QuantaStor 3.15.1 Upgrade Instructions

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QuantaStor 3.15.1 Upgrade Instructions for releases running 3.15.0 or older (DRIVER UPDATE AVAILABLE-REBOOT REQUIRED)

Upgrade Manager update instructions for QuantaStor 3.15.1

Login to the WebUI with an admin account and run the Upgrade Manager, click Check for Updates and Install the below QuantaStor update packages via the Upgrade manager.

We recommend the installation of the new iSCSI Target Driver package which includes the newer Driver for the ZFS Storage Pools. The iSCSI Target Driver package install will require a reboot for the new drivers to be available.

Web Management    3.15.1.7960-1
Core Services    3.15.1.7960-1
Web Server    7.0.7960-1
iSCSI Target Driver 3.15.1.7874-1

PLEASE NOTE: the upgrade process will log out any Web manager sessions you may have running. Please close and re-open your web browser or tabs to the QuantaStor Web interface, this will ensure you are running the 3.15.1.7960 version of the QuantaStor Web manager. Some Browsers do not clean their cache correctly, if you have trouble displaying the new QuantaStor Web management via, please clear you browser cache or try a different browser.

QuantaStor 3.15.1 CLI upgrade instructions (Installs full sytem level and security packages)

The below upgrade instructions can be run from the CLI to perform a full upgrade to QuantaStor 3.15.1 as well as installation of the 3.13.0-39-quantastor Linux Kernel.


1) Run the qs-upgrade command once to install the newest version of the qs-upgrade script and the 3.15.1 Quantastor packages.

sudo qs-upgrade

2) Run the qs-upgrade command a second time if you wish to install all system level updates and dependencies, this will bring all system level and security packages to the latest versions.

sudo qs-upgrade

QuantaStor 3.15.1 Manual install

The below 2 commands can be run from the console of a QuantaStor appliance to explicitly install the 3.15.1 release on any QuantaStor running a v3 release.

apt-get update
apt-get install -y libpython2.7=2.7.3-0ubuntu3.6 zfsutils libzpool2 libzfs2 lsscsi pv qstormanager=3.15.1.7960-1 qstorservice=3.15.1.7960-1 qstortomcat=7.0.7960-1 qstortarget=3.15.1.7874-1 python-softlayer-objstorage=0.5.3.7421-1 

If you wish to upgrade to the 3.13.0-39-quantastor linux kernel provided with the QuantaStor 3.14 release, please follow the instructions here.

QuantaStor 3.14.1 or newer to 3.15.1 Manual install WITHOUT Internet Access (REBOOT REQUIRED)

Download the following files to the QuantaStor appliance that you wish to upgrade

wget -nv http://qstor-packages.s3.amazonaws.com/packages/precise/main/libnvpair1_0.6.4.1-1~precise_amd64.deb
wget -nv http://qstor-packages.s3.amazonaws.com/packages/precise/main/libuutil1_0.6.4.1-1~precise_amd64.deb
wget -nv http://qstor-packages.s3.amazonaws.com/packages/precise/main/libzfs2_0.6.4.1-1~precise_amd64.deb
wget -nv http://qstor-packages.s3.amazonaws.com/packages/precise/main/libzpool2_0.6.4.1-1~precise_amd64.deb
wget -nv http://qstor-packages.s3.amazonaws.com/packages/precise/main/zfs-doc_0.6.4.1-1~precise_amd64.deb
wget -nv http://qstor-packages.s3.amazonaws.com/packages/precise/main/zfsutils_0.6.4.1-1~precise_amd64.deb
wget -nv http://qstor-packages.s3.amazonaws.com/packages/precise/main/qstortarget-3.13.0-39-quantastor_3.15.1.7874-1_amd64.deb
wget -nv http://qstor-packages.s3.amazonaws.com/packages/precise/main/qstormanager_3.15.1.7960-1_all.deb
wget -nv http://qstor-packages.s3.amazonaws.com/packages/precise/main/qstorservice_3.15.1.7960-1_amd64.deb
wget -nv http://qstor-packages.s3.amazonaws.com/packages/precise/main/qstortomcat_7.0.7960-1_all.deb

Once the files are available on the QuantaStor install them using the below command:


dpkg -i libnvpair1_0.6.4.1-1~precise_amd64.deb libuutil1_0.6.4.1-1~precise_amd64.deb libzfs2_0.6.4.1-1~precise_amd64.deb \
libzpool2_0.6.4.1-1~precise_amd64.deb zfs-doc_0.6.4.1-1~precise_amd64.deb  zfsutils_0.6.4.1-1~precise_amd64.deb \
qstortarget-3.13.0-39-quantastor_3.15.1.7874-1_amd64.deb qstormanager_3.15.1.7960-1_all.deb qstorservice_3.15.1.7960-1_amd64.deb \
qstortomcat_7.0.7960-1_all.deb

You can then reboot to boot the QuantaStor Linux Kernel with the new ZFS and other drivers.

3.14.0 or earlier to QuantaStor 3.15.1 Upgrade Instructions (REBOOT REQUIRED)

For customer running releases 3.14.0 or older, it is recommended that you schedule a downtime work window as a reboot is required for some package upgrades. You will need to run these commands as a user with sudo access on the QuantaStor appliance, such as the default 'qadmin' account or as root if you have enabled direct root access.

The below upgrade instructions can be run from the CLI to perform a full upgrade to QuantaStor 3.15.1 as well as the installation of the 3.13.0-39-quantastor Linux Kernel and the latest ZFS and other driver upgrades.

NOTE: Schedule Downtime and disconnect client access before running the below commands:

1) Run the qs-upgrade command once to install the newest version of the qs-upgrade script and the base Quantastor packages.

sudo qs-upgrade

2) Run the qs-upgrade command a second time to install all system level updates and dependencies, this will bring all system level and security packages to the latest versions.

sudo qs-upgrade

3) Run the kernel upgrade command to install the 3.13.0-39-quantastor Linux Kernel

sudo qs-kernelupgrade

4) Reboot the Quantastor Appliance to boot to the new kernel:

sudo reboot