Cisco Cisco UCS Director 5.5 Installation Guide

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Upgrading Cisco UCS Director to release 5.5(x.x) from versions prior to Release 5.4 is not supported.
Important
Upgrade Paths from Release 5.5(x.x) Platform
From Release 5.5 to Release 5.5(0.1)
Upgrade Paths from Release 5.4(x.x) Platform
• From Release 5.4 to Release 5.5(0.1)
• From Release 5.4(0.1) to Release 5.5(0.1)
• From Release 5.4(0.2) to Release 5.5(0.1)
• From Release 5.4(0.3) to Release 5.5(0.1)
• From Release 5.4(0.4) to Release 5.5(0.1)
Upgrading a Single Node Setup to Release 5.5
Follow this procedure to upgrade from Cisco UCS Director, Release 5.4. If you need to upgrade from an
earlier release, you must first upgrade to Release 5.4. For more information, see the Cisco UCS Director
Upgrade Guide, Release 5.4 
available at:
Before You Begin
• Download the Cisco UCS Director, Release 5.5 patch from
• Place the software in the FTP or HTTP server that you plan to use to install the upgrade.
• If NFS mount is used for application storage, disable it before you apply a patch. If you do not, the
upgrade will fail.
We recommend that you take a snapshot of the VM before you begin the upgrade. If you do this, you do
not need to back up the existing configuration database through an FTP server.
Note
Step 1
Start your current version of Cisco UCS Director (Release 5.4).
Step 2
In the ShellAdmin, choose Stop services to stop all services.
Step 3
To verify that all services are stopped, choose Display services status.
Step 4
(Optional) If desired, you can choose Backup database to back up the Cisco UCS Director database.
You do not need to back up the database if you took a snapshot of the VM before you started.
Step 5
To upgrade Cisco UCS Director to Release 5.5, choose Apply patch.
Step 6
When prompted, enter the location of the Release 5.5 patch.
   Cisco UCS Director Upgrade Guide, Release 5.5
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Overview of the Upgrade to Cisco UCS Director, Release 5.5
Upgrading a Single Node Setup to Release 5.5