In this post, I will walk you through how to upgrade to UM3.2 / 3.3.

1. Upgrading Usage meter 3.2 / 3.3 from Usage Meter 2.3.2 to 3.1.0
2. Upgrading Usage meter 3.3 from Usage Meter 3.2

 

Upgrading Usage meter 3.2 / 3.3 from Usage Meter 2.3.2 to 3.1.0

UM3.2 supports import data from following versions only, 

 vCloud Usage Meter 2.3.2
 vCloud Usage Meter 3.0.0
 vCloud Usage Meter 3.0.2
 vCloud Usage Meter 3.1.0

.[info title=”Note”]if you are having older version then you must upgrade to supported version and then upgrade to 3.2[/info]

Steps for Import:

Flow:

 

 

Detailed Steps:

1.  Download the new Usage Meter Appliance from here  (3.2) & 3.3:
2.  Deploy and power on new appliance
3.  Assign IP address
4.  Go to Old Appliance and enable SSH[code]service <span class="mceItemHidden" data-mce-bogus="1"><span class="hiddenSpellError" pre="service " data-mce-bogus="1">sshd</span></span> start[/code]
5.  Go to new appliance and run command[code] <span class="mceItemHidden" data-mce-bogus="1"><span class="hiddenSpellError" pre="" data-mce-bogus="1">importum</span></span> <IPADDRESS> <OldVersion>[/code]

    vCloud Usage Meter 2.3.2 -->  232
    vCloud Usage Meter 3.0.0 --> 300
    vCloud Usage Meter 3.0.2 --> 302
    vCloud Usage Meter 3.1.0 --> 310

   [code] <span class="mceItemHidden" data-mce-bogus="1"><span class="hiddenSpellError" pre="" data-mce-bogus="1">importum</span></span> xx.xx.xx.xx 232 [/code]

6.  After successful completion, go to the UM 3.2 console and verify if you have all the data
7. Power off and delete the old Appliance

 

Upgrading vCloud Usage meter from 3.2 to 3.3:

1. Download vCloud Usage Meter 3.3 Updater from here
2. Transfer the patch file, usage-meter-330-update.zip to /root in the appliance
3. Unzip usage-meter-330-update.zip
4. Enter cd usage-meter-330-update
5. Enter ./update-um
6. Appliance is upgraded to 3.3 GA.
   

   What to do next

   Monitor results to ensure continuous data collection.

Upgrading vCloud Usage meter from 3.2 / 3.3 to 3.5:

1.  Download the new Usage Meter Appliance 3.5  from here
2.  Deploy and power on new appliance
3.  Assign IP address
4.  Go to Old Appliance and enable SSH[code]service <span class="mceItemHidden" data-mce-bogus="1"><span class="hiddenSpellError" pre="service " data-mce-bogus="1">sshd</span></span> start[/code]
5.  Go to new appliance and run command[code] <span class="mceItemHidden" data-mce-bogus="1"><span class="hiddenSpellError" pre="" data-mce-bogus="1">importum</span></span> <IPADDRESS> <OldVersion>[/code]

    vCloud Usage Meter 3.3.3 --> 333
    vCloud Usage Meter 3.4.0 --> 340

6.  After successful completion, go to the UM 3.2 console and verify if you have all the data
7. Power off and delete the old Appliance / Keep backup

 

[Revision]
27-Dec-2013 – Initial post
5-June-2014 – Updated instructions for UM 3.3

21 Dec-2016 – Updated instructions for UM 3.5

 

 

This post first appeared on the Virtualization Express blog at virtualizationexpress.com, by Karthic Kumar .

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