A.160 upgrade

Upgrades an Oracle VM Server.

Syntax

upgrade Server instance

Where instance is:

{ id=value | name=value }

Description

This command updates or upgrades an Oracle VM Server using a server update repository. The repository used for the upgrade is set using the create ServerUpdateRepository command. This command places the Oracle VM Server into maintenance mode, checks for any updates in the server update repository, installs any updates, restarts the Oracle VM Server, then takes it out of maintenance mode and returns it to the server pool as a fully functioning member of the pool.

You can check if an Oracle VM Server has an update available using the checkUpToDate command.

Options

The following table shows the available options for this command.

Option

Description

{ id=value | name=value }

The instance of the object using either the id or name option, for example name=MyServer.

Examples

Example A.219 Upgrading an Oracle VM Server

OVM> upgrade Server name=MyServer

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