Administrator Guide

Prerequisites
• Contact Dell Technical Support to make service packs available for download to the FluidFS cluster.
• The Storage Manager Data Collector must have enough disk space to store the service pack. If there is not enough space to
store the service pack, a message will be displayed shortly after the download starts. You can delete old service packs to free up
space if needed.
• Installing a service pack causes the NAS controllers to reboot during the installation process. This might cause interruptions in
SMB and NFS client connections. In addition, active NDMP jobs are terminated. Therefore, schedule a maintenance window to
perform service pack installations.
• Ensure that all NAS controllers are powered on and their State is Formatted (the State is displayed at System tab→
Appliances→ Controllers). You cannot upgrade the FluidFS software if a NAS controller is down or detached.
• The Storage Center(s) providing the storage for the FluidFS cluster must be added to Storage Manager.
About this task
WARNING: The service pack installation process is irreversible. The FluidFS cluster cannot revert to a previous version
once updated.
Steps
1. Click the Storage view.
2. In the Storage pane, select a FluidFS cluster.
3. Click the File System tab, and click Maintenance.
4. In the right pane, click the Software Versions tab.
5. In the Software Versions Installed & Available for Upgrade section, click Look for Software Upgrade.
6. The Upgrade FluidFS Cluster wizard appears and displays a message indicating whether an update is available for the FluidFS
cluster. If an update is available, proceed to the next step. If no update is available (for example, the FluidFS cluster is already at
the latest version), click
Finish to exit the wizard.
7. Click Next to upload, but not install, the service pack on the FluidFS cluster. The progress of the upload process is displayed.
When the upload process is complete, the following message is displayed: The upgrade package has been
delivered to the FluidFS Cluster.
NOTE: You can manually cancel the upload process by clicking Cancel Operation, and then clicking Yes when
prompted Do you want to cancel the upgrade? This removes the partially uploaded service pack. To restart the
upload process, click Retry Delivery.
NOTE: The upload process is a long-running operation. If you close the wizard, the upload process will continue to
run in the background. At a later time you can click Check for Upgrade again to re-enter the wizard and view the
upload progress.
The following table describes the steps that occur during the upload process.
Step
Description
Check for Update The Update FluidFS Cluster wizard checks for the latest FluidFS version available.
Download Package The FluidFS service pack is downloaded to the Data Collector.
Verify Package Integrity The checksum of the downloaded FluidFS service pack is re-computed to verify the
integrity of the service pack.
Upload Package to FluidFS The FluidFS service pack is uploaded to a NAS controller in the FluidFS cluster.
Register Package Storage Manager waits for FluidFS to register that the package has arrived and make the
service pack available for installation.
8. Click Finish when you are ready to install the service pack. The progress of the installation process is displayed.
NOTE: During the installation process, communication with the FluidFS cluster will be interrupted. This might result
in a communication error. However, the installation process will continue to run in the background.
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