Netscaler 12 Firmware upgarde
login as: username nsroot
shell
cd /var/nsinstall
mkdir x_xnsinstall
Note: The text x_x is used to name the NetScaler version
Use the following command to uncompress the bundle
tar -zxvf ns-x.0-xx.x-doc.tgz
The following is a quick explanation of the parameters used -
x - Extract filesv - Print the file names as they are extracted one by onez - The file is a "gzipped" filef - Use the following tar archive for the operation
./installns
Note: If the appliance does not have sufficient disk space to install the new kernel files, the installation process performs an automatic cleanup of the flash drive.
Press y to restart the appliance.
Run the following command from to display the state of the NetScaler appliance:
show ha node
The output of the preceding command should indicate that the appliance is a secondary node and synchronization is disabled.
Run the following command to disable synchronization on the appliance if synchronization is not disabled:
set ha node -hasync disabled
Run the following command to perform a force failover and takeover as primary appliance:
force failover