We're on firmware version 4.3.7 for ours and planning to upgrade tonight. I have both 5.0.7 and 5.0.2, but I'm wary of using 507 since it just came out. I read that 5.0.0 and 5.0.1 had some problems. Any known issues with 502?
Thanks.
Usually a firmware update does not require a downtime (with two controller, of course).
But the upgrade from 4.x to 5.x has a lot of changes and there can be a delay in controller switch-over.
So I suggest to plan a downtime or make it in non-peack hours.
Andre
Hello.
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I have both 5.0.2 and 5.0.7 deployed on PS4000E units with no issues. Definitely stay away from 5.0.1 and/or 5.0.0, but with that being said - I actually had those versions deployed without issue as well.
Good Luck!
I've got a PS5000XV with firmware 5.0.2 for a lot of time.
Now it has 5.0.4 version (and next week I will upgrade to 5.0.7).
No issues at all.
Andre
Thanks, guys. I forgot to ask if the 5.x updates require downtime. Way back when I updated to 4.3.7, someone claimed that future firmware upgrades would not require a restart of the whole array. How did it work for you?
Thanks.
I either Storage vMotion the VMs off or power then down when doing the firmware upgrades on the EQ, so I honestly can't answer. I'm pretty conservative when it comes to these types of upgrades, although I have read that the controllers failover and there can be 0 downtime in the process.
Yeah, I'm planning for downtime and sent out the alert. I guess I'll know tonight if the claim is true.
Usually a firmware update does not require a downtime (with two controller, of course).
But the upgrade from 4.x to 5.x has a lot of changes and there can be a delay in controller switch-over.
So I suggest to plan a downtime or make it in non-peack hours.
Andre
Yup, I took all the VMs down, although I don't think the hosts ever lost their connections. I meant to leave a trivial VM up as a test, but forgot to do that.
Anyway, the update went smoothly. Thanks.