Re: Upgrade from 9.3 to 9.7

What version of ONTAP can I upgrade to:

https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/ontap/upgrade/concept_upgrade_paths.html

Cheer,
Kuber

On Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 11:30 AM Philbert Rupkins <[email protected]>
wrote:

> 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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>>
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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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