Upgrading Forklift

Follow the steps below to upgrade the Forklift Operator using the OKD web console.

Important: Do not skip a release when upgrading. For example, upgrade 2.0 to 2.1 and then 2.1 to 2.2.

If upgrading from 2.2 to 2.3, see the ### Forklift 2.2 to 2.3 Upgrade Notes section after the procedure.

Procedure

  1. Open the OKD web console.
  2. Click Operators, Installed Operators, Migration Tookit for Virtualization Operator, then Subscription.
  3. Change the update channel to the correct release.

See Changing update channel for an Operator in the OKD documentation.

  1. Confirm that the Upgrade status changes from Up to date to Upgrade available. If it does not, restart the CatalogSource pod:

    a. Note the catalog source, for example, redhat-operators.

    b. Open the command line.

    c. Retrieve the catalog source pod and delete it:

$ kubectl get pod -n openshift-marketplace | grep <catalog_source>
$ kubectl delete pod -n openshift-marketplace <catalog_source_pod>

The Upgrade status changes from Up to date to Upgrade available.

Note: Update approval settings on the Subscriptions tab:

  1. Verify that the forklift-ui pod is in a Ready state before logging in to the web console:
$ kubectl get pods -n konveyor-forklift

Example output:

NAME                                  READY  STATUS   RESTARTS  AGE
forklift-controller-788bdb4c69-mw268  2/2    Running  0         2m
forklift-operator-6bf45b8d8-qps9v     1/1    Running  0         5m
forklift-ui-7cdf96d8f6-xnw5n          1/1    Running  0         2m

Forklift 2.2 to 2.3 Upgrade Notes

Issue: VMware source providers in Forklift If VMware source providers were added to 2.2, upgrading to 2.3 changes the state of any VMware providers to Critical.

  • Fix: Edit the VMware provider by adding a VDDK init image and verifying the certificate of the VMware provider. For more information see Addding a VMSphere source provider.

Issue: NFS Mapping If the configuration is mapped to NFS on the OKD destination provider in Forklift 2.2, upgrading to Forklift 2.3 invalidates the NFS mapping.

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