Re: Upgrade from 9.3 to 9.7

9.3 -> 9.7 is a supported "direct" ANDU path, per Upgrade Advisor.

It involves both loading both the 9.5 and 9.7 packages in to the repository
but just one ANDU required to make that jump.   Each node is upgraded twice
(9.3->9.5;9.5->9.7)  as the ANDU rolls through the cluster as I understand
it.

Thanks for the feedback on System Manager. I'm used to kicking it off from
the CLI so I'll just stick with that.

On Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 6:41 PM tmac <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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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