Network Management

Hi all!! 

I'm new to the Aruba world, I juste install our new AirWave server, version 8.2.13.1, all recent discussion talk about older version, 8.2.10, 8.2.11, even older...
Why no one upgrade there software version to the lastest?

Thanks

Pat

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C SMV
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Answering for myself, I would only upgrade if I needed new hardware or software support.

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Any opinions expressed here are solely my own and not necessarily that of Hewlett Packard Enterprise or Aruba Networks.
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Definitely no reason not to use the latest version.

Newer versions are required to support newer HW for monitoring (alongside the usual bug fixing).

The only thing that you might have seen is that 8.2.10 was also bringing AMP from CentOS 6 to CentOS 7.
For earlier installs, this required a fresh install + backup & restore. It is not possible to perform an in-place upgrade. Perhaps that kept a few folks out there on older versions for a while longer until they were ready to do the effort.

I guess other than that, AMP was just working for most folks out there without need for immediate upgrade.

That being said, for anyone reading this, always be mindful of the End of Support timelines: End of life

At the time of me writing this, anything older than 8.2.12.1 is already end of support (with EoS for this version approaching by end of March 22)!

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I work for Aruba. Any opinions expressed here are solely my own and not necessarily that of Hewlett Packard Enterprise or Aruba Networks.
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Reasons to update:
- needed new features/hardware support
- end-of support date reached (link)
- security of bugfixes (link)

When perform a update i genrerally use the latest conservative release which is 8.2.14.0 at the moment.

Hope this helps

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Marcel Koedijk | MVP Expert 2022 | ACEP | ACMP | ACCP | ACDP | Ekahau ECSE | Not an HPE Employee | Opinions are my own
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Original Message:
Sent: Mar 13, 2022 10:16 AM
From: Oliver Wehrli
Subject: AirWave version

Definitely no reason not to use the latest version.

Newer versions are required to support newer HW for monitoring (alongside the usual bug fixing).

The only thing that you might have seen is that 8.2.10 was also bringing AMP from CentOS 6 to CentOS 7.
For earlier installs, this required a fresh install + backup & restore. It is not possible to perform an in-place upgrade. Perhaps that kept a few folks out there on older versions for a while longer until they were ready to do the effort.

I guess other than that, AMP was just working for most folks out there without need for immediate upgrade.

That being said, for anyone reading this, always be mindful of the End of Support timelines: End of life

At the time of me writing this, anything older than 8.2.12.1 is already end of support (with EoS for this version approaching by end of March 22)!

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I work for Aruba. Any opinions expressed here are solely my own and not necessarily that of Hewlett Packard Enterprise or Aruba Networks.
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