Upgrade packages are available for the Flash Accel Host and Guest OS Agents only. No upgrade package is available for the
Flash Accel Management Console. You need to install the new
FAMC version over the current version, then discover datacenters again.
Before deleting the current FAMC version, make sure to export configuration information from the current
FAMC version into a file. After you deploy the new
FAMC version, you can import the configuration information from the file into the new version, as described in "Exporting and importing FAMC configuration information."
You can view the current version of the Flash Accel Management Console in the lower left of the
FAMC window. You can view the current versions of the Host and Guest OS Agents in the
Console Settings >
Agents tab.
Flash Accel agent upgrade files are delivered in a Debian file, called the
base upgrade package. You import the base upgrade package into the
FAMC the same way you imported the base installation package.
The Flash Accel Guest OS Agent upgrade is a so-called "synthetic upgrade." It combines uninstallation of the current agent version with installation of the new agent version. Like a true upgrade, a synthetic upgrade preserves the cache allocation for the VM and other key caching configuration information. Unlike a true upgrade, it destroys the cache, which is cold on VM restart.