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Configuring Automatic Platform Release Installations

You can set up your own schedules for installing platform releases and maintenance releases. For example, you could set up a schedule that updates the CommServe computer along with important MediaAgents and clients, and another schedule for the remaining clients.

Note

By default, the System Created Upgrade Software schedule installs platform releases and maintenance releases on all of your clients on the second Sunday of every month at 9:00 AM.

Before You Begin

  • Review general guidelines that you must consider when a platform release is installed in your CommCell environment. For more information, see Planning Platform Release Installations.

  • Schedule the software download.

    When you set up a schedule to install the latest feature platform version of the Commvault software, you must also set up a schedule to download the software. Make sure that the software download is scheduled at an earlier time than the installation schedule.

    For more information, see Downloading Software Using the CommCell Console.

Procedure

  1. From the CommCell Console ribbon, on the Tools tab, click Add/Remove Software > Upgrade Software.

    If you want to install the platform release on a CommServe computer configured in a cluster environment, right-click the CommServe node and then click All Tasks > Add/Remove Software > Upgrade Software.

  2. In the Upgrade Software dialog box, select the client computers that you want to update:

    • If you want to update specific clients, expand Client Computers and then select the clients to be updated.

      For example, if you want to update the CommServe computer, select the check box for the CommServe computer.

    • If you want to update all clients, select the Client Computers check box. Note that the CommServe computer and all MediaAgents are also selected.

    • If you want to update clients that are part of a client group, expand Client Computer Groups and then select the client group to be updated.

      For example, if you want to update all MediaAgents, select the Media Agents check box.

  3. Determine whether you need to select some of the installation options provided in the dialog box. For information about the options, see Install Update Options (General).

  4. On the Job Initiation tab, click Schedule and then click Configure.

  5. In the Schedule Details dialog box, complete the following steps:

    1. In the Schedule Name box, enter a name for the schedule (for example, Automatic Updates).

    2. On the left pane of the dialog box, click Monthly, and then configure your schedule details. For example, if you want to run the installation every 4 months on the 20th day at 8:00PM, do the following:

      • In the Start Time box, enter 8:00PM.

      • In the On Day box, enter 20.

      • In the Every n Months box, under the Repeat area, enter 4.

    3. Click OK to close the Schedule Details dialog box.

  6. In the Update Software dialog box, click OK.

    The platform release installation will run at the time that you scheduled.

Results

If you selected the options to install Windows OS updates and MS SQL Server updates when you install Commvault platform release or maintenance release updates, then these updates are installed on the select clients. To see the updates that are installed, see "Results" in Installing the Platform Release Remotely Using the CommCell Console.

What to Do Next

  • If you installed the platform release on a clustered CommServe computer and the installation failed on some of the passive nodes, perform the following steps to retry the installation on the passive nodes:

    1. Configure the CommServe cache directory as a network share and create a shortcut to the directory on each passive node. This step is called mapping a network folder.

    2. For each passive node that failed, complete the following steps:

      1. Log on to the passive node and go to CommServe_Cache_Directory\CVMedia\11.0.0\Windows.

      2. Run Setup.exe to install the feature release.

        Note

        The passive nodes will reflect the new platform release version when the next failover operation occurs.

  • If you are a user with administrative rights in the CommCell environment, then you can generate a report that summarizes all the installation jobs that ran in the CommCell Console.

    • From the CommCell Console ribbon, click the Reports tab and then click Summary.

    • In the Report Selection dialog box, on the General tab, click Administrative Jobs > Install/Upgrade/Remove/Repair Software, and then click Run.

      For more information on the report, see Administrative Job Summary Report.

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