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Version: vStor 4.15

Updating Catalogic vStor

Keeping your Catalogic vStor updated is crucial for ensuring the security, stability, and optimal performance of your storage environment.

You can update Catalogic vStor using three methods:

  • vStor Web Interface.
  • vStor catalogic-updater script – via Command Line Interface (CLI).
  • vStor update script – via Command Line Interface (CLI).
Restrictions.

Updating vStor via the web interface is not supported for vStor 4.8.1 and physical installations of vStor 4.11.1. To update from version 4.8.1 or physical 4.11.1, see Updating vStor using Update Script below.

Prerequisites​

Before starting the update process, you must first download the updates file from the Catalogic MySupport portal.

Updating vStor via Web Interface​

  1. Open a web browser and navigate to https://<vStor_hostname_or_IP>:8900.
  2. Log in with admin credentials.
  3. In the navigation menu, click System.
  4. Click the Install updates button.

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  1. When redirected to https://<vStor_hostname_or_IP>8950 re-enter your admin credentials.
Important!

Before starting the update process, make sure no backup or recovery tasks are running on your vStor. For virtual installation, we also recommend taking a full VM snapshot beforehand.

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  1. Click Understand to move to the Upload File step.

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  1. Select the .ISO file downloaded from the Catalogic MySupport portal.
  2. Click Update. The process may take a while.

Updating vStor using catalogic-updater​

  1. Log in to your machine via SSH or Console as admin.
  2. Download the vstor_update_4.15.iso from the Catalogic MySupport portal.
  3. Run the catalogic-updater script, providing the path to the downloaded .ISO file:
catalogic-updater /path/to/vstor-update.iso

You can add a --reboot flag when running the script to reboot the system after a successful update.

Updating vStor using Update Script​

  1. Log in to your machine via SSH or Console as admin.
  2. From the Catalogic MySupport portal, download:
    • vstor_update_4.15.iso image
    • vstor_update_4.15.sh update script.
  3. Run the update script, providing the path to the .ISO file as the argument:
./vstor_update_4.15.sh vstor_update_4.15.iso
  1. Reboot your machine.