To upgrade an existing installation, the new distribution must be downloaded and unpacked, and the included tpm command used to update the installation. The upgrade process implies a small period of downtime for the replicator as the updated versions of the tools are restarted, but downtime is deliberately kept to a minimum, and the replicator should be in the same operational state once the upgrade has finished as it was when the upgrade was started.
Before performing an upgrade, please ensure that you have checked the Appendix B, Prerequisites and the appropriate Release Notes for the version you are upgrading, as software and system requirements may have changed between versions and releases.
The method for the upgrade process depends on whether you installed via the ini method or via the staging method
Upgrading an ini based Installation
On each host in your deployment, download the release package and place this in
your staging directory, typically /opt/continuent/software.
Unpack the release package:
shell> tar zxf tungsten-replicator-6.1.25-6.tar.gzChange to the unpackaged directory:
shell> cd tungsten-replicator-6.1.25-6Run the validation process:
shell> ./tools/tpm validate-updateThe validate process will check that pre-requisities are in place and that tpm can safely upgrade the software. Any errors that are reported should be handled before proceding
Run the upgrade process:
shell> ./tools/tpm update --replace-releaseThe update process should now be complete. The current version can be confirmed by using trepctl status.
Upgrading a staging based installation
Download the release package and place this in the staging directory on
your staging host, typically /opt/continuent/software.
If you are unsure which host and directory this should be, execute the following on any host:
shell> tpm query stagingThe output of this command will display the host and directory
Unpack the release package:
shell> tar zxf tungsten-replicator-6.1.25-6.tar.gzChange to the unpackaged directory:
shell> cd tungsten-replicator-6.1.25-6Fetch a copy of the existing configuration information:
shell> ./tools/tpm fetch --hosts=host1,host2,autodetect --user=tungsten --directory=/opt/continuentYou must use the version of tpm from within the staging directory (./tools/tpm) of the new release, not the tpm installed with the current release.
The fetch command to tpm supports the following arguments:
A comma-separated list of the known hosts in the deployment. If
autodetect is included, then
tpm will attempt to determine other hosts in
the deployment by checking the configuration files for host values.
The username to be used when logging in to other hosts.
The installation directory of the current Tungsten Replicator
installation. If autodetect
is specified, then tpm will look for the
installation directory by checking any running Tungsten Replicator
processes.
The current configuration information will be retrieved to be used for the upgrade:
shell> ./tools/tpm fetch --hosts=host1,host2 --directory=/opt/continuent --user=tungsten
..
NOTE >> Configuration loaded from host1,host2Run the validation process:
shell> ./tools/tpm validate-updateThe validate process will check that pre-requisities are in place and that tpm can safely upgrade the software on all hosts. Any errors that are reported should be handled before proceding
Run the upgrade process:
shell> ./tools/tpm update --replace-releaseThe update process should now be complete. The current version can be confirmed by using trepctl status.