Re: Upgrade to what?

Sebastian Goetze <[email protected]> Tue, 21 Sep 2021 10:05:59 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.comp.hardware.netapp
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Depends on your HW:

  * Ancient: e.g. 22xx, 32xx, 62xx up to 9.1p20
  * Old: e.g. 25xx, 80xx, A200 up to 9.8p6+
  * Current: anything later, e.g. A220+, FAS26xx+ up to 9.9.1p2+

On 21.09.2021 03:44, Kuber Sharma wrote:
> 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
>
>         *Tim McCarthy, */Principal Consultant/
>
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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.
>>
>>             Get Outlook for iOS <https://aka.ms/o0ukef>
>>             ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>             *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/
>>             /
>>             /
>>             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 !
>>
>>                 Get Outlook for iOS <https://aka.ms/o0ukef>
>>                 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>                 *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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