Upgrading storage pools

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About this task

These instructions assume that you did not navigate away from the Upgrade page of the Manager Web Interface. If you did navigate to a different page, navigate to Settings > Operations > System Software Upgrade, and follow the steps displayed on the page..

Procedure

  1. Navigate to the Upgrade appliances section of the Upgrade page.
  2. Navigate to the Storage Pool that you want to upgrade.
  3. Select anywhere on the left tab (except on the Storage Pool link) of the Storage Pool you want to upgrade.
  4. Do one of the following actions:
    • Select an individual device and click Upgrade.
    • Click Upgrade Entire Storage Pool.
    Note: When you upgrade devices in a storage pool that uses Concentrated Dispersal vaults, the upgrade process waits 72 hours between successive Slicestor device upgrades.
  5. Confirm that the Storage Pool’s upgrade status shows current and the version is correct in the upgrade queue.
  6. Confirm the Complete counter shows the number of devices that were upgraded for all IBM Cloud Object Storage Slicestor® appliances for the Storage Pool.
    Attention: Slicestor® Devices can enter an inconsistent state during upgrade. If an error message is displayed in the Event Console, contact IBM Customer Support.