Upgrading Cohesity Cluster

Introduction

Upgrading a Cohesity Cluster is a simple process. It works in a similar manner to a Nutanix Cluster where it upgrades one node at a time in a rolling fashion. This means no downtime is experienced during the process and backups jobs continue to run unaffected.

Procedure

Download the software upgrade .gzip package from the Cohesity support portal – https://support.cohesity.com
Log onto the Portal and to find the software packages click on ‘New Downloads >’Download the software

Next pick the version of software that you want to upgrade to. There are two tabs at the top of the page, ‘LTS Releases’ and ‘Feature Releases’.
LTS stands for the ‘Long Term Support’. This will generally be the most stable release available & will be supported for a longer length of time.
The Feature Release editions will have new functionality available but could suffer from more bugs.
Generally it is a good idea to stick to the LTS releases unless there is a particular feature you want to use. I would definitely recommend installing any upgrade package into a Test/Dev environment and then testing before releasing it into Production.

Once you have found the software version that you would like to upgrade to click on the ‘link’ for Upgrade Package to download

Once the package downloaded switch over to the Cohesity Cluster that is going to be upgraded and log on. Go to Admin → Upgrade Cluster → Get New Package

Pick ‘Upload a package file’ and then ‘Select File’ and browse to the location of the upgrade package that was downloaded and choose it. Check the correct file is selected pick ‘Upload Package and Upgrade’ to start cluster upgrade. When the process is started the Cohesity Cluster will automatically start the upgrade so just make sure you have all the required change controls in place etc