26 Quick Start Guide: CloudVision Appliance
Upgrade the Host Image Appendix E: Tools to Manage and Update Images
E.2 Upgrade the Host Image
Arista provides an ISO with all updated packages and a tool to mount the images ISO and upgrade the
system.
Note This process will reboot the entire system.
Step 1 Download the ISO.
Step 2 Run the upgrade CV appliance tool.
upgradeCva.py -i <arista cva iso> --force --reboot
# upgradeCva.py -h
usage: upgradeCva.py [-h] -i /tmp/cva2016.1.0.1.iso [--reboot] [-f]
Upgrade base image
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-i ISO, --iso ISO Path to ISO
--reboot Script should reboot CVA after upgrade
-f, --force Do what I say. Used for bypassing yes/no question for