS7-2 for the OVCA_POOL

Only supports upgrades from PCA 2.3.4, 2.4.1, and 2.4.2

New --kill option for pca_upgrader

Logs to timestamped log under /nfs/shared_storage/pca_upgrader/log

Seamless handling differences between rack types

Management Node upgrade prechecks run concurrently

 New MN upgrade prechecks  New MN upgrade postcheck

Replacement for pca-admin diagnose software

Delivered via pca_upgrader rpm

Utilizes the pca_upgrader framework

Can be run from either Management Node

 X8-2 rack  X5-2 (and older) racks

• Oracle VM Server Model

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4 Notable Bug Fixes

Bug 22720391 - Support listing backups in CLI

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