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titleUpdating NetVizura requires internet access

NetVizura requires working connection to the internet to install required update. After update is successful you can turn off internet access for NetVizura server.

Note
When you update NetVizura we strongly recommend performing the update in a test environment before updating your production site.
Note

Updating NetVizura requires superuser privilege.

Step-by-step guide:

  1. Check free space on your disk command.

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    df -h
    Note

    If there is less than 8GB of free space on disk, delete some files to make at least 8GB available space (fastest way is to delete old raw data files in archive which is usually located in /var/lib/netvizura/flow/archive)

  2. Download and run script that automates upgrade of prerequisite software:

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    wget https://www.netvizura.com/files/updates/netvizura-5.2-update-prerequisites-centos.sh --output-document=/tmp/update-prerequisites-centos.sh
    sudo bash /tmp/update-prerequisites-centos.sh


  3. Make directory where the update package would be downloadedbe downloaded:

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    mkdir /tmp/update-x.y.z

    (info) x.y.z is NetVizura version number.

  4. Download the update package from NetVizura site
  5. Move updater package to /tmp/update-x.y.z directory

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    mv netvizura-x.y.z-update-rpm-rhel8.tgz /tmp/update-x.y.z
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    mv netvizura-x.y.z-update-rpm-rhel9.tgz /tmp/update-x.y.z
  6. Go to update directory: 

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    cd /tmp/update-x.y.z 
  7. Unpack updater package with: 

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    titleOn CentOS 68
    tar -xzf netvizura-x.y.z-update-rpm-rhel6rhel8.tgz
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    titleOn CentOS 79
    tar -xzf netvizura-x.y.z-update-rpm-rhel7rhel9.tgz
  8. Execute:

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    ./update.sh
  9. Refresh your browser (Ctrl + F5)

  10. Check if the update is successful on NetVizura's license page: http://<netvizura_server_ip>:8080/netvizura/#settings:license

Warning
  1. NetVizura might not work properly if updated from more older versions. We kindly urge you to first successively update it to previous version, and then to current version.
  2. NetVizura will not work if update is made after support period has expired. Make sure that your support has not expired before you start updating.
  3. It is not possible to update NetVizura on free trial. If you want to extend your assessment for one additional month, please request a new free trial license.