Capture the KRaft Identity before upgrading to 26.7.1

If you are upgrading Virtual Appliance from 26.1.0 or 26.7.0 to 26.7.1, you must capture the KRaft identity.

Run on the source Virtual Appliance. Keep services running until the bundle completes. Avoid concurrent start or sync operations during preparation.

The bundle detects the source release automatically and captures the existing KRaft identity.

  1. Run identity capture and verification. Obtain the updated kafka-migrate.tar bundle and copy it to the source node where you will initiate the platform backup.
    CODE 
    tar -xf kafka-migrate.tar
cd kafka-migrate
sudo bash run.sh run

    Wait for this command to succeed.

  2. View the migration progress and status.
    CODE 
    sudo bash run.sh status
  3. Verify the data migration using the following command.
    CODE 
    sudo bash run.sh verify
    Note: If any command run.sh run or run.sh verify fails, resolve the reported error and rerun before shutting down services.
    Kafka identity file is created in the following location:
    CODE 
    /var/appd/config/kafka-identity.json

Continue with the upgrade, see Upgrade the Virtual Appliance.