Dell PowerStore T and PowerStore Q Software Upgrade Guide

Upgrade preparation overview

Preparing for a software upgrade requires the following steps:

• Get the latest PowerStoreOS.
  • For systems with Support Connectivity and automatic download enabled, the latest packages are automatically uploaded to your system and ready for installation.
  • For systems with Support Connectivity where automatic download is disabled, proactively check for updates by going to Settings > Upgrades > Software Packages > More Actions > Check for updates. If a new package is displayed after the check, select the package and then select Download.
• Review the release notes.
• Run the Pre-Upgrade Health Check and other necessary system health check tools.
• 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.