HP IO Accelerator for BladeSystem c-Class User Manual
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Software installation 18
CAUTION:
Upgrading IO Accelerator devices that were previously configured for VSL 1.x.x or
2.x.x to work with VSL 3.x.x requires a low-level media format of the device. No user data is
maintained during the media format process. Be sure to backup all data on your IO Accelerator
device as instructed before upgrading the firmware.
Do not back up the data onto another IO Accelerator device on the same system. The backup must
be to a local disk or to an externally attached volume.
b.
Run the fio-bugreport command-line utility and save the output. This output captures the device
information for each device in the system. This device information will be useful in troubleshooting
any upgrade issues. For example:
fio-bugreport
2.
To uninstall the 2.3.1 HP IO Accelerator VSL software, stop all of the virtual machines and put the host
in maintenance mode. Then follow the instructions for your platform:
a.
To uninstall the VSL from ESXi 5.0 using vCLI, run the following command:
esxcli --server <servername> software vib remove -n block-iomemory-vsl
b.
To uninstall the VSL from ESXi 4.x using vCLI:
i.
To determine the bundle "bulletin" ID, run the following command:
vihostupdate --server <server-name> --query
Sample output:
---------Bulletin ID--------- -----Installed-----
----------------Summary-----------------
iomemory-vsl-2.2.0.7601742 2011-02-08T10:37:05
iomemory-vsl: block driver for ESXi 4.1.X
ii.
To remove the "bulletin" containing the driver and utilities, run the following command:
vihostupdate --server <server-name> --remove --bulletin <Bulletin-ID>
c.
To uninstall the VSL from ESX 4.x:
i.
Enter the following command to determine the Bulletin ID of any previously installed versions:
esxupdate query
Sample output:
------Bulletin ID------ -----Installed-----
---------------------Summary----------------------
iomemory-vsl-3.0.6.360 2012-01-16T03:49:33
iomemory-vsl: block driver for ESX/ESXi 4.X
ii.
To remove installed versions, run the following command:
esxupdate -b <Bulletin-ID> remove
3.
Install the new VSL and related packages:
a.
Download the VSL offline bundle and firmware from the HP website
. For more information, see "Downloading the driver."
b.
Install the VSL and utilities. Follow the instructions in "Installing the VSL on ESX or ESXi 4.x (on page
)" or "Installing the VSL on ESXi 5.0 (on page
)," and then return to this procedure. Be sure to
follow the suggestion to copy over the firmware file to the ESX or ESXi host, and make note of the
firmware location.
c.
Reboot the system.