Check System Upgrade History

Information about all component upgrades and patches is stored in upgrade jobs, which can be consulted in the Service Web UI and Service CLI. Over time, as the system goes through multiple upgrades, the large number of entries might make the list difficult to interpret. The upgrade history provides a clear way to drill down into the details of the upgrade and patching activity on your appliance.

The upgrade history presents the information from all upgrade and patch jobs in a categorized way so you can see which version upgrades have been performed, which jobs have been run for each of those upgrades, and from which source (ISO upgrade or ULN patch). Details include build versions, component versions before and after, job completion, success or failure, time stamps, and duration.

Appliance software builds are installed onto the appliance either through upgrade from ISO content or patching from ULN. Display the build history by running the following command.

PCA-ADMIN> getUpgradeHistory
Data: 
  id                                   From Build       To Build         Status       Type   Start Time            End Time              Total Upgrade Time (min)   Actual Upgrade Time (min)
  --                                   ----------       --------         ------       ----   ----------            --------              ------------------------   -------------------------
  pca-upgrade-history-3.0.2-b1300385   3.0.2-b1300130   3.0.2-b1300385   incomplete   ISO    2025-01-21T18:31:33   N/A                   N/A                        N/A   
  pca-upgrade-history-3.0.2-b1300130   3.0.2-b1261765   3.0.2-b1300130   complete     ISO    2025-01-06T05:11:24   2025-01-06T11:35:16   384                        369   
  pca-upgrade-history-3.0.2-b1261765   3.0.2-b1010555   3.0.2-b1261765   complete     ULN    2024-12-21T04:22:41   2024-12-21T12:59:35   517                        377   
  pca-upgrade-history-3.0.2-b1010555   3.0.2-b892153    3.0.2-b1010555   complete     ULN    2024-05-18T22:32:13   2024-05-19T06:01:51   449                        341   
  pca-upgrade-history-3.0.2-b892153    3.0.2-b799577    3.0.2-b892153    complete     ISO    2023-10-10T18:10:37   2023-10-11T05:17:40   667                        462   

If necessary, you can filter results by type.

PCA-ADMIN> GetUpgradeHistory type=uln
Data: 
  id                                   From Build       To Build         Status       Type   Start Time            End Time              Total Upgrade Time (min)   Actual Upgrade Time (min)
  --                                   ----------       --------         ------       ----   ----------            --------              ------------------------   -------------------------
  pca-upgrade-history-3.0.2-b1261765   3.0.2-b1010555   3.0.2-b1261765   complete     ULN    2024-12-21T04:22:41   2024-12-21T12:59:35   517                        378   
  pca-upgrade-history-3.0.2-b1010555   3.0.2-b892153    3.0.2-b1010555   complete     ULN    2024-05-18T22:32:13   2024-05-19T06:01:51   449                        341   

To display the upgrade job list related to a particular build, copy the build ID and run this command:

PCA-ADMIN> getUpgradeHistoryDetails id=pca-upgrade-history-3.0.2-b1300385
Data:
  id            Component    Timestamp             From Build                       To Build                                   Status   Job ID                            Time Taken (min)
  --            ---------    ---------             ----------                       --------                                   ------   ------                            ----------------
  generic       prepare      2025-01-21T18:31:34   3.0.2-b1300130                   3.0.2-b1300385                             Passed   1737483518274-prepare-28393       13
  generic       setup        2025-01-21T19:49:36   3.0.2-b1300130                   3.0.2-b1300385                             Passed   1737484792498-setup-42073         70
  generic       preupgrade   2025-01-21T19:49:44   3.0.2-b1300130                   3.0.2-b1300385                             Passed   N/A                               1
  generic       zfssa        2025-01-21T19:57:45   2013.06.05.8.73.1-2.73.5701.1    2013.06.05.8.73.1-2.73.5701.1              Passed   1737489464069-zfssa-1898          0
  100.96.2.64   compute      2025-01-21T19:58:21   oraclelinux-release-7.9-1.0.9    3.0.202.3.11.0.0.0.5.7ea3f4ccbf3e17fc...   Passed   1737489497566-compute-8759        52
  100.96.2.65   compute      2025-01-21T20:50:34   oraclelinux-release-7.9-1.0.9    3.0.202.3.11.0.0.0.5.7ea3f4ccbf3e17fc...   Passed   1737492632323-compute-49553       0
  100.96.2.66   compute      2025-01-21T20:51:36   oraclelinux-release-7.9-1.0.9    3.0.202.3.11.0.0.0.5.7ea3f4ccbf3e17fc...   Passed   1737492695074-compute-61798       0
  100.96.2.33   host         2025-01-21T20:52:56   oraclelinux-release-7.9-1.0.13   3.0.202.3.11.0.0.0.5.7ea3f4ccbf3e17fc...   Passed   1737492758087-host-71365          29
  100.96.2.34   host         2025-01-21T21:22:22   oraclelinux-release-7.9-1.0.13   3.0.202.3.11.0.0.0.5.7ea3f4ccbf3e17fc...   Passed   1737494531521-host-162838         29
  100.96.2.35   host         2025-01-21T21:51:45   oraclelinux-release-7.9-1.0.13   3.0.202.3.11.0.0.0.5.7ea3f4ccbf3e17fc...   Passed   1737496294531-host-396629         24
  generic       kubernetes   2025-01-21T22:15:53   1.25.16-2                        1.25.16-2                                  Passed   1737497752826-kubernetes-637866   0
  generic       platform     2025-01-21T22:16:58   3.0.2-b1300130                   3.0.2-b1300385                             Passed   1737497814071-platform-646623     43
  generic       ociImages    2025-01-21T23:00:33   3.0.2-b1300130                   3.0.2-b1300385                             Passed   1737500431705-oci-979395          18
  100.96.0.33   ilom         2025-01-21T23:19:03   5.1.4.20                         5.1.4.25                                   Passed   1737501529548-ilom-1060489        13
  100.96.0.34   ilom         2025-01-21T23:32:31   5.1.4.20                         5.1.4.25                                   Passed   1737502338638-ilom-1133349        13
  100.96.0.35   ilom         2025-01-21T23:46:10   5.1.4.20                         5.1.4.25                                   Passed   1737503158143-ilom-1197515        13
  100.96.0.64   ilom         2025-01-21T23:59:46   5.1.4.20                         5.1.4.25                                   Passed   1737503974834-ilom-1266068        13
  100.96.0.65   ilom         2025-01-22T00:13:30   5.1.4.20                         5.1.4.25                                   Passed   1737504796873-ilom-1361643        13
  100.96.0.66   ilom         2025-01-22T00:27:01   5.1.4.20                         5.1.4.25                                   Passed   1737505608602-ilom-1435802        13
  leaf          switch       2025-01-22T00:40:22   10.3.4a                          10.3.4a                                    Passed   1737506421692-cisco-1507991       0
  spine         switch       2025-01-22T00:41:23   10.3.4a                          10.3.4a                                    Passed   1737506482956-cisco-1524202       0
  mgmt          switch       2025-01-22T00:42:25   10.3.4a                          10.3.4a                                    Passed   1737506544387-cisco-1532342       0

Note:

Alternatively, you can view this information in the Service Web UI. In the navigation menu, go to the Maintenance section, and click Upgrade History. Click an upgrade workflow entry in the table to view the job details of the upgrade workflow.