What are the arguments for the Element sfinstall script?

Overview

As of the next Element upgrade after version 12.3, all Element upgrades will move to Hybrid Cloud Control's (HCC's) UI-driven upgrades process.

For 12.3 and prior, using the former method--the /sf/bin/sfinstall script within HealthTools--is an option as well

To determine what options are available on sfinstall, run either:

• sudo sfinstall -?
• sudo sfinstall --help (the latter is more verbose)

Example (from version 2020.06.01.04):

admin@SF-D31D ~ $ sudo sfupdate-healthtools -v
sfupdate-healthtools /sf/bin/sfupdate-healthtools -v
Currently installed version of HealthTools:
        2020.06.01.04
Management Node Platform: Ember
 

admin@SF-D31D ~ $ sudo sfinstall -?
usage: sfinstall [-h] [--skip-version-check] [--ignoreExistingDriveFaults]
                 [-c CREDENTIALS] [-B BSCHECKMODE] [-d] [--disableKIHE]
                 [--validateBondDownDelay] [--disableExtraHealthChecks]
                 [--disableNegativeStatsCheck] [--disableDefaultConstants]
                 [--lowMemoryGiB LOWMEMORYGIB]
                 [--lowMemoryPercent LOWMEMORYPERCENT] [--disableMemoryCheck]
                 [--disableLogFreeSpaceCheck] [--disableRootFreeSpaceCheck]
                 [--disableNetworkConfigWorkaround]
                 [--disableMovePrimariesAwayFromNode]
                 [--disableMovePrimariesGradual] [--disableVersionCheck]
                 [--movePrimariesWaitTime MOVEPRIMARIESWAITTIME]
                 [--movePrimariesGradualPeriod MOVEPRIMARIESGRADUALPERIOD]
                 [--movePrimariesISCSIMonitorPeriodMSec MOVEPRIMARIESISCSIMONITORPERIODMSEC]
                 [--movePrimariesGradualGroupCount MOVEPRIMARIESGRADUALGROUPCOUNT]
                 [--deprimeNodeID DEPRIMENODEID] [-E]
                 [-f IGNOREDCLUSTERFAULTS] [-i SCACHEWAITTIME] [-I]
                 [-m SCACHEMAXWAITTIME] [-P BSCHECKPAUSE]
                 [--sliceTimeoutMinutes SLICETIMEOUTMINUTES] [-t TIMEZONE]
                 [-T SCACHETHRESHOLD] [-u USER] [-w MINWAITBEFORERESTART]
                 [-W APIRETRYINTERVAL] [-x]
                 [--apiErrorLogThreshold APIERRORLOGTHRESHOLD]
                 [--apiErrorLogRepeat APIERRORLOGREPEAT]
                 [--apiMaxRetryCount APIMAXRETRYCOUNT] [--forceReinstall]
                 [--stage] [--destage] [--useProxy] [--skipConnectionTest]
                 [--connectionTestTimeout CONNECTIONTESTTIMEOUT]
                 [--rtfiFlags RTFIFLAGS] [--skipResetConstants]
                 [--maxInstallAttempts MAXINSTALLATTEMPTS] [--noPurgeLogs]
                 [--constantsFile CONSTANTSFILE] [--setConstants SETCONSTANTS]
                 [--ip IPADDRESS] [--nodeIdUpgradeOrder NODEIDUPGRADEORDER]
                 [--nodeTypeWeights NODETYPEWEIGHTS]
                 [--nodeIdModulo NODEIDMODULO] [--skipUserConfirmation]
                 [--disablePromptOnMissingNode]
                 [--maxVolumeHealthCheckIterations MAXVOLUMEHEALTHCHECKITERATIONS]
                 [--networkReadTimeoutRetries NETWORKREADTIMEOUTRETRIES]
                 [--networkReadTimeout NETWORKREADTIMEOUT] [--validateOnly]
                 [--metadata METADATA] [-b] [--shutdownNode SHUTDOWNNODE] [-l]
                 [-M MONITORPERIOD] [-n] [-R] [-S] [-v] [-e]
                 [--movePrimariesGradual] [--resetUpgrade]
                 [--resolveSfinstallFaults]
                 [--databaseUpdateRetries DATABASEUPDATERETRIES]
                 [--continueOnDatabaseUpdateFailure]
                 [mvip]

Example commands

Example of an sfinstall commands with added parameters:

sfinstall -u <Username> -p <Password> <MVIP> <DirectoryOfISO> --ignoreClusterFaults <errorcode>

sfinstall -u sfsupport -p catchTheFire! xx.xxx.x.xxx /home/solidfire/solidfire-rtfi-sodium-patch1-11.1.0.72.iso --ignoreClusterFaults blockClusterFull