Upgrading Aspera Server On Demand without Console

Upgrade to version 3.9.6 of Aspera Server on Demand without Console (SOD-WOC) from a previous version.

You can upgrade from these previous versions:
  • 3.7.4
  • 3.7.3
  • 3.6.0
Customers upgrading from earlier releases may also need new product keys.
  1. SSH to your server, and sudo to the root user.
  2. Make sure there are no active transfers on your server.
  3. Download the latest software packages for Aspera Server On Demand.
    # wget http://download.asperasoft.com/sw/ondemand/3.9.6/ibm-aspera-hsts-3.9.6.176292-linux-64.rpm
    # wget http://download.asperasoft.com/sw/ondemand/3.9.6/aspera-ondemand-init-apod-sod-woc-3.9.6-177518.x86_64.rpm
    # wget http://download.asperasoft.com/sw/ondemand/3.9.6/aspera-ondemand-init-base-3.9.6-177518.x86_64.rpm
    # wget http://download.asperasoft.com/sw/ondemand/3.9.6/aspera-ondemand-tools-3.9.6-177518.x86_64.rpm
  4. Upgrade High-Speed Transfer Server and re-run entitlement:
    # rpm -Uvh ibm-aspera-hsts-3.9.6.176292-linux-64.rpm 
    # /opt/aspera/bin/asnodeadmin --db-update
    # /opt/aspera/bin/alee-admin register customer_id entitlement_id
  5. Upgrade On Demand packages:
    # rpm -Uvh aspera-ondemand-init-apod-sod-woc-3.9.6-177518.x86_64.rpm
    # rpm -Uvh aspera-ondemand-tools-3.9.6-177518.x86_64.rpm
    # rpm -Uvh aspera-ondemand-init-base-3.9.6-177518.x86_64.rpm
Your system is now upgraded to SOD-WOC 3.9.6. Log in and confirm that everything works as expected.