Upgrading DataCore VASA Provider to 3.1

Upgrades must be run from the command line using the DataCore VASA Provider installer file, DataCore.Vasa.Provider.PackageInstaller.exe.

Upgrades from DataCore VASA Provider 1.0 to versions 2.x and 3.x are not supported.

Follow the procedure to upgrade the DataCore VASA Provider version:

  1. Place the latest version of the DataCore VASA Provider installer on your DataCore VASA Provider node. Open the folder with the installer and run this command:

    DataCore.Vasa.Provider.PackageInstaller.exe PASSWORD="<password>" PORT="{8443|8444}"

    • PASSWORD: Enter the password of the dcsvasa user that was specified during the installation of the DataCore VASA Provider. The installer does not validate that the new password matches the previous password. If you specify a different password, the upgrade will run, but the DataCore VASA Provider will not be able to synchronize with the other nodes until you run the upgrade on all the nodes with the new password. See Changing the dcsvasa User Password for more details.
    • PORT: If the DataCore VASA Provider 2.0x was installed with the DataCore Deployment Wizard, use 8443. If the DataCore VASA Provider 2.0x was installed as part of the DataCore vSphere Deployment Wizard or as part of the HCI-Flex Appliance, use 8444. If you are not sure how the DataCore VASA Provider was installed, you can look up the port value on the Storage providers tab of the vSphere console in the URL field. For example, if the port value looks like the following in the URL field: https://vasa-providerfqdn:8444/dcsvasa/metadata/version.xml, then the DataCore VASA Provider was installed with the DataCore Deployment Wizard.
  2. Re-register the DataCore VASA Provider with the vCenter.
    1. Go to the Storage providers tab in the vSphere console and select the provider that you upgraded.
    2. Copy and save the Provider name and URL values.
    3. Remove the DataCore VASA Provider by selecting Remove in the provider list.
    4. Select Add to re-register the provider. Use the previously saved values for provider name and URL.
      1. In the Username field, enter "dcsvasa"
      2. In the Password field, enter the password used during the upgrade.
      3. Leave the Use storage provider certificate check box empty.
  3. Check that the DataCore VASA Provider status in vCenter is online and that the DataCore VASA Provider datastores are healthy. If there are more nodes in this DataCore VASA Provider group, repeat Step 1 for the next node.