📝 Note
This feature is currently available under the Early Access program. To know more about the Early Access program and sign up for this feature, contact Support or your Account Executive.
Each Druva release comes with new features and enhancements. To use these features, you must have the latest version of Hybrid Workloads agent or backup proxy. Druva regularly provides updates to Druva backup proxy to enable it with new features and enhancements. Updates also include bug fixes and performance improvements.
This section also provides options on how to upgrade Druva backup proxy in your environment. As an administrator, you can upgrade Druva backup proxy using the following methods.
Upgrade Proxmox backup proxy through Management Console
With the automatic agent upgrade feature, you can upgrade backup proxy to the latest versions from the Management Console with a single click.
Considerations
Consider the following aspects before you upgrade the backup proxies:
If an upgrade is triggered and schedule backup and restore jobs are in queue, the jobs resume after the upgrade is complete.
Procedure
Log in to the Management Console.
From the top menu bar, select your organization if organizations are enabled.
Click Protect > Proxmox.
The All Nodes page appears that lists all the registered nodes/clusters.Select All Backup Proxies from the left navigation pane.
Under the Version column, you can see the current status for each proxy.
Latest version
The current version is the latest available version for backup proxies.
Non Upgradable
The current version is not upgradable to the latest version through the Druva portal.
Scheduled upgrade
There is an ongoing upgrade.📝 Note
Jobs that are in progress at the time of upgrade will restart after the upgrade is complete. Ongoing backup now jobs will fail after triggering the upgrade.
Upgradable:
The current version is upgradable to the latest available version.
To upgrade individual backup proxies, select the backup proxy(s) and click Upgrade.
Upgrade Proxmox backup proxy through Debian
Use the Debian package to upgrade the backup proxy (with Ubuntu OS). To upgrade backup proxy, deploy the latest backup proxy appliance, and reconfigure the virtual machines to use the newly deployed backup proxy.
📝 Note
Contact Support to get the Debian package.
Login to the backup proxy virtual machine.
Run the following command to check currently installed deb package:
dpkg -l | grep -i druvaRun the following command to uninstall current deb package:
dpkg -r enterpriseworkloads
When you are prompted Do you want to cleanup all EnterpriseWorkloads config and data files: [yes/no]? [default: no], enter no.💡 Tip
If you enter yes, all the EnterpriseWorkloads agent configuration files will be deleted. When you reinstall the agent you will have to reactivate it.
Run the following command to install a deb package:
dpkg -i <package name>
Upgrade packages in Ubuntu proxy
To check and install the latest updates, you must run the following commands. These commands fix the security vulnerabilities of application packages and kernel by updating them.
Check pending updates
Run the following command:
apt update && apt list --upgradable
Here, apt-update refreshes the list of available package updates.
Install updates
Run the following command:
apt-get upgrade -y
Here, apt-get upgrade installs the available package updates without upgrading the kernel.
List Ubuntu repository
Run the following command to list Ubuntu repositories. This must be allowed if internet access is restricted on proxy infra.
grep -rhE ^deb /etc/apt/sources.list*