Update StorNext Connect Using Online or Offline Content

You can use online or offline content to update the StorNext Connect applications, the Connector for Linux client systems, and StorNext releases.

If your system has an Internet connection or if DNS is configured, you can update StorNext Connect using online content.

Perform Online Updates of StorNext Connect

  1. Click the Hamburger icon.
  2. Click System.
  3. Click Cloud Settings. The Cloud Settings page appears.

  4. In the Quantum App Store field, click to Online.

  5. Click Save to submit your changes, or click Back to discard your changes and return to the previous page.

If your system does not have an Internet connection or if DNS is not configured, you can update StorNext Connect using offline content.

Perform Offline Updates of StorNext Connect

  1. Click the Hamburger icon.
  2. Click System.
  3. Click Cloud Settings. The Cloud Settings page appears.

  4. In the Quantum App Store field, click to Offline.

  5. Click Save to submit your changes, or click Back to discard your changes and return to the previous page.

Perform Offline Updates of StorNext Connect

  1. Log in to the myStorNext website (mystornext.quantum.com).
  2. Click a row corresponding to the system you want to update. The side bar appears on the right side of your browser window.

  3. Click Downloads. The list of available updates appears under the Downloads section. The list of available updates and other downloads depends on the type of system, as illustrated in the table below.

      Type of System
    Available System Updates Appliance Connect StorNext Software

    Connect Add-On for Xsan

    		 ✓ ✓  

    Connect App Updates

    		 ✓ ✓  

    Discover Content

    		 ✓ ✓  
    FlexSync * ✓   ✓

    Legacy Connect Installer

    		 ✓    
    Appliance Controller Software * ✓    
    StorNext Appliance Firmware ✓    

    StorNext Client Software

    		 ✓ ✓  

    StorNext Offline File Manager (for Apple macOS) *

    		 ✓   ✓

    StorNext Offline File Manager (for Microsoft Windows) *

    		 ✓   ✓

    StorNext Windows Connector

    		 ✓ ✓  
    *This is an optional feature that provides additional functionality to your StorNext environment. Although registration and an account on the myStorNext website are required to access the optional feature, StorNext Connect installation is not required.

    The version of an available download is displayed immediately after the link text, in the format (v nnn). For example:

  4. Click a respective link to download StorNext Connect application updates, Connector content updates, and StorNext release content files, as needed.

    To monitor an Xsan system's I/O with StorNext Connect, download the Connect Add-On for Xsan disk image, which contains the Connect Add-On for Xsan application.

    Included with the disk image file is StorNext Connect Add-On for Xsan Product Tips (PDF), which includes instructions to install and use the add-on.

    To monitor StorNext Windows clients, download the Windows Connector package and install it on StorNext Windows clients to be monitored by StorNext Connect.

    To download the current version of the Appliance Controller upgrade package, click the Appliance Controller Offline Update link. Beginning with Appliance Controller 1.4.1, upgrade packages encompass all Appliance Controller features, including StorNext NAS. The content is packaged in a tar.gz file and includes the upgrade packages for supported Operating Systems. Use the package that corresponds to your Operating System. See Appliance Controller Console and StorNext NAS Upgrades in the Appliance Controller Documentation Center for information about upgrading the NAS software from the local /var/upgrade directory.

    You can download the appliance firmware files to perform a firmware upgrade on your system. Depending on the version being applied, the firmware upgrade includes:

    • Updates to the firmware running on an appliance server (if applicable).
    • Updates to the server appliance OS (if applicable).
    • Updates to the StorNext software.
    • Updates to the firmware for the metadata array (if needed for the upgrade).

    Note: Firmware files are large - around 2 GB each (or larger) for releases where both files are required (typical), so plan time to download the file(s) required for the upgrade.

    Note: Controller firmware upgrades for QXS must be done according to the firmware upgrade instructions found in the Installation Instructions section of the QXS Release Notes at www.quantum.com/qxshybriddocs (look for the applicable Release Notes for the release you need).

    To upgrade your system (upgrade the firmware), see Upgrade the System (Upgrade Firmware).

    If the StorNext Connect system does not have an Internet connection, the Connect App Updates link allows you to download updates for the StorNext Connect applications. The updates are packaged in a tar.gz file, which you upload from your computer to the StorNext Connect system over the management network. See Update StorNext Connect Using Online or Offline Content.

    If the StorNext Connect system does not have an Internet connection, the Discover Content link allows you to download updated StorNext Linux Connector content for the StorNext Connect system's Discover Components application. The content is packaged in a tar.gz file, which you upload from your computer to the StorNext Connect system over the management network.

    FlexSync provides a simple, fast, and highly efficient tool for creating local or remote replicas of file system data and metadata.

    Note: FlexSync is a Quantum-licensed, stand-alone feature available with the StorNext File System and is managed through a stand-alone graphical interface. See Obtain and Install StorNext Non-Expiring Licenses for information about obtaining a FlexSync license. See the FlexSync Documentation Center for information about licensing, installing, and using FlexSync.

    The Offline File Manager (for Apple macOS) provides visibility through MacFinder for Apple Xsan clients into the online/offline state of files and access to services to request Storage Manager store, retrieve, or truncate content via menu items. See Offline File Manager (for Apple macOS) for additional information about the Offline File Manager (for Apple macOS) client.

    The Offline File Manager (for Microsoft Windows) provides visibility through Windows Explorer for Windows clients into the online/offline state of files and access to services to request Storage Manager store, retrieve, or truncate content via menu items. See Offline File Manager (for Microsoft Windows) for additional information about the Offline File Manager (for Microsoft Windows) client.

    From the drop-down lists, select the StorNext release/version, Operating System type, and Operating System version.

    Click the link that corresponds to the client download for your system. For example, click SN Client v6.2.0 for x86_64 CentOS 7 for the client software only, or click SN Client w/ movers v6.2.0 for x86_64 CentOS 7 to download client software with distributed data mover (DDM), if there are clients in the environment that are used as DDMs.

    The Legacy Connect Installer file allows you install the latest version of StorNext Connect software and applications on an appliance that is running any release prior to StorNext 6.1. See Deploy StorNext Connect on an Installed and Configured System for installation instructions.

  5. Save the file to a location on your computer.

Perform Offline Updates of StorNext Connect

  1. In StorNext Connect:
    1. Click the Hamburger icon.
    2. Click System.
    3. Click Store. The App Store page appears.
  2. Click Update From File. The Connect Apps page appears.
  3. Click Choose file.
  4. Select the application updates content file (for example, app-updates-1.1.0-2516.tar.gz) and click Open.

    Note: When an offline package of application content is uploaded, all applications in the offline package are updated, including those not previously installed.

  5. Click Upload and install file.
  6. (Optional) Repeat these steps for the Connector content file (for example, discover_content-25-596-f2e3fc3.tar.gz) and for each StorNext client package that you downloaded (for example, snfs_client_plus_mover_RedHat7_x86_64.bin.tar.gz).