FAQ

1) what is accelerated upgrade(AU) ?

Ans: It is python script, written for helping Cisco IOS XR users/customers to upgrade IOS XR
system from one version to other version of the software.

2) what is the python version required to run AU?

Ans: AU needs minimum python version of 2.7.4 and it doesn't support 3.xxx version yet

3) what is plugin ?

Ans: Plugin is python script, designed to perform particular job in the software upgrade process.
so each task of the upgrade procedure could be developed as plugin, so that it can be developed
and tested independently then could be added to plugin repository

4) what is plugin manager ?

Ans: it is a program, it manages and run plugins

5) where I can find log files?

Ans: with current version of AU, all logs files are stored in the directory where you run the script.
log file is named with device provided with -d option
example: -d '12.45.70.60 2003' log file is 12.45.70.60_2003.txt

6) what are all data captured while doing upgrade using AU ?

following data is captured from system to be upgraded and stored in the current directory


- "show install active"    is stored in file  .active_file
- "show install inactive"  is stored in file  .inactive_file
- "show install commit"    is stored in file  .commit_file
- "show running "          is stored in file   .configuration_backup_file