NUTANIX FOUNDATION PLATFORMS
The Foundation Platforms submodule allows you to enable components such as newly qualified ISOs of the hypervisors, supported drives(Boot, SDD, NVMe, HDD), and hardware platforms(HX, NX, XC), without the latest foundation version.
This submodule is much smaller in size and released more frequently than the entire installer.
The other parts of the installer will remain unchanged, while this submodule is updated.
If your choice of foundation platforms is not compatible with the current version of the entire installer, you will see an error message rejecting your update request.
This submodule bundles consists of the following components:
| Sr.No | Submodule | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | foundation-bmc | Package of tools that connect to IPMIs |
| 2 | foundation-layout | List of hardware platforms qualified by Nutanix |
| 3 | hcl.json | List of SSDs qualified by Nutanix |
| 4 | iso_whitelist.json | List of hypervisors qualified by Nutanix |
1.Upgradation of foundation platform on Portable and Foundation VM using GUI.
- Open the foundation GUI by typing IP address of the Foundation VM ex. http”//ip 8000/gui/index.html
- Click on Foundation Version at the bottom center of the screen, You can see the current version is 4.5.4.2
On Portable foundation will show you following warning.
Portable Foundation doesn’t yet support updating from the GUI. To update, please manually download the new version from portal.nutanix.com. However, it does support the “Update Platforms Submodule Only” feature below.
3. Click Update Platforms Submodule
If you have the internet connectivity in your laptop or in foundation VM. A window displays the latest Foundation and Foundation Platforms submodule versions.Download and upgrade the version.foundation service restart is required for same.
4. offline upgrade
- Under the Available Updates option, select a submodule version.
- Upload the latest foundation platform which is available from this link https://portal.nutanix.com/page/downloads?product=foundationplatform
Once the upgrade is complete you can see
Platform submodule was successfully updated, but you need to manually restart portable foundation
2 Upgrading Foundation Platforms on CVM Foundation (CLI Method)
- Take the SSH of any CVM
- Go to the directory /home/nutanix/
- if internet connectivity to the cluster is available enter the below command
nutanix@nutanix@NTNX-182T7-A-CVM:172.X.X.X:~$ ./foundation/bin/component_manager updates
If an update is available
nutanix@nutanix@NTNX-182T7-A-CVM:172.X.X.X:~$./foundation/bin/component_manager updates re-exec with python2.7 Component: foundation-platforms Available versions: 1.10
4. Stop the Foundation service.
nutanix@nutanix@NTNX-182T7-A-CVM:172.X.X.X:~$ genesis status -- to check foundation service is in running mode nutanix@nutanix@NTNX-182T7-A-CVM:172.X.X.X:~$genesis stop foundation
5. Enter the following command to start the upgrade
nutanix@nutanix@NTNX-182T7-A-CVM:172.X.X.X:~$/foundation/bin/component_manager install -n \ "foundation-platforms" -v "package-version"
6. Once the upgradation is complete following output will display
re-exec with python2.7 Downloading 'foundation-platforms-package-version' Completed downloading, starting installation foundation-platforms installed successfully
7. Restart the genesis or foundation service.
nutanix@nutanix@NTNX-182T7-A-CVM:172.X.X.X:~$ genesis restart
3. Upgrading Foundation Platforms on Foundation VM (CLI Method)
- Take the SSH of any CVM
- Go to the directory /home/nutanix/
- if internet connectivity to the cluster is available enter the below command
nutanix@nutanix@NTNX-182T7-A-CVM:172.X.X.X:~$ ./foundation/bin/component_manager updates
If an update is available
nutanix@nutanix@NTNX-182T7-A-CVM:172.X.X.X:~$./foundation/bin/component_manager updates re-exec with python2.7
Component: foundation-platforms
Available versions: 1.10
4.Stop the Foundation service.
nutanix@nutanix@NTNX-182T7-A-CVM:172.X.X.X:~$./foundation/bin/foundation_service stop
5. Enter the following command to start the upgrade
nutanix@nutanix@NTNX-182T7-A-CVM:172.X.X.X:~$/foundation/bin/component_manager install -n \ "foundation-platforms" -v "package-version"
6. Once the upgradation is complete following output will display
re-exec with python2.7
Downloading 'foundation-platforms-package-version'
Completed downloading, starting installation
foundation-platforms installed successfully
7.Restart the genesis or foundation service.
nutanix@nutanix@NTNX-182T7-A-CVM:172.X.X.X:~$./foundation/bin/foundation_service start
See also :- Hyper-V to Nutanix AHV Using Nutanix Move