Deleting Space Allocation For A Virtual Disk; Resolving Failed Tasks; Upgrading Your Appliance - Dell DL4000 User Manual

4. Click Provision.
The disk provisioning begins and the status of the AppAssure repository creation is displayed in the
Status area of the Tasks screen. The State displays Provisioned.
5. To view the details after disk provisioning completes, click > next to the status light.
The Tasks page expands and displays status, repository, and virtual disk details (if allocated).

Deleting space allocation for a virtual disk

Before you begin this procedure, determine which virtual disk you want to delete. From the Core
Console, select the Appliance tab, click Tasks, and then expand the repository that contains the virtual
disks to see the virtual disk details.
To delete a space allocation for a virtual disk:
1. From the OpenManage Server Administrator application, expand Storage.
2. Expand the controller that houses the virtual disk, then select Virtual Disks.
3. Select the virtual disk that you want to remove, and then select Delete from the Tasks drop-down
menu.
4. After confirming the deletion, the space appears on the Core Console Appliance tab Tasks screen as
available for provisioning.

Resolving failed tasks

AppAssure reports failed verify, provision, and recovery tasks with an event on the Core Console Home
page, and also on the Appliance tab Tasks screen.
To understand how to resolve a failed task, select the Appliance tab and then click Tasks. Expand the
failed task by clicking > next to Status, and review the error message and recommended action.

Upgrading your Appliance

To upgrade your appliance:
1. Download the Recovery and Update Utility from dell.com/support to the DL4000 Backup to Disk
appliance.
2. Copy the utility to the appliance desktop and extract the files.
3. Double-click the launchRUU icon.
4. When prompted, click Yes to acknowledge that you are not running any of the listed processes.
5. When the Recovery and Update Utility screen appears, click Start.
6. When prompted to reboot, click OK.
The updated versions of the Windows Server Roles and Features, ASP .NET MVC3, LSI Provider, DL
Applications, OpenManage Server Administrator and AppAssure Core Software are installed as part of
the Recovery and Update Utility. In addition to these, the Recovery and Update Utility also updates
the RASR content.
NOTE: As part of the AppAssure Core Software upgrade process, the Recovery and Upgrade
Utility notifies you of the currently installed AppAssure version and prompts you to confirm that
you want to upgrade the Core software to the version that is bundled in the utility. AppAssure
Core software downgrades are not supported.
7. If prompted, reboot your system.
8. After all services and applications are installed, click Proceed.
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