How to upgrade from Spectrum 22.2.6 to 24.3.8.

[MARUBUN SUPPORT]

HI Spectrum engineers.

I need your help.

Environment:
OS : Redhat Linux 7.2
Spectrum 22.2.6

Question:
My customer is planing the upgrading of Spectrum.
They recognize that it is possible to upgrade directly from 22.2.6 to 24.3.8.
Since 24.3.8 does not support RHEL7x, they are considering measures including upgrading the OS.
The steps are as follows.
1: Upgrade OS from RedHat Linux 7.2 to RedHat Linux 8.x
2: Upgrade Spectrum from Spectrum 22.2.6 to Spectrum 24.3.8
3: Upgrade OS from RedHat Linux 8.x to RedHat Linux 9.x

If they need to pay attention, please let me know.

Best regrads,
Marubun

[Sanyasirao Chillarige]

Hi Marubun,

As 22.x supports linux 8.x

https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/ca-enterprise-software/it-operations-management/spectrum/22-2/installing-and-upgrading/fresh-install/system-requirements-for-installing-ca-spectrum/spectroserver-and-oneclick-requirements/system-requirements-for-linux.html


Linux System Requirements
The following table summarizes DX NetOps Spectrum support for Linux
operating systems:
System Requirement/ DX NetOps Spectrum Component OneClick Client OneCLICK
SERVER SpectroSERVER
Operating System (OS)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.x (64-bit)
RHEL 7.x (64-bit)
X-based desktop environment (such as KDE or GNOME)
RHEL 8.x (64-bit)
RHEL 7.x (64-bit)
RHEL 8.x (64-bit)
RHEL 7.x (64-bit)

Your approach should be good.

Always take necessary backups and ensure that you stop the services

Regards
Sunny

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[MARUBUN SUPPORT]

Hi Sunny-san,

Thank you for your reply.

My customer will upgrade according to the steps which I provided.

Thanks,

Marubun

[Jochen Freitag]

Hi Marubun-san,

Please have in mind that the Linux Red Hat 9 requirements differ a bit in the libraries needed, compared to Linux Red Hat 8.

Make sure to check the "Required Packages in Spectrum 24.3.x" and also the note above, especially the perl package.
I also had issues installing the "coredumpctl" package, but I guess that can be installed at any point later on, if need to be.

There is also the following Knowledge Base article needed to download a requirement, if missing:
Spectrum 24.3 required package ncurses-compat-libs is not available on RHEL9 

Wish you success with your upgrade.

Regards,
Jochen