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Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2024

Filed:

Mar. 02, 2023
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Warren Hawkins, Winchester, GB;

Nicholas Michael O'Rourke, Southampton, GB;

Dominic Tomkins, Alton, GB;

Timothy Andrew Moran, Southampton, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/65 (2018.01); G06F 9/445 (2018.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01); G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/65 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method comprises: installing the target software version on a first node of the storage appliance; restarting the first node of the storage appliance while also running the current software version on other nodes of the storage system; subsequent to said installing the target software version and said restarting of the first node, determining if all hosts of the storage system have discovered paths to volumes on the first node; responsive to determining that all hosts of the storage system have discovered paths to volumes on the first node, permitting the CCU of the nodes to continue to upgrade one of the other nodes of the storage system from the current software version to the target software version; and responsive to determining that not all hosts of the storage system have discovered paths to volumes on the first node, preventing the CCU of the nodes from continuing.


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