I never did get an answer as to how those upgrade instructions are supposed to work. I did however look at the code and we came up with our own procedure. It's a bit messy because it involves changing the db, use at your own risk.
1. Make changes to system vm template. save as systemvm-ver<num>.qcow2 and upload to a place that the ssvm will be able to reach (e.g. http://something.com/template). 2. Register new qcow2 template in cloudstack under the name/description “SystemVM Template v<num> (KVM)”, with Debian 7 as the type. 3. Log into mysql for the cloudstack install, find the template, make note of template id: mysql use cloud; select * from vm_template where name="SystemVM Template v2 (KVM)"; 5. Update the template to be a SYSTEM template:mysql update vm_template set type='SYSTEM' where id=<id>; ▪ New system vms will now use this template simply because it's the highest ID SYSTEM template for KVM. Existing system vms will either need to be destroyed/recreated, or updated in the db and rebooted if you have systemvm.recreate.enabled=true in global settings. Here's how to update so that existing system vms will get the new template when rebooted:mysql update vm_instance set vm_template_id='<new template id>' where vm_template_id='<old template id>'; If you are unsure of the latest, you can check for the latest template in use via: mysql select * from vm_instance where name like 'r-%' order by id desc limit 1; Finally, go into cloudstack's global config and change the value of router.template.kvm to be the name of your system vm template (e.g. “SystemVM Template v2 (KVM)”). This will ensure new routers use the template. On Mar 17, 2014 8:19 PM, "Yichi Lu" <yichi...@sungard.com> wrote: > I have a problem that bothers me to no end. > I tried to upgrade from CloudPlatform 4.2.0 to CloudStack 4.3.0. So I first > registered a 64-bit 4.3.0 systemvm template from: > > http://download.cloud.com/templates/4.3/systemvm64template-2014-01-14-master-xen.vhd.bz2 > > this step was successful. So now I have TWO active systemvm templates. This > can be verified from vm_template table. If now I upgrade the rpm packages > to cloudstack 4.3.0 from CloudPlatform 4.2.0, and restart > cloudstack-management service, I always get a 32-bit ssvm: > root@s-1-VM:~# uname -a > Linux s-1-VM 3.2.0-4-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 3.2.41-2 i686 GNU/Linux > > I was never able to run a 64-bit ssvm for CloudStack 4.3.0. > > Any suggestions/thoughts? > > Yichi >
