Upgrading appliances

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About this task

The best practice is to upgrade a storage pool and a couple of devices, first. When an upgrade completes successfully, continue the upgrade with other appliances.

Note: When upgrading a system that is using Concentrated Dispersal, to ensure the data are fully available during an upgrade, it is necessary to wait for rebuilding to be completed between each Slicestor® that is being upgraded. There is a 72-hour delay between each Slicestor being upgraded. For instance, if you are upgrading a Concentrated Dispersal system with three Slicestor devices, it will take nine days to complete all upgrades. The UI will show a delay countdown between each device that is pending an upgrade.

Procedure

  1. Navigate to Settings > Operations > System Software Upgrade.
  2. Within Step 1 – Upload Manager Upgrade File of the Upgrade section, click Browse… to find your upgrade file.
  3. Select the upgrader file in the Browse… dialog box.
    Note: The upgrader file is large (more than 1.5 GB). It might take a few seconds on a LAN, or much longer over a slower connection.
  4. Click Open to select the upgrade file and close the dialog box.
  5. Click Upload to upload the file.
  6. Click Start upgrade within Step 2 – Upgrade Manager step of the Upgrade section to start the Manager upgrade process.
  7. Click Start Upgrade to start the upgrade.
    A dialog titled Manager Upgrade In Progress appears.
  8. Click Upgrade without performing backup.
  9. Wait for the upgrade to complete.
  10. Confirm that the Manager appliances' Upgrade Status shows current and the Manager Version shows the correct version.