topic Upgrade questions in HPE SimpliVity

Upgrade questions

pehrafano — Wed, 19 Oct 2022 18:47:53 GMT

Need to upgrade hosts and vCenter versions. Will be my first time running an upgrade. 6 hosts in 2 clusters.

How long does each host take to do the auto-update generally? Gen10 HPE hardware.
Am I being overly cautious if I want to split the upgrades into vCenter and hosts separately? I know I'll need to open support cases both times this way, but I'm okay with that?

Appreciate any insights.

Re: Upgrade questions

Mahesh202 — Tue, 18 Oct 2022 16:16:07 GMT

Hi pehrafano

Firmware, OVC, and esxi upgrade will take approximately 2 hours for each node
for the second query, I would suggest you get in touch with tech support.

Hope this helps..!!

Regards
Mahesh

Re: Upgrade questions

gustenar — Tue, 18 Oct 2022 20:03:04 GMT

Hello @pehrafano,

Make sure to check the HPE Simplivity Interoperability Guide to make sure you upgrade to compatible versions between the different components, here's the link:

https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docLocale=en_US&docId=a00117319en_us

The time to upgrade can vary, there are 3 components to upgrade: Simplivity Omnistack software, ESXi and firmware. Each component has different durations, but I agree it shouldn't take more than 2 hours.

vCenter is not part of the Simplivity upgrade process, you have to do this separately. You don't really need to open a support case when performing upgrades unless you experience a problem.