Re: Upgrade from 9.3 to 9.7

It is. For sure. But once on 9.5, you can load 9.7Px and 9.8PX on the
system and it will do the auto-update from 9.5 -> 9.7Px -> 9.8Px

One will have to do the 9.3 -> 9.5Px step first though.

--tmac

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On Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 6:45 PM Mike Gossett <[email protected]> wrote:

> 9.5 is definitely a needed interim step.
>
>
> On Sep 20, 2021, at 5:40 PM, Tim McCarthy <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I think you need to be on at least 9.5 to punch through to higher
> releases.
>
> The 9.3 to 9.5 with system manager is very manageable. Even if you were to
> start the upgrade with the cli you can still go to the gui upgrade page and
> watch the progress.
>
> I only end up at the cli in the event of an issue.
> cluster image show-update-progress
> Is your friend.
>
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> ------------------------------
> *From:* Philbert Rupkins <[email protected]>
> *Sent:* Monday, September 20, 2021 4:46:19 PM
> *To:* Tim McCarthy <[email protected]>
> *Cc:* Douglas Siggins <[email protected]>; Toasters <[email protected]
> >
> *Subject:* Re: Upgrade from 9.3 to 9.7
>
> Going to resurrect this thread from the ashes.   A couple of questions:
>
> Just a quick poll - how many of you are performing rolling ANDU upgrades
> via System Manager?  I see it is documented as the "preferred" ANDU method
> despite Upgrade Avisor walking through the CLI based steps.
>
>
> *"You can also perform an automated upgrade using the command line
> interface (CLI); however, *
> *using ONTAP System Manager is preferred."*
>
> *https://library.netapp.com/ecm/ecm_download_file/ECMLP2876872
> <https://library.netapp.com/ecm/ecm_download_file/ECMLP2876872>*
>
> Also, is the System Manager method available if performing the
> double/direct upgrade from 9.3->9.7?
>
> Thanks,
> Phil
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 14, 2021 at 11:10 AM Tim McCarthy <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Always reboot those sp/bmc before attempting any upgrade. It usually
> solves the SP update process from failing !
>
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> ------------------------------
> *From:* Toasters <[email protected]> on behalf of Douglas
> Siggins <[email protected]>
> *Sent:* Saturday, August 14, 2021 11:28:53 AM
> *To:* Philbert Rupkins <[email protected]>
> *Cc:* Toasters <[email protected]>
> *Subject:* Re: Upgrade from 9.3 to 9.7
>
> Works well check your cluster switch firmware versions, and upgrade your
> SPs directly prior if supported. I've seen many instances of SP hangs when
> we went through that process over a year ago (hundreds of nodes). Overall
> 9.7 is a great stable version.
>
> On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 3:05 PM Philbert Rupkins <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hello Toasters,
>
> Anybody have experience, positive or negative,  upgrading from 9.3 to 9.7?
>
> It is a supported automated upgrade path but requires packages for
> both 9.5 and 9.7.   My understanding is each node will be upgraded
> twice (once to 9.5 then to 9.7) but otherwise should follow the
> typical automated upgrade routine.
>
> Thank You
> Phil
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