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Dell EMC PowerStore Software Upgrade Guide Version 3.x July 2022 Rev. A09 - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Software Upgrade Guide - Page 2
of your product. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem. WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. © 2020 - 2022 Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. Dell - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Software Upgrade Guide - Page 3
Upgrade the PowerStore OS on the cluster (PowerStore OS 1.0.x to 2.0.x 22 Chapter 7: Appendix B: Adding an Appliance to a Cluster 24 Chapter 8: Appendix C: Downloading upgrade packages from Support 25 Download the PowerStore upgrade packages...25 Contents 3 - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Software Upgrade Guide - Page 4
https:// www.dell.com/powerstoredocs. ● Troubleshooting For information about products, software updates, licensing, and service, go to https://www.dell.com/support and locate the appropriate product support page. ● Technical support For technical support and service requests, go to https://www.dell - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Software Upgrade Guide - Page 5
the PowerStore Host Configuration Guide and Host Connectivity Guides in section 7. Host Connectivity/Configuration Documentation on https://www.dell.com/powerstoredocs. PowerStore NDU is supported with Solaris native MPxIO starting at Solaris 11.4 SRU 35. Contact your service provider for PowerStore - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Software Upgrade Guide - Page 6
sections of this guide for the detailed sequence of upgrade steps. Automatic downloads of upgrade packages For Support Connectivity-enabled systems, packages on your system, it downloads them from Support to your system to be installed manually. You still need to select a specific auto-download - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Software Upgrade Guide - Page 7
T model upgrade package as described in the Installation and Upgrade Considerations section of the PowerStore Release Notes. For instructions on downloading upgrade packages from the Dell Support Site, see Download the PowerStore upgrade packages on page 25. 2. Upload the software upgrade package to - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Software Upgrade Guide - Page 8
Upgrade the software on the PowerStore T model cluster Use PowerStore Manager to upgrade the node firmware and PowerStore OS on the PowerStore T model cluster. Prerequisites Ensure that a Pre-Upgrade Health Check has been performed at least seven days before upgrading the PowerStore OS on the - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Software Upgrade Guide - Page 9
.zip file as described in the Installation and Upgrade Considerations section of the PowerStore Release Notes. For instructions on downloading upgrade packages from the Dell Support Site, see Download the PowerStore upgrade packages on page 25. 2. Extract the PowerStore X model Pre-Upgrade package - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Software Upgrade Guide - Page 10
EMC custom VMware .VIB files ● Dell EMC ESXi 7.0 update ● Service script for resizing the ESXi VMFS datastore (svc_esxi_helper) Installing the Pre-Upgrade connected to the PowerStore X model cluster is not running a supported version of vCenter Server 7.0, the following failure is displayed: - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Software Upgrade Guide - Page 11
versions, see the VMware Licensing and Support for PowerStore X table in the PowerStore Simple Support Matrix, which can be downloaded primary and secondary nodes on the primary appliance of the cluster. For instructions, see Minimizing internal ESXi host failover occurrences (PowerStore OS 1.0.x to - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Software Upgrade Guide - Page 12
to local dependencies or lack of resources. User intervention may be required to manually power off these user VMs to allow the ESXi host to enter maintenance enabled on the appliance. e. Enter the username and password of the service account to log in to the appliance. f. Run the following command - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Software Upgrade Guide - Page 13
from PowerStore Manager. You can log back in to PowerStore Manager after the failover process is complete. Next steps Use the vSphere Client to manually rebalance the VMs in vCenter or allow VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) to automatically rebalance the VMs . When a new version of the - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Software Upgrade Guide - Page 14
. Steps 1. Download the latest drive firmware update package from the Dell Support Site. The drive firmware update package contains firmware updates for the drives in the PowerStore cluster. For instructions on downloading PowerStore upgrade packages, see Download the PowerStore upgrade packages on - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Software Upgrade Guide - Page 15
> Appliances > appliance > Components > Drives page in PowerStore Manager. ● To verify the drive firmware version for all the drives in a PowerStore cluster, run the service command svc_diag list --show_drives. For more information, see the PowerStore Service Scripts Guide. Drive Firmware 15 - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Software Upgrade Guide - Page 16
Steps 1. Download the latest language pack from Dell Support at https://www.dell.com/support/software. If you have auto-download enabled and then select Upgrades in the Cluster section. 3. Select Upload Package to manually upload the locally downloaded language pack to PowerStore Manager. 4. Once the - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Software Upgrade Guide - Page 17
.zip file as described in the Installation and Upgrade Considerations section of the PowerStore Release Notes. For instructions on downloading upgrade packages from the Dell Support Site, see Download the PowerStore upgrade packages on page 25. 2. Extract the individual upgrade packages from the - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Software Upgrade Guide - Page 18
a PowerStore X model cluster to the other node of the cluster. However, manual intervention may be required when one of the following conditions exists: ● If VMs mode, management services for the cluster, including access to the PowerStore Manager and VASA provider services, are temporarily - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Software Upgrade Guide - Page 19
Steps 1. In PowerStore Manager, select the Settings icon, and then select Properties in the Cluster section. 2. Record the name of the appliance in the Primary Appliance field. This appliance is the primary appliance of the cluster. 3. Record the name of the primary node in the Primary Node on - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Software Upgrade Guide - Page 20
. Prerequisites Ensure that the ESXi update package has been imported into vSphere Update Manager or vSphere Lifecycle Manager. For instructions, see Upgrading PowerStore X model clusters (PowerStore OS 1.0.x to 2.0.x) on page 17. CAUTION: The internal nodes of a PowerStore X model cluster - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Software Upgrade Guide - Page 21
ESXi hosts on the primary and secondary nodes of the appliance. For instructions, see Minimizing internal ESXi host failover occurrences (PowerStore OS 1.0.x to VIBs from being installed on the ESXi hosts. b. On the Select Patches Manually page, select the filter icon in the ID column to display the - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Software Upgrade Guide - Page 22
Client, reboot the ESXi host on the secondary node. For instructions, see the PowerStore Power Down and Reboot Procedures Guide. c. If the ESXi host on the secondary node does not automatically exit maintenance mode after rebooting, manually exit maintenance mode on the secondary node. d. Repeat the - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Software Upgrade Guide - Page 23
When a new version of the PowerStore OS is installed, the column layout settings in PowerStore Manager tables reset to their default layout. Changes to the column layout settings in PowerStore Manager do not persist when the PowerStore OS is upgraded. Appendix A: PowerStore X model Upgrades from OS - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Software Upgrade Guide - Page 24
own separate cluster. Then, upgrade the OS of the separate cluster. Log in to Support and refer to KB article 000133192 (PowerStore Manager prevents "Add an appliance to an Online Help and the PowerStore Installation and Service Guide for your model. 24 Appendix B: Adding an Appliance to a Cluster - Dell PowerStore 1200T | EMC PowerStore Software Upgrade Guide - Page 25
text box and select the model number of the PowerStore cluster from the list that is displayed. 4. Click Drivers & Downloads on the PowerStore support page. 5. To sort the downloads from newest to oldest, select Released: Newest from the Sort by drop-down menu. 6. Identify the PowerStore upgrade
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Dell EMC PowerStore
Software Upgrade Guide
Version 3.x
July 2022
Rev. A09