Upgrading in a High Availability Environment

Aspera Orchestrator is now available via an .exe file; therefore, the upgrade procedure involves uninstalling the existing version of the product and then installing the latest release.

  1. Stop all services on both nodes.
  2. Disable Windows clustering so that the services are not started.
  3. To ensure easy rollback, follow the backup procedure in Upgrading: Requirements.
  4. Upgrade each node in the cluster with the following steps.
    1. Follow the procedure in Upgrading a Single Node to the Current Release of Orchestrator.
    2. Start the services manually to see if the upgrade was successful.
  5. Stop all the services on both nodes.
  6. Enable Windows clustering so that the services are started.