Dell PowerStore X model Software Upgrade Guide

Upgrade preparation overview

Preparing for a software upgrade requires the following steps:

• Get the latest PowerStoreOS and upload it to the system (if automatic download is not enabled).
• Review the release notes.
• Run the Pre-Upgrade Health Check and other necessary system health check tools.
• Install the Pre-Upgrade package (PowerStore X model systems only).
• Ensure that host connectivity is redundant for both nodes.
• Complete configuration changes or management operations ahead of the upgrade as these are not available while the upgrade is in-progress.
  NOTE: These management operations include vVol VM tasks such as creating VMs, rebooting VMs, migrating VMs to other ESXi hosts, and taking VM snapshots.

Go to the model family-specific sections of this guide for the detailed sequence of upgrade steps.