Preemptively replace older Aria Operations for Logs nodes before attempting another upgrade

Products

• VCF Operations/Automation (formerly VMware Aria Suite)

Issue/Introduction

• Attempting to upgrade the Log Insight (Aria Operations for Logs) cluster of 15 nodes to 8.18.x.
• Multiple past issues with the cluster where some of the nodes have traces of the old SUSE Linux (SLES) OS
• When the upgrade is attempted, the legacy nodes crash upon reboot.
• Multiple nodes give just a GRUB screen and do not reboot after attempting the upgrade.
• Assistance is required to preemptively replace the legacy nodes prior to the next upgrade attempt.

Environment

Aria Operations for Logs 8.18.x

Resolution

1. Use the steps from Remove a Worker Node from a VMware Aria Operations for Logs Cluster
2. Use the steps from Add a Worker Node to a VMware Aria Operations for Logs Cluster

If retaining the historical logs from the node see the steps from Replace a node in an Aria Operations for Logs cluster

If replacing the primary node see the steps from Replace the primary node in a Aria Operations for Logs cluster