Upgrade Guide with ISO and Template#

Introduction#

Before starting with this upgrade, please read the following notes related to upgrades from earlier versions of the software.

Normal operations will be interrupted during an upgrade. Perform the upgrade in a maintenance window. Refer to the type of upgrade for details on the upgrade duration.

Release 21.4 onwards - Product License Changes

From release 21.4 onwards, VOSS Automate allows for the registration and update of product licenses within the application. A licensing service is installed during installation or upgrade and a license token is associated with the platform on which it is installed.

Release 24.1 onwards - Role changes for managing Microsoft resource accounts

Starting with Automate 24.1, Microsoft requires that you use application registration (app registration) for authentication. If you wish to use basic authentication with service account credentials, please contact VOSS support for assistance. Until Microsoft implements changes to their resource account infrastructure, basic auth is required to create, update, and delete resource accounts. List (import/sync) of resource accounts is supported with app registration authentication in Automate 24.1.

If you wish to manage resource accounts in Automate, you’ll need to set up a service account with an additional role assigned, “User Administrator”, “Global Administrator”, or custom roles that include the “User Management” permission.

See the following references:

Upgrade Planning#

Unified Node and Modular Cluster Topology Preparation#

Multinode Upgrade#

Single Node Upgrade#

Upgrade Sheets#