| Implementing vRNI 6.6 Patch 2 via vRSLCM 8.x | Deepdive |
Updated: Mar 9
Goal
Implement vRNI 6.6 Patch 2 and understand it's specifics. This is a standard install of vRNI , not a vRNI cluster
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Procedure
Deployed a vRNI 6.6 environment
Downloaded patch vRNI 6.6 P2 which would be applied
Before going ahead and implementing the patch, wanted to take a snapshot
selected option to shutdown and then take snapshot
precheck is successful 
Now that snapshot request is complete , we shall now get into the patch implementation phase
Ensure there is an inventory sync performed before installing the patch. Recommended step.
Select the product , click on the three dots which would give you the day-2 actions pane. Click on Install Patch
This retrieves available patches for the product. Remember I've already downloaded vRNI 6.6 P2 and kept it ready . Select the patch and click on next
When we click on next , there's an option to "INSTALL"
Patch installation progresses
Following tasks are performed during an patch installation
Stage 1
1. Start
2. vRNI Upload Upgrade Bundle
3. vRNI Upgrade Bundle Status
4. Upgrade Precheck
5. Upgrade Precheck Status
6. VRNI Online Upgrade
7. Check Upgrade Status
8. vRealize Network Insight Watermark Configuration
9. Product Upgrade Patch Schedule Notification
10. Modify Notification Scheduler
11. Final
Stage 2
1. Start
2. Product Patch Inventory Update
3. Final
We do see that the patch implementation completed in approx 20 minutes
Now , If i browse to patch history under product day-2 actions pane. I do see this implemented
Let's deep dive a bit to understand what really happens in the background
1. Request id is generated
2022-11-23 02:20:33.205 INFO [http-nio-8080-exec-3] c.v.v.l.l.u.RequestSubmissionUtil - -- Generic Request Response : {
"requestId" : "c1faa281-96e1-4296-b2b0-fdf469a4f24b"
}
2. ProductPatchPlanner is initiated
2022-11-23 02:20:33.560 INFO [scheduling-1] c.v.v.l.r.c.p.ProductPatchPlanner - -- Patch url :: https://lcm.cap.org/repo/productPatchRepo/patches/vrni/6.6.0/VMware-vRNI.6.6.0.P2.1651837449.patch.bundle
2022-11-23 02:20:33.560 INFO [scheduling-1] c.v.v.l.r.c.p.ProductPatchPlanner - -- Patch version selected for application : 6.6.0.P2.1651837449
2022-11-23 02:20:33.561 INFO [scheduling-1] c.v.v.l.r.c.p.ProductPatchPlanner - -- Patch Product Spec :: {
"vmid" : "ebc901f5-68b8-483b-a3ae-aa55151baab0",
"tenant" : "default",
"originalRequest" : null,
"enhancedRequest" : null,
"symbolicName" : null,
"acceptEula" : false,
"variables" : { },
"products" : [ {
"symbolicName" : "upgradevrni",
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*
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"productId" : "vrni"
}
},
"priority" : 3
} ]
} ]
}
3. Request is created and is set to be processed
2022-11-23 02:20:33.674 INFO [scheduling-1] c.v.v.l.r.c.RequestProcessor - -- Processing request with ID : c1faa281-96e1-4296-b2b0-fdf469a4f24b with request type PRODUCT_PATCH_INSTALL with request state INPROGRESS
4. Tasks start
#### VRNI Upload Upgrade Bundle task ####
2022-11-23 02:20:34.536 INFO [scheduling-1] c.v.v.l.a.c.FlowProcessor - -- Processing the Engine Request to create the machine with ID => upgradevrni and the priority is => 0
2022-11-23 02:20:34.576 INFO [scheduling-1] c.v.v.l.a.c.FlowProcessor - -- Injected OnStart Edge for the Machine ID :: upgradevrni
2022-11-23 02:20:34.778 INFO [pool-3-thread-29] c.v.v.l.p.c.v.t.u.VRNIUploadUpgradeBundleTask - -- Starting :: VRNI Upload Upgrade Bundle task.
2022-11-23 02:20:41.430 INFO [pool-3-thread-29] c.v.v.l.c.c.ContentDownloadController - -- CONTENT_PATH :: /patches/vrni/6.6.0/VMware-vRNI.6.6.0.P2.1651837449.patch.bundle
2022-11-23 02:20:41.430 INFO [pool-3-thread-29] c.v.v.l.c.c.ContentDownloadController - -- URL :: /productPatchRepo/patches/vrni/6.6.0/VMware-vRNI.6.6.0.P2.1651837449.patch.bundle
2022-11-23 02:20:41.430 INFO [pool-3-thread-29] c.v.v.l.c.c.ContentDownloadController - -- Decoded URL :: /productPatchRepo/patches/vrni/6.6.0/VMware-vRNI.6.6.0.P2.1651837449.patch.bundle
2022-11-23 02:20:41.433 INFO [pool-3-thread-29] c.v.v.l.c.c.ContentDownloadController - -- ContentDTO{BaseDTO{vmid='886ffa3e-86f4-4427-a7e2-ae5efde0be06', version=8.1.0.0} -> repoName='productPatchRepo', contentState='PUBLISHED', url='/productPatchRepo/patches/vrni/6.6.0/VMware-vRNI.6.6.0.P2.1651837449.patch.bundle'}
2022-11-23 02:21:08.098 INFO [pool-3-thread-29] c.v.v.l.p.c.v.t.u.VRNIUploadUpgradeBundleTask - -- VRNI Upload Upgrade Bundle Rest call status code:200 output message :OK output:{"status":true,"statusCode":{"code":0,"codeStr":"OK"},"message":"Bundle upload in progress","data":null}
2022-11-23 02:21:08.119 INFO [pool-3-thread-29] c.v.v.l.p.c.v.t.u.VRNIUploadUpgradeBundleTask - -- Completed :: VRNI Upload Upgrade Bundle task. Injecting status check of upgrade bundle.
2022-11-23 02:21:08.119 INFO [pool-3-thread-29] c.v.v.l.p.a.s.Task - -- Injecting Edge :: OnVRNIProcessUpgradeBundleInitiated
#### VRNI Upgrade Bundle Status task ####
2022-11-23 02:21:09.034 INFO [pool-3-thread-25] c.v.v.l.p.c.v.t.u.VRNIUpgradeBundleStatusTask - -- Starting :: VRNI Upgrade Bundle Status task.
2022-11-23 02:21:14.478 INFO [pool-3-thread-25] c.v.v.l.p.c.v.t.u.VRNIUpgradeBundleStatusTask - -- VRNI Upgrade Bundle Status Rest call status code:200 output message :OK output:{"status":false,"statusCode":{"code":37,"codeStr":"IN_PROGRESS"},"message":"Bundle upload in progress","data":null}
2022-11-23 02:24:20.024 INFO [pool-3-thread-25] c.v.v.l.p.c.v.t.u.VRNIUpgradeBundleStatusTask - -- VRNI Upgrade Bundle Status Rest call status code:200 output message :OK output:{"status":true,"statusCode":{"code"
:0,"codeStr":"OK"},"message":"Update bundle uploaded successfully","data":{"version":{"number":"1651837449","name":"6.6.0","createdTs":1651837449000,"offline":true},"readMe":{"sections":[{"name":"Release Version","b
ody":["VMware-vRNI.6.6.0.P2"],"type":"string"},{"name":"KB Article","body":[""],"type":"link"},{"name":"Release Note","body":[""],"type":"link"},{"name":"Release Items","body":["Defect fixes."],"type":"list"},{"name":"Release Date","body":["1651837449"],"type":"string"}]}}}
2022-11-23 02:24:20.038 INFO [pool-3-thread-25] c.v.v.l.p.c.v.t.u.VRNIUpgradeBundleStatusTask - -- Completed :: VRNI Upgrade Bundle Status task.
#### VRNI Upgrade Precheck task ####
2022-11-23 02:24:20.039 INFO [pool-3-thread-25] c.v.v.l.p.a.s.Task - -- Injecting Edge :: OnVRNIUpgradePreCheckInitialized
2022-11-23 02:24:20.419 INFO [scheduling-1] c.v.v.l.a.c.EventProcessor - -- State to find :: com.vmware.vrealize.lcm.plugin.core.vrni.task.upgrade.UpgradePrecheckTask
2022-11-23 02:24:20.424 INFO [scheduling-1] c.v.v.l.a.c.EventProcessor - -- Invoking Task :: com.vmware.vrealize.lcm.plugin.core.vrni.task.upgrade.UpgradePrecheckTask
2022-11-23 02:24:20.458 INFO [pool-3-thread-47] c.v.v.l.p.c.v.t.u.UpgradePrecheckTask - -- Starting :: VRNI Upgrade Precheck task.
2022-11-23 02:24:25.955 INFO [pool-3-thread-47] c.v.v.l.p.c.v.t.u.UpgradePrecheckTask - -- VRNI Upgrade pre-check Rest call status code:200 output message :OK output:{"status":true,"statusCode":{"code":0,"codeStr":"OK"},"message":"OK","data":"633e4ed1-612d-4eff-9c03-6919a39a45f5"}
2022-11-23 02:24:25.988 INFO [pool-3-thread-47] c.v.v.l.p.c.v.t.u.UpgradePrecheckTask - -- Upgrade pre-check request processed successfully
2022-11-23 02:24:26.000 INFO [pool-3-thread-47] c.v.v.l.p.a.s.Task - -- Injecting Edge :: OnVRNIUpgradePreCheckStatusInitialized
2022-11-23 02:24:26.327 INFO [pool-3-thread-36] c.v.v.l.p.c.v.t.u.UpgradePrecheckStatusTask - -- Starting :: VRNI Upgrade Precheck Status task.
2022-11-23 02:24:31.697 INFO [pool-3-thread-36] c.v.v.l.p.c.v.t.u.UpgradePrecheckStatusTask - -- vRNI Upgrade Precheck Status URI :: /api/management/upgrade/pre-checks/633e4ed1-612d-4eff-9c03-6919a39a45f5
2022-11-23 02:24:31.774 INFO [pool-3-thread-36] c.v.v.l.p.c.v.t.u.UpgradePrecheckStatusTask - -- VRNI Upgrade pre-check Rest call status code:200 output message :OK output:{"status":true,"statusCode":{"code":0,"codeStr":"OK"},"message":"OK","data":{"messages":[{"msg":"Customer table check","type":"INFO","status":"PASS","id":"ActiveCustomersCardinalityCheckTask","title":"Customer Table Check","consentMsg":null},{"msg":"HDFS Journal Nodes sync check","type":"INFO","status":"PASS","id":"JournalNodeSyncCheckTask","title":"HDFS Journal Node","consentMsg":null},{"msg":"HBASE and HDFS health check is in progress..","type":"INFO","status":"IN_PROGRESS","id":"HBaseHdfsHealthCheckTask","title":"HBase and HDFS Health Check","consentMsg":null},{"msg":"Disk check","type":"INFO","status":"PASS","id":"DiskCheckTask","title":"Disk Check","consentMsg":null},{"msg":"Version check","type":"INFO","status":"PASS","id":"VersionCheckTask","title":"Version Check","consentMsg":null},{"msg":"NTP is in sync","type":"INFO","status":"PASS","id":"NtpSyncCheckTask","title":"NTP Sync Check","consentMsg":null},{"msg":"Bundle verification","type":"INFO","status":"PASS","id":"BundleVerificationTask","title":"Bundle Verification","consentMsg":null}],"lastUpdateTs":1669170269132}}
2022-11-23 02:24:31.780 INFO [pool-3-thread-36] c.v.v.l.p.c.v.t.u.UpgradePrecheckStatusTask - -- Upgrade Pre-check message : Customer table check
2022-11-23 02:24:31.781 INFO [pool-3-thread-36] c.v.v.l.p.c.v.t.u.UpgradePrecheckStatusTask - -- ActiveCustomersCardinalityCheckTask pre-check status : PASS
2022-11-23 02:24:31.781 INFO [pool-3-thread-36] c.v.v.l.p.c.v.t.u.UpgradePrecheckStatusTask - -- Passed YXYXYXYX count 1
2022-11-23 02:24:31.781 INFO [pool-3-thread-36] c.v.v.l.p.c.v.t.u.UpgradePrecheckStatusTask - -- Upgrade Pre-check message : HDFS Journal Nodes sync check
2022-11-23 02:24:31.781 INFO [pool-3-thread-36] c.v.v.l.p.c.v.t.u.UpgradePrecheckStatusTask - -- JournalNodeSyncCheckTask pre-check status : PASS
2022-11-23 02:24:31.781 INFO [pool-3-thread-36] c.v.v.l.p.c.v.t.u.UpgradePrecheckStatusTask - -- Passed YXYXYXYX count 2
2022-11-23 02:24:31.781 INFO [pool-3-thread-36] c.v.v.l.p.c.v.t.u.UpgradePrecheckStatusTask - -- Upgrade Pre-check message : HBASE and HDFS health check is in progress..
2022-11-23 02:24:31.781 INFO [pool-3-thread-36] c.v.v.l.p.c.v.t.u.UpgradePrecheckStatusTask - -- HBaseHdfsHealthCheckTask pre-check status : IN_PROGRESS
2022-11-23 02:24:31.781 INFO [pool-3-thread-36] c.v.v.l.p.c.v.t.u.UpgradePrecheckStatusTask - -- Upgrade Pre-check message : Disk check
2022-11-23 02:24:31.781 INFO [pool-3-thread-36] c.v.v.l.p.c.v.t.u.UpgradePrecheckStatusTask - -- DiskCheckTask pre-check status : PASS
2022-11-23 02:24:31.781 INFO [pool-3-thread-36] c.v.v.l.p.c.v.t.u.UpgradePrecheckStatusTask - -- Passed YXYXYXYX count 3
2022-11-23 02:24:31.781 INFO [pool-3-thread-36] c.v.v.l.p.c.v.t.u.UpgradePrecheckStatusTask - -- Upgrade Pre-check message : Version check
2022-11-23 02:24:31.781 INFO [pool-3-thread-36] c.v.v.l.p.c.v.t.u.UpgradePrecheckStatusTask - -- VersionCheckTask pre-check status : PASS
2022-11-23 02:24:31.781 INFO [pool-3-thread-36] c.v.v.l.p.c.v.t.u.UpgradePrecheckStatusTask - -- Passed YXYXYXYX count 4
2022-11-23 02:24:31.782 INFO [pool-3-thread-36] c.v.v.l.p.c.v.t.u.UpgradePrecheckStatusTask - -- Upgrade Pre-check message : NTP is in sync
2022-11-23 02:24:31.782 INFO [pool-3-thread-36] c.v.v.l.p.c.v.t.u.UpgradePrecheckStatusTask - -- NtpSyncCheckTask pre-check status : PASS
2022-11-23 02:24:31.782 INFO [pool-3-thread-36] c.v.v.l.p.c.v.t.u.UpgradePrecheckStatusTask - -- Passed YXYXYXYX count 5
2022-11-23 02:24:31.782 INFO [pool-3-thread-36] c.v.v.l.p.c.v.t.u.UpgradePrecheckStatusTask - -- Upgrade Pre-check message : Bundle verification
2022-11-23 02:24:31.782 INFO [pool-3-thread-36] c.v.v.l.p.c.v.t.u.UpgradePrecheckStatusTask - -- BundleVerificationTask pre-check status : PASS
2022-11-23 02:24:31.782 INFO [pool-3-thread-36] c.v.v.l.p.c.v.t.u.UpgradePrecheckStatusTask - -- Passed YXYXYXYX count 6
2022-11-23 02:30:37.201 INFO [pool-3-thread-36] c.v.v.l.p.c.v.t.u.UpgradePrecheckStatusTask - -- vRNI Upgrade Precheck Status URI :: /api/management/upgrade/pre-checks/633e4ed1-612d-4eff-9c03-6919a39a45f5
2022-11-23 02:30:37.250 INFO [pool-3-thread-36] c.v.v.l.p.c.v.t.u.UpgradePrecheckStatusTask - -- VRNI Upgrade pre-check Rest call status code:200 output message :OK output:{"status":true,"statusCode":{"code":0,"codeStr":"OK"},"message":"OK","data":{"messages":[{"msg":"Customer table check","type":"INFO","status":"PASS","id":"ActiveCustomersCardinalityCheckTask","title":"Customer Table Check","consentMsg":null},{"msg":"HDFS Journal Nodes sync check","type":"INFO","status":"PASS","id":"JournalNodeSyncCheckTask","title":"HDFS Journal Node","consentMsg":null},{"msg":"HBase and HDFS are healthy","type":"INFO","status":&q