Dell EMC Unity - Reimaging Unity SP From IR When SPs Are On Different Codes (Dell EMC Correctable) - Dell US
Dell EMC Unity - Reimaging Unity SP From IR When SPs Are On Different Codes (Dell EMC Correctable) - Dell US
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Symptoms
On a Dell EMC Unity Upgrade, Sometimes one SP got upgraded to new code and other left with old code for any possible reason.
This KB is illustrating how to reimage the SP with the old code from the IR on the backend.
Cause
This is caused due to failure to upgrade the backend image of the SP (running on old code).
Resolution
In the example below the array is being upgraded from 4.1.0.8959731 to 4.1.2.9257522
Having Root access on the Unity Array on either IPMI connection or SSH connection - See KB 484877:
if we run OS.tgz.bin --showversion it will show the old version 4.1.0.x. Remove those binaries:
rm OS_tmp.tgz.bin OS.tgz.bin
c. On SP that is running new code, also mount the mirrora1 under /ir (create this directory if
it doesnt exist) then check the OS.tgz.bin --show version , it should be 4.1.2.x
d. Copy this new OS file from SP running new code to SP running old code SPB mirrora1
e. After copy completes verify md5sum and --showversion to make sure OS file was copied properly.
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f. On SP that is running old version delete .version file from root partition and also from mirrora3:
rm /.verion
rm /mnt/ir/.version
This will cause SP to get reimaged with new version. Please note that this might take up to an hour to complete
Internal Notes
Referal AR is : 902315
Article Properties
Affected Product
Dell EMC Unity Family
Product
Dell EMC Unity 300, Dell EMC Unity 300F, Dell EMC Unity 400, Dell EMC Unity 400F, Dell EMC Unity 500, Dell EMC Unity 500F, Dell
EMC Unity 600, Dell EMC Unity 600F, Dell EMC Unity Family |Dell EMC Unity All Flash, Dell EMC Unity Family
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Online
Version
2
Article Type
Solution
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