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Article Number: 000022714


VxRail: How to check checksum on downloaded upgrade package in Windows

Summary: How to verify the checksum on a downloaded VxRail upgrade package in Windows OS

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Instructions


1. Goto support.emc.com to locate the upgrade package to be downloaded.

2. Click on the checksum link to generate the checksum for the file.
kA5j00000008Xd8CAE_1_0

3. Examine the checksum value. May need to copy it and paste it elsewhere (notepad) if the full checksum value is not visible in the window as in the following example:
kA5j00000008Xd8CAE_1_1

4. Copied and pasted full checksum value below:
608d191dee9867b909cc12e620f81b61615483e7949e05acdee2b6133a520743

5. Open a command prompt and cd into the directory that the upgrade file was saved into.

6. Use the CertUtil command to generate the checksum output of the file.

Syntax: CertUtil -hashfile <FileName> SHA256
CertUtil -hashfile VXRAIL_COMPOSITE-4.0.131-5128179.zip SHA256
kA5j00000008Xd8CAE_1_2

7. Compare the checksum output of the CertUtil command to the value take from the support site.
 

Article Properties


Affected Product

VxRail Appliance Family

Last Published Date

22 Sep 2022

Version

3

Article Type

How To