Re: Need to quickly downgrade from 9.5 to 8.2.4

What is the system? Is it capable of running 7-mode?

--tmac

*Tim McCarthy, **Principal Consultant*

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On Fri, Jul 5, 2019 at 11:35 PM Carolyn Chambers <
[email protected]> wrote:

> 1) we have an 800TB 7mode system
>
> 2) we have a new OnTap 9 that has a 7mtt replica
>
> 3) the 7mode system is being dismantled and physically moved by truck
> about 6 hours away.
>
> 4) we would like a 7mode snapmirror on a third system that is not being
> moved
>
> 5) we want to use 7mtt cutover tool after the move (based on the customers
> availability) and not do it manually in the middle of the move.
>
> We need to downgrade a 9.5 system to 7mode. Can you help with that?
>
> Thanks,
> Carolyn
>
> 972.578.2708
>
> On Jul 5, 2019, at 5:19 PM, tmac <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> The point of 7mtt is to mirror to ONTAP and then cut-over. Yes, it is one
> way but we have customers doing it quite frequently.
> It is not a move, it is a SnapMirror (Transition Data Protection or TDP
> Mirror).
> As along as the mirror portions finish, cutting over is pretty straight
> forward.
>
> If something unforeseen happens and a manual cut-over has to happen, so be
> it. It should not be too difficult.
>
> --tmac
>
> *Tim McCarthy, **Principal Consultant*
>
> *Proud Member of the #NetAppATeam <https://twitter.com/NetAppATeam>*
>
> *I Blog at TMACsRack <https://tmacsrack.wordpress.com/>*
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 5, 2019 at 11:02 PM Carolyn Chambers <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Source is already 7mtt’d but shipping a 7 mode system and need a copy we
>> can run from.
>>
>> Concerned that if the 7mode system does not make the move well we would
>> have to manually finish 7mtt.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Carolyn
>>
>> 972.578.2708
>>
>> On Jul 5, 2019, at 4:37 PM, Tim McCarthy <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Um... Use 7-mode transition tool from the support site
>>
>> It allows one way TDP mirrors from 7-mode to any ONTAP release up to 9.5
>>
>> It will not work with 9.6
>>
>> No need to downgrade. Honestly to do that is a ton of work and not all
>> platforms can go back that far anyway.
>>
>> Your NetApp sales team really should have informed you about 7MTT.
>>
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>> ------------------------------
>> *From:* [email protected] on behalf of Carolyn Chambers <
>> [email protected]>
>> *Sent:* Friday, July 5, 2019 9:57 PM
>> *To:* [email protected]
>> *Subject:* Need to quickly downgrade from 9.5 to 8.2.4
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> We are the middle of move planning and need to snapmirror some 7 Mode
>> data.
>>
>> The gear we have for the destination is from the factory with 9.5.
>>
>> The usual netboot is throwing errors.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Carolyn
>>
>> 972.578.2708
>>
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