Upgrading IBM Storage Fusion HCI System management software from 2.4 to 2.5.2

Steps to upgrade IBM Storage Fusion HCI System management software from OpenShift® Container Platform console. If you are on 2.4 version, then do the following steps to upgrade your management software to 2.5.2 version so that you can see the Upgrade page in the IBM Storage Fusion HCI System user interface.

1. Log in to the OpenShift Container Platform management console as a cluster administrator.
2. From the navigation menu, click Operators > Installed Operators and ensure that you select ibm-spectrum-fusion-ns project.
3. From the Installed Operators list, select IBM Storage Fusion HCI operator that is on 2.4 version. The Details tab opens by default.
4. Go to Subscription tab and check whether the Update approval is Manual or Automatic. If it is Automatic, change the Update approval to Manual.
5. In the Update channel section, click edit icon and change the channel value to v2.0.
   Note: Update the channel value if it is not set to v2.0.
6. Find CatalogSource section in the same tab, click isf-catalog link.
7. In the YAML tab, change the value of the image in the spec section.
   1. For online upgrade:

      
      spec:
        displayName: IBM Storage Fusion Catalog
        image: 'icr.io/cpopen/isf-operator-catalog:2.5.2-linux.amd64'                <-- Updated index image name
        publisher: IBM
        sourceType: grpc

   2. For upgrade using your enterprise registry:

      
      spec:
        displayName: IBM Storage Fusion Catalog
        image: '$TARGET_PATH/isf-operator-catalog:2.5.2-linux.amd64'                 <-- Updated index image name
        publisher: IBM
        sourceType: grpc

8. Save the YAML.
9. Change the namespace to ibm-spectrum-fusion-ns and click the installed IBM Storage Fusion HCI operator.
10. Go to the Subscription tab.
11. Click Upgrade available in the Upgrade status section. Alternatively, go to Operators > Installed Operators and click Upgrade available in the Status of the IBM Storage Fusion record.
12. In the InstallPlan details, click Preview InstallPlan. It lists all the install components before approving.
13. Click Approve to begin upgrade.
14. After the upgrade is successful, in the Installed Operator page, refresh your browser and clear your cache.
15. Verify whether the IBM Storage Fusion HCI System management software is in succeeded state and the version is 2.5.2. Also, in the Subscription tab, ensure that the upgrade status displays Up to date.
    Note: The firmware version is 2.5.