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Upgrade the PowerStore OS

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Upgrade the PowerStore OS Use PowerStore Manager to perform a PowerStore OS upgrade. Prerequisites Ensure that a preupgrade Health Check has been performed at least seven days before upgrading the PowerStore OS on the PowerStore X model cluster. For instructions, see Perform a PowerStore X model cluster preupgrade Health Check on page 11. About this task ● If the PowerStore Release Notes indicate that a preupgrade package is available or required, ensure that the preupgrade package is installed on the PowerStore X model cluster. See Install the PowerStore X model preupgrade package on page 12. ● If the PowerStore Release Notes indicate that a node firmware upgrade is available or required, ensure that the node firmware upgrade package is installed on the PowerStore X model cluster. See Install the PowerStore X model node firmware upgrade on page 13. ● If the PowerStore Release Notes indicate that ESXi updates are available or required, ensure that the ESXi updates are installed on the nodes of the PowerStore X model cluster. See Update the PowerStore internal ESXi hosts on page 13. If the PowerStore Release Notes indicate that a PowerStore OS upgrade is available or required, perform the following steps to upgrade the appliances in the PowerStore X model cluster: Steps 1. If you installed a preupgrade package or upgraded the node firmware, but you were not required to perform ESXi host updates, you must reboot the internal nodes on the cluster to apply the preupgrade package and firmware upgrades. Rebooting the nodes to apply the preupgrade package and firmware upgrade package takes approximately 35 to 60 minutes per node. To reboot the nodes of the cluster: a. Identify the peer and primary nodes on the primary appliance of the cluster. See Minimizing internal ESXi host failover occurrences on page 11 for more information. b. In the vSphere 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 steps for the ESXi host on the primary node. e. Repeat the previous steps on the other appliances in the cluster. 2. Select the Settings icon, and then select Upgrades in the Cluster section. 3. Select the PowerStore OS software upgrade package in the Software packages table, and select Upgrade. The PowerStore OS upgrade takes approximately one hour to complete. Results During the software upgrade process, the primary node on the primary appliance fails over to the peer node and you are disconnected 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 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. PowerStore X model clusters 15

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Upgrade the PowerStore OS
Use PowerStore Manager to perform a PowerStore OS upgrade.
Prerequisites
Ensure that a preupgrade Health Check has been performed at least seven days before upgrading the PowerStore OS on the
PowerStore X model cluster. For instructions, see
Perform a PowerStore X model cluster preupgrade Health Check
on page 11.
About this task
●
If the
PowerStore Release Notes
indicate that a preupgrade package is available or required, ensure that the preupgrade
package is installed on the PowerStore X model cluster. See
Install the PowerStore X model preupgrade package
on page 12.
●
If the
PowerStore Release Notes
indicate that a node firmware upgrade is available or required, ensure that the node
firmware upgrade package is installed on the PowerStore X model cluster. See
Install the PowerStore X model node firmware
upgrade
on page 13.
●
If the
PowerStore Release Notes
indicate that ESXi updates are available or required, ensure that the ESXi updates are
installed on the nodes of the PowerStore X model cluster. See
Update the PowerStore internal ESXi hosts
on page 13.
If the
PowerStore Release Notes
indicate that a PowerStore OS upgrade is available or required, perform the following steps to
upgrade the appliances in the PowerStore X model cluster:
Steps
1.
If you installed a preupgrade package or upgraded the node firmware, but you were not required to perform ESXi host
updates, you must reboot the internal nodes on the cluster to apply the preupgrade package and firmware upgrades.
Rebooting the nodes to apply the preupgrade package and firmware upgrade package takes approximately 35 to 60 minutes
per node. To reboot the nodes of the cluster:
a.
Identify the peer and primary nodes on the primary appliance of the cluster. See
Minimizing internal ESXi host failover
occurrences
on page 11 for more information.
b.
In the vSphere 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 steps for the ESXi host on the primary node.
e.
Repeat the previous steps on the other appliances in the cluster.
2.
Select the
Settings
icon, and then select
Upgrades
in the
Cluster
section.
3.
Select the PowerStore OS software upgrade package in the
Software packages
table, and select
Upgrade
.
The PowerStore OS upgrade takes approximately one hour to complete.
Results
During the software upgrade process, the primary node on the primary appliance fails over to the peer node and you are
disconnected 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 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.
PowerStore X model clusters
15