09-04-2020 09:19 AM - last edited on 08-18-2021 03:06 PM by Monica Lluis
Sharing a recent experience and pretty cool new tool I just encountered while working with TAC prior to upgrading a DNAC cluster to 1.3.3.7. Cisco has an Audit Upgrade Readiness Analyzer (AURA) tool that you can pull down to your DNAC nodes from github that essentially automates all of the "pre-upgrade" checks that TAC typically wants you to go through. The tool will generate a ton of logs which aides in saving time for both the customer and TAC should you need to troubleshoot something before the upgrade. It also generates a PDF report that has a summary of all the checks, errors found, identified known bugs, etc. and detailed findings of each command that is run. Very helpful! The process in using this tool is as follows:
$git clone https://github.com/CiscoDevNet/DNAC-AURA
$cd DNAC-AURA/
$./dnac_aura
The script takes about 10-15 minutes to run. You can then extract the report and/or any logs off to submit to TAC or to view for yourself.
Note that I was advised that this is supported on versions 1.2.8 and above, but not with beta-Cyclops (2.1.2.0). See the actual github link for more detail. HTH!
09-16-2020 08:32 AM
The current version of the Tool supports all released versions which includes 2.1.2.0. The Cisco DNA Center Release 2.1.2.0 is not "Beta". This version is an official version but it part of a limited rollout for Customers.
When using the AURA tool, make sure you always pull the latest version prior to running.
10-31-2020 06:54 AM - edited 10-31-2020 07:08 AM
10-31-2020 07:36 AM
### Enhanced Visibility into the Cisco DNA Center using AURA
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/cloud-systems-management/dna-center/215840-cisco-dna-center-aura-audit-and-upgrad.html
Cisco DNA Center – AURA
https://github.com/CiscoDevNet/DNAC-AURA
Remote execution of AURA
https://github.com/CiscoDevNet/DNAC-AURA/tree/master/run_remote
AURA Versions - Change Log
https://github.com/CiscoDevNet/DNAC-AURA/blob/master/ChangeLog.md
11-02-2020 07:55 AM
Thanks Mike for sharing this with us. So it is also valid for 2.1.2.3 version of DNAC ?
Regards
Inderdeep Singh
11-02-2020 08:37 AM
From this link you can see compatible versions: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/cloud-systems-management/dna-center/215840-cisco-dna-center-aura-audit-and-upgrad.html
HTH!
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