Upgrade GigaVUE-FM Instance

While upgrading the GigaVUE-FM instance, the Amazon EBS volume must be restored with the data from the snapshot that is created in Create Snapshot of the GigaVUE‑FM Instance.

To upgrade the GigaVUE-FM instance:

1.

Select Services > EC2.

2.

Click Launch Instance and go to AWS Marketplace or Community AMIs.

3.

Search for Gigamon, locate the latest version of the GigaVUE-FM AMI, and click Select.

4.

Choose the Instance Type. The recommended instance type is m4.xlarge.

5.

Click Next: Configure Instance Details.

6.

Select the Key pair(login)

7.

Enter the following information.

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Network— Select the VPC where you want to launch the AMI.

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Subnet— Select the management subnet that the instance will use after launch. (Required)

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Auto-assign Public IP— Select Enable.

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Security group: Select the security group

8.

Click Configure storage and then click Advanced.

9.

Select Volume 2 and then select the Snapshot that you created in Create Snapshot of the GigaVUE‑FM Instance.

10.

Click Advance Details and then select IAM Instance Profile.

11.

Click Launch Instances.

12.

It will take several minutes for the instance to initialize. After the initialization is completed, verify the instance through the Web interface as follows:

a.

Find the instance and expand the page in the Descriptions tab to view the instance information, if necessary.

b.

Copy the Public IP address and paste the value into a new browser window or tab.

c.

Copy the Instance ID of the previous version of the GigaVUE-FM. If the password is changed, use the changed password to login to the upgraded GigaVUE-FM.

Note:  Do not have multiple versions of GigaVUE-FM instances monitoring the same AWS connection.

Launch the new version of the GigaVUE-FM instance. Verify if the data from the previous GigaVUE-FM instance is restored in the new instance. Once the data is verified, terminate the old version of the GigaVUE-FM instance.