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  • Dell PowerStore 500T | EMC PowerStore Software Upgrade Guide - Page 1
    Dell EMC PowerStore Software Upgrade Guide Version 2.x June 2021 Rev. A06
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    and tells you how to avoid the problem. WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. © 2020 - 2021 Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. Dell, EMC, and other trademarks are trademarks of Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. Other trademarks may
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    Upgrade readiness for PowerStore T model clusters 6 Perform a PowerStore T model cluster preupgrade Health Check 7 Upgrade the PowerStore T model software...7 Chapter 3: PowerStore X model clusters 9 Upgrading PowerStore X model clusters...9 Upgrade readiness for PowerStore X model clusters 10
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    PowerStore Documentation page at 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
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    VM snapshots cannot be performed on vVol-based VMs while the VASA provider is offline. When the PowerStore OS upgrade is complete, wait five to ten minutes for the status of the PowerStore VASA provider to change to Online in vCenter Server before creating storage containers or performing management
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    that is downloaded from https:// www.dell.com/support. The PowerStore T model upgrade package is single file that contains firmware upgrades and the PowerStore OS upgrade. Steps 1. Review the upgrade considerations in Upgrade readiness for PowerStore T model clusters on page 6. 2. Download the
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    are made to CHAP settings. For instructions on rebooting PowerStore T model nodes, see the PowerStore Power Down and Reboot Procedures Guide. Perform a PowerStore T model cluster preupgrade Health Check Use PowerStore Manager to perform a Health Check on the PowerStore T model cluster that you are
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    of the appliance and you are disconnected from PowerStore Manager. You can log back in to PowerStore Manager after the failover process is complete. When a new version of the PowerStore OS is installed, the column layout settings in PowerStore Manager tables reset to their default layout. Changes
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    , see the VMware Licensing and Support for PowerStore X table in the PowerStore Simple Support Matrix. To download the PowerStore Simple Support Matrix, go to the PowerStore Documentation page at https://www.dell.com/powerstoredocs. NOTE: The PowerStore X model software upgrade can accommodate
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    to the vCenter Server. c. Import the Dell-qualified ESXi .zip file into vSphere Update instructions, see Perform a PowerStore X model cluster preupgrade Health Check on page 11. 6. Perform the PowerStore of a PowerStore X model cluster to the other node of the cluster. However, manual intervention
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    PowerStore hardware enters maintenance mode, management services for the cluster, including access to the PowerStore Manager and VASA provider services Check ensures that there are no underlying problems that may prevent a successful upgrade of the PowerStore OS. Steps 1. Select the Settings icon
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    at least seven days before installing the preupgrade package on the PowerStore X model appliance. For instructions, see Perform a PowerStore X model cluster preupgrade Health Check on page 11. About this task If the PowerStore Release Notes do not indicate that a preupgrade package is required, go
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    update has been uploaded to the PowerStore X model cluster. For instructions, see Upgrading PowerStore X model clusters on page 9. CAUTION: The internal nodes of a PowerStore X model cluster can only use ESXi updates that are qualified by Dell EMC and downloaded from Dell Digital Locker. Do not use
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    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 ESXi that the ESXi hosts are running is visible on the Upgrades page in PowerStore Manager. ● If the ESXi versions on the nodes of an appliance do
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    Client, reboot the ESXi host on the peer node. For instructions, see the PowerStore Power Down and Reboot Procedures Guide. c. If the ESXi host on the peer node does not automatically exit maintenance mode after rebooting, manually exit maintenance mode on the peer node. d. Repeat the previous
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Dell EMC PowerStore
Software Upgrade Guide
Version 2.x
June 2021
Rev. A06