Coincidentally, just this last weekend I
upgraded an FAS940 from 6.5.5 to 7.2.2, as well as two FAS3020s from 7.0.5 to 7.2.3.
(There wasn’t a specific reason for doing 7.2.2 on one and 7.2.3 on the
other, it just worked out that way because I talked to two different Netapp
support staff about the different servers.)
All the updates went completely painlessly
and smoothly. I was a little concerned about the big jump from 6.5 but have
not as yet discovered any problems or interruptions in service from the update.
One thing that I think helped the update
go smoothly is this time I contacted Netapp support and requested Upgrade Plans
for each server, which I’d never done before. (I’ve just
historically done the upgrades myself without help.) I was especially
concerned with the 3020s because there were several firmware updates to apply
and I wasn’t entirely sure what the correct order should be.
Netapp provided me PDFs of fairly detailed
instructions for the upgrades. You can also have them provide a Downgrade Plan
in the event of problems. I highly recommend taking advantage of that very
helpful service, even if you’re fairly familiar with he process. (It’s
also nice to have an official plan already drawn up to file with the Change
Control teams.)
--
Michael
W. Sphar - IS&T - Lead Systems Administrator
SMBU
Engineering Support Services, BMC Software
From:
owner-toasters@mathworks.com [mailto:owner-toasters@mathworks.com] On Behalf Of Philip Boyle
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007
10:19 AM
To: toasters@mathworks.com
Subject: ONTAP UPGRADE - FEEDBACK
REQUEST
Hi guys,
I’m currently running a number of FAS940 clusters with DATA ONTAP
Version 7.0.4 (Sun Feb 5 00:52:53 PST 2006 )
Primarily NFS with some ISCSI.
I’d like to hear back from you re your experiences upgrading to
the current s/w releases available on the NOW Site for the FAS940
series system.
http://now.netapp.com/NOW/cgi-bin/software?product=Data+ONTAP&platform=FAS940.
Our immediate options are to take a small step to 7.0.6, move up a
little further to 7.1.2.1 or go for the latest
and greatest, 7.2.3.
Have you guys seen any issues along the upgrade path to any of the
above releases?
Looking at the stats there are a decent number of
systems running 7.2.3, however the average run-time days per system
is quite low.
Feedback appreciated.
Thanks,
Philip