Which best practice should be followed when planning a PowerScale upgrade to minimize risk?

Upgrade directly to the latest version without testing

Skip the pre-upgrade health check to save time

Test the upgrade in a non-production environment first

Perform the upgrade during peak business hours

An administrator is planning a OneFS upgrade and is concerned about the risk of data loss. What is the most important pre-upgrade action to mitigate this risk?

Disable all client access to the cluster

Ensure that all data is protected by snapshots or backups

Remove all snapshots to free up space

Upgrade the cluster without any preparation

An administrator is performing a rolling upgrade on a 6-node cluster. After the first node reboots and rejoins the cluster, what is the next step in the procedure?

Immediately start the next node without checking

Reboot all remaining nodes simultaneously

Run a full cluster reboot to complete the upgrade

Verify the node is healthy and then proceed to the next node

What is a recommended best practice for validating a PowerScale upgrade after it completes?

Verify cluster health and run basic data access tests

Reboot all nodes again to ensure the upgrade is applied

Skip validation if the upgrade completed without errors

Immediately delete the pre-upgrade snapshot to free space

Which pre-upgrade check is specifically required to ensure that the PowerScale cluster can be rolled back if the upgrade fails?

Verify that a full cluster backup is available

Confirm that the cluster has sufficient free space for the upgrade files

Ensure that a cluster snapshot is taken before the upgrade

Check that all nodes have the same firmware version

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6foundation · easy
Which best practice should be followed when planning a PowerScale upgrade to minimize risk?
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7expert · hard
An administrator is planning a OneFS upgrade and is concerned about the risk of data loss. What is the most important pre-upgrade action to mitigate this risk?
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8application · medium
An administrator is performing a rolling upgrade on a 6-node cluster. After the first node reboots and rejoins the cluster, what is the next step in the procedure?
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9foundation · easy
What is a recommended best practice for validating a PowerScale upgrade after it completes?
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10foundation · easy
Which pre-upgrade check is specifically required to ensure that the PowerScale cluster can be rolled back if the upgrade fails?
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