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It looks like NetEdit 2.9 requires a new install. I don't see a way to backup the configuration. The 2.8 docs say, "The upgrade of the NetEdit application will make a backup copy of the current /opt/netedit/config/application.properties file to /opt/netedit/config/application.properties.bak. If changes have been made to the current application.properties file before upgrading, then manual transfer of the modified properties may be required." 

Do I backup that file and copy it to the new server to keep the config or am I missing something in the Release Notes and Installation Guide?

Thanks

Robert

It looks like NetEdit 2.9 requires a new install. I don't see a way to backup the configuration. The 2.8 docs say, "The upgrade of the NetEdit application will make a backup copy of the current /opt/netedit/config/application.properties file to /opt/netedit/config/application.properties.bak. If changes have been made to the current application.properties file before upgrading, then manual transfer of the modified properties may be required." 

Do I backup that file and copy it to the new server to keep the config or am I missing something in the Release Notes and Installation Guide?

Thanks

Robert

Thanks for the quick response. Typically, I take a snapshot, install the update file, and it works.  The update isn't working. It just returns to the logon screen. I suspect it has to do with the Debian version. I found this in the docs. If this is the case, it sounds like one would backup the config, install via the OVA, and then restore the config.

Upgrading to NetEdit 2.9.0 requires Debian 10. To continue to receive fixes and security updates for NetEdit's PostgreSQL database, beginning with NetEdit 2.9.0, new OVAs installations and upgrades will use PostgreSQL version 12. The PostgreSQL version of 12 requires Debian 10 (buster) to be installed on the NetEdit OVA. Customers must upgrade to Debian 10 (Buster) to upgrade to NetEdit 2.9.0. Not upgrading the Debian OS on the NetEdit OVA to Debian 10 will cause NetEdit 2.9.0 upgrades to fail. Instructions for upgrading NetEdit OVA operating system Debian 9 (Stretch) to Debian 10 (buster) can be found in the NetEdit Installation Guide. Simply upgrading the NetEdit app to 2.4.0 will not upgrade the base operating system of the OVA. The instructions in the NetEdit Installation Guide must be followed to fully upgrade the base operating system to supported Debian version.

It looks like NetEdit 2.9 requires a new install. I don't see a way to backup the configuration. The 2.8 docs say, "The upgrade of the NetEdit application will make a backup copy of the current /opt/netedit/config/application.properties file to /opt/netedit/config/application.properties.bak. If changes have been made to the current application.properties file before upgrading, then manual transfer of the modified properties may be required." 

Do I backup that file and copy it to the new server to keep the config or am I missing something in the Release Notes and Installation Guide?

Thanks

Robert

It looks like it is running Debian 9.13
uname -a
Linux netedit 4.9.0-16-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.272-2 (2021-07-19) x86_64 GNU/Linux
neadmin@netedit:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:    Debian
Description:    Debian GNU/Linux 9.13 (stretch)
Release:    9.13
Codename:    stretch

Original Message:
Sent: Dec 06, 2023 03:34 PM
From: ROBERT WILSON_13
Subject: NetEdit 2.8 to 2.9 Upgrade Config Backup

Thanks for the quick response. Typically, I take a snapshot, install the update file, and it works.  The update isn't working. It just returns to the logon screen. I suspect it has to do with the Debian version. I found this in the docs. If this is the case, it sounds like one would backup the config, install via the OVA, and then restore the config.

Upgrading to NetEdit 2.9.0 requires Debian 10. To continue to receive fixes and security updates for NetEdit's PostgreSQL database, beginning with NetEdit 2.9.0, new OVAs installations and upgrades will use PostgreSQL version 12. The PostgreSQL version of 12 requires Debian 10 (buster) to be installed on the NetEdit OVA. Customers must upgrade to Debian 10 (Buster) to upgrade to NetEdit 2.9.0. Not upgrading the Debian OS on the NetEdit OVA to Debian 10 will cause NetEdit 2.9.0 upgrades to fail. Instructions for upgrading NetEdit OVA operating system Debian 9 (Stretch) to Debian 10 (buster) can be found in the NetEdit Installation Guide. Simply upgrading the NetEdit app to 2.4.0 will not upgrade the base operating system of the OVA. The instructions in the NetEdit Installation Guide must be followed to fully upgrade the base operating system to supported Debian version.

Original Message:
Sent: Dec 06, 2023 03:00 PM
From: parnassus
Subject: NetEdit 2.8 to 2.9 Upgrade Config Backup

Original Message:
Sent: 12/6/2023 2:10:00 PM
From: ROBERT WILSON_13
Subject: NetEdit 2.8 to 2.9 Upgrade Config Backup

It looks like NetEdit 2.9 requires a new install. I don't see a way to backup the configuration. The 2.8 docs say, "The upgrade of the NetEdit application will make a backup copy of the current /opt/netedit/config/application.properties file to /opt/netedit/config/application.properties.bak. If changes have been made to the current application.properties file before upgrading, then manual transfer of the modified properties may be required." 

Do I backup that file and copy it to the new server to keep the config or am I missing something in the Release Notes and Installation Guide?

Thanks

Robert

Hi! I believe I understood why I wasn't hit by your issue:

"With the release of NetEdit 2.4.0, new NetEdit OVA installations have Debian 10 (Buster) as the base operating system. NetEdit versions released prior to version 2.4.0 use Debian 9 (Stretch) as the base operating system. Debian long term support for Debian 9 will end on June 2022. Aruba recommends upgrading older NetEdit installations to to Debian 10 to continue to receive security updates."

My Aruba NetEdit was reinstalled from scratch with the Aruba NetEdit 2.8.0 OVA so it's a native Debian 10 (which was introduced with new installs starting with the OVA of Aruba NetEdit 2.4.0, see the note above):

neadmin@netedit:~$ uname -a
Linux netedit.datafarm.local 4.19.0-24-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.282-1 (2023-04-29) x86_64 GNU/Linux

neadmin@netedit:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID :    Debian
Description    :    Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)
Release        :    10
Codename       :    buster

neadmin@netedit:~$ cat /etc/os-release
PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)"
NAME="Debian GNU/Linux"
VERSION_ID="10"
VERSION="10 (buster)"
VERSION_CODENAME=buster
ID=debian
HOME_URL="https://www.debian.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://www.debian.org/support"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.debian.org/"

and this explains why the update from 2.8.0 to 2.9.0 was flawless.

Given the above I would suggest you to backup configuration and create a new NetEdit system (starting with the latest Aruba NetEdit 2.9.0 OVA) into which you can test the backup configuration restore. 

Original Message:
Sent: Dec 06, 2023 03:43 PM
From: ROBERT WILSON_13
Subject: NetEdit 2.8 to 2.9 Upgrade Config Backup

It looks like it is running Debian 9.13
uname -a
Linux netedit 4.9.0-16-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.272-2 (2021-07-19) x86_64 GNU/Linux
neadmin@netedit:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:    Debian
Description:    Debian GNU/Linux 9.13 (stretch)
Release:    9.13
Codename:    stretch

Original Message:
Sent: Dec 06, 2023 03:34 PM
From: ROBERT WILSON_13
Subject: NetEdit 2.8 to 2.9 Upgrade Config Backup

Thanks for the quick response. Typically, I take a snapshot, install the update file, and it works.  The update isn't working. It just returns to the logon screen. I suspect it has to do with the Debian version. I found this in the docs. If this is the case, it sounds like one would backup the config, install via the OVA, and then restore the config.

Upgrading to NetEdit 2.9.0 requires Debian 10. To continue to receive fixes and security updates for NetEdit's PostgreSQL database, beginning with NetEdit 2.9.0, new OVAs installations and upgrades will use PostgreSQL version 12. The PostgreSQL version of 12 requires Debian 10 (buster) to be installed on the NetEdit OVA. Customers must upgrade to Debian 10 (Buster) to upgrade to NetEdit 2.9.0. Not upgrading the Debian OS on the NetEdit OVA to Debian 10 will cause NetEdit 2.9.0 upgrades to fail. Instructions for upgrading NetEdit OVA operating system Debian 9 (Stretch) to Debian 10 (buster) can be found in the NetEdit Installation Guide. Simply upgrading the NetEdit app to 2.4.0 will not upgrade the base operating system of the OVA. The instructions in the NetEdit Installation Guide must be followed to fully upgrade the base operating system to supported Debian version.

Original Message:
Sent: Dec 06, 2023 03:00 PM
From: parnassus
Subject: NetEdit 2.8 to 2.9 Upgrade Config Backup

Original Message:
Sent: 12/6/2023 2:10:00 PM
From: ROBERT WILSON_13
Subject: NetEdit 2.8 to 2.9 Upgrade Config Backup

It looks like NetEdit 2.9 requires a new install. I don't see a way to backup the configuration. The 2.8 docs say, "The upgrade of the NetEdit application will make a backup copy of the current /opt/netedit/config/application.properties file to /opt/netedit/config/application.properties.bak. If changes have been made to the current application.properties file before upgrading, then manual transfer of the modified properties may be required." 

Do I backup that file and copy it to the new server to keep the config or am I missing something in the Release Notes and Installation Guide?

Thanks

Robert

Hi! I believe I understood why I wasn't hit by your issue:

"With the release of NetEdit 2.4.0, new NetEdit OVA installations have Debian 10 (Buster) as the base operating system. NetEdit versions released prior to version 2.4.0 use Debian 9 (Stretch) as the base operating system. Debian long term support for Debian 9 will end on June 2022. Aruba recommends upgrading older NetEdit installations to to Debian 10 to continue to receive security updates."

My Aruba NetEdit was reinstalled from scratch with the Aruba NetEdit 2.8.0 OVA so it's a native Debian 10 (which was introduced with new installs starting with the OVA of Aruba NetEdit 2.4.0, see the note above):

neadmin@netedit:~$ uname -a
Linux netedit.datafarm.local 4.19.0-24-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.282-1 (2023-04-29) x86_64 GNU/Linux

neadmin@netedit:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID :    Debian
Description    :    Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)
Release        :    10
Codename       :    buster

neadmin@netedit:~$ cat /etc/os-release
PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)"
NAME="Debian GNU/Linux"
VERSION_ID="10"
VERSION="10 (buster)"
VERSION_CODENAME=buster
ID=debian
HOME_URL="https://www.debian.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://www.debian.org/support"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.debian.org/"

and this explains why the update from 2.8.0 to 2.9.0 was flawless.

Given the above I would suggest you to backup configuration and create a new NetEdit system (starting with the latest Aruba NetEdit 2.9.0 OVA) into which you can test the backup configuration restore. 

Original Message:
Sent: Dec 06, 2023 03:43 PM
From: ROBERT WILSON_13
Subject: NetEdit 2.8 to 2.9 Upgrade Config Backup

It looks like it is running Debian 9.13
uname -a
Linux netedit 4.9.0-16-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.272-2 (2021-07-19) x86_64 GNU/Linux
neadmin@netedit:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:    Debian
Description:    Debian GNU/Linux 9.13 (stretch)
Release:    9.13
Codename:    stretch

Original Message:
Sent: Dec 06, 2023 03:34 PM
From: ROBERT WILSON_13
Subject: NetEdit 2.8 to 2.9 Upgrade Config Backup

Thanks for the quick response. Typically, I take a snapshot, install the update file, and it works.  The update isn't working. It just returns to the logon screen. I suspect it has to do with the Debian version. I found this in the docs. If this is the case, it sounds like one would backup the config, install via the OVA, and then restore the config.

Upgrading to NetEdit 2.9.0 requires Debian 10. To continue to receive fixes and security updates for NetEdit's PostgreSQL database, beginning with NetEdit 2.9.0, new OVAs installations and upgrades will use PostgreSQL version 12. The PostgreSQL version of 12 requires Debian 10 (buster) to be installed on the NetEdit OVA. Customers must upgrade to Debian 10 (Buster) to upgrade to NetEdit 2.9.0. Not upgrading the Debian OS on the NetEdit OVA to Debian 10 will cause NetEdit 2.9.0 upgrades to fail. Instructions for upgrading NetEdit OVA operating system Debian 9 (Stretch) to Debian 10 (buster) can be found in the NetEdit Installation Guide. Simply upgrading the NetEdit app to 2.4.0 will not upgrade the base operating system of the OVA. The instructions in the NetEdit Installation Guide must be followed to fully upgrade the base operating system to supported Debian version.

Original Message:
Sent: Dec 06, 2023 03:00 PM
From: parnassus
Subject: NetEdit 2.8 to 2.9 Upgrade Config Backup

Original Message:
Sent: 12/6/2023 2:10:00 PM
From: ROBERT WILSON_13
Subject: NetEdit 2.8 to 2.9 Upgrade Config Backup

It looks like NetEdit 2.9 requires a new install. I don't see a way to backup the configuration. The 2.8 docs say, "The upgrade of the NetEdit application will make a backup copy of the current /opt/netedit/config/application.properties file to /opt/netedit/config/application.properties.bak. If changes have been made to the current application.properties file before upgrading, then manual transfer of the modified properties may be required." 

Do I backup that file and copy it to the new server to keep the config or am I missing something in the Release Notes and Installation Guide?

Thanks

Robert

It looks like NetEdit 2.9 requires a new install. I don't see a way to backup the configuration. The 2.8 docs say, "The upgrade of the NetEdit application will make a backup copy of the current /opt/netedit/config/application.properties file to /opt/netedit/config/application.properties.bak. If changes have been made to the current application.properties file before upgrading, then manual transfer of the modified properties may be required." 

Do I backup that file and copy it to the new server to keep the config or am I missing something in the Release Notes and Installation Guide?

Thanks

Robert

I think there may be a typo in the release notes, as the instructions for updating to Debian 10 are included in the User Guide, not the Installation Guide (Page 58). 

https://www.arubanetworks.com/techdocs/AOS-CX/NetEdit/ne_2-4-0_ug.pdf

It looks like NetEdit 2.9 requires a new install. I don't see a way to backup the configuration. The 2.8 docs say, "The upgrade of the NetEdit application will make a backup copy of the current /opt/netedit/config/application.properties file to /opt/netedit/config/application.properties.bak. If changes have been made to the current application.properties file before upgrading, then manual transfer of the modified properties may be required." 

Do I backup that file and copy it to the new server to keep the config or am I missing something in the Release Notes and Installation Guide?

Thanks

Robert