That is correct and wrong at the same time ;)

You still cannot go directly from 9.3 to 9.7. I have heard you can load up 9.5 and 9.7 images and it will progress through:
9.3 -> 9.5 and then 9.5 -> 9.7

Still a double hop, but somewhat automated.

Personally, I would still do the 9.3 -> 9.5, wait at least 24 hours and then do the 9.5 -> 9.7

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On Wed, Mar 3, 2021 at 8:44 PM Brian Parent via Toasters <toasters@teaparty.net> wrote:



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To: Heino Walther <hw@beardmann.dk>
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Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2021 17:41:48 -0800
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I'm hearing conflicting information about being limited to 2 versions per hop.
Our support team says once we're at 9.3, we should be able to go directly to 9.7.

I guess we'll find out, and I can update this list on how it goes.
The update is scheduled for late March.

Re:
> From: Heino Walther <hw@beardmann.dk>
> Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2021 19:08:57 +0000
> Subject: SV:
> To: Brian Parent <bparent@ucsd.edu>, "toasters@teaparty.net"
>  <toasters@teaparty.net>
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> I would recommend 9.7p10
>
> Be aware that you can only jump 2 versions… so it’s 9.1 to 9.3 to 9.5 to 9.7 😉
> I would recommend a pause between each version, and get the latest patched version also…
> I seem to remember one specific version where the cluster certificate in the downloaded ontap version was expired, which resulted in an upgrade of the cluster never completing… no downtime or anything, but NetApp support had to fix the cluster database… 😊
>
> I have been working with NetApp for 15 years and never done a real production revert in my life 😉. But maybe I’m just lucky?
>
> /Heino
>
>
> I've got an AFF8020 running 9.1P10 and wondering whether I should target 9.6P10 or 9.7P10 as the destination version.
> I'm aware that such an upgrade will require a hop to 9.3 first.
> I'm also aware that reversion can not skip a release, which is a little scary.  I *really* hope I don't have to revert
> from 9.6 or 9.7 all the way back to 9.3 (3 or 4 hops).
>
> What I'm looking for is advice on 9.6p10 vs. 9.7p10.  Any horror stories of either release?
> I'm leaning towards 9.7p10, just because it's more recent.
>
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