Veritas Access Appliance 8.2 Upgrade Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (8.2)
Platform: Veritas 3340,Veritas 3350,Veritas 3360

Downloading software updates to an Access Appliance node using SCP

Use this procedure to copy the software updates to the /inst/patch/appliance/available directory on the Access Appliance from a Linux or a Windows system using the Secure copy protocol (SCP).

To copy a software update from a Windows system, you must install OpenSSH on Windows. For details about installing OpenSSH, See Installing OpenSSH.

To download the software update:

  1. Download the software update from the Veritas Download Center to a Windows or a Linux system. Ensure that the system is in the same network as the Access Appliance.

    • Go to the Veritas Support website and click Downloads.

    • In the Veritas Download Center, in the Products list, select Appliances, in the Sub product list select Access Appliance OS. Select the version and click Explore.

    • Expand Base and installers.

  2. From the Access Appliance node-level CLI run the following commands:

    support elevate

    # cd /inst/patch/appliance/available

  3. Copy the RPM file using the following command:

    For Linux:

    # scp username@linuxserver:/full-path-to-accessappliance-patch.rpm

    where username is the admin user for the Linux server.

    For Windows:

    scp username@domain-or-ip-of-windows-machine:
full-path-to-accessappliance-patch-on-windows-machine 
/inst/patch/appliance/available

    where username is the admin user for the Windows server.

    For example, if the RPM was downloaded to the Downloads directory on Windows by user administrator:

    aa01:/inst/patch/appliance/available # scp administrator@xx.yy.zz.aa:/Downloads/VRTSaccess-app-update-8.3-1.x86_64.rpm .
  4. Log in to the Access Appliance node-level CLI and run the system software downloaded command to view details such as the patch name, size, and the version.