What's the feeling on 7.2.1.1P1, which is what I was about to deploy?
Davin.
At 13:47, on Mar 27, 2007, "Kevin Davis" wrote:
I'd stay away from 7.2.1P1 if I were you. We got slammed by _at least_ 2 nasty bugs, and are now considering our options for applying subsequent patches. (7.2.1.1D3, etc...)
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-----Original Message----- From: owner-toasters@mathworks.com [mailto:owner-toasters@mathworks.com] On Behalf Of J. Greg Mackinnon Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 10:34 AM To: toasters Subject: how to obtain patch releases
We currently are running OnTap 7.2.0 and not having fun with it. 7.2.1 contains many important fixes, but 7.2.1P1 has some critical fixes as well. I am getting fed up waiting for the next GA release, and I am willing to take the risk of running a patch build. The only problem... I cannot figure out how to download it!
In the past I have found patch release download links in the NOW KB when referencing a related bug number... not so this time.
Anyone know how to get the binaries? Open a support case? Bribe a NetApp tech?
Thanks, -Greg Mackinnon University of Vermont
A quick answer to the original question (unless someone answered it and I missed it).
From the download software page on NOW. Scroll down to the bottom of
the chart. You can select a custom release name there. Select "Data ONTAP", then plug in your desired release name. Most releases will be there even if they aren't featured on NOW.
-- Adam Fox adamfox@netapp.com
-----Original Message----- From: owner-dl-toasters@jhereg.corp.netapp.com [mailto:owner-dl-toasters@jhereg.corp.netapp.com] On Behalf Of Davin Milun Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 3:03 PM To: toasters Subject: RE: how to obtain patch releases
What's the feeling on 7.2.1.1P1, which is what I was about to deploy?
Davin.
At 13:47, on Mar 27, 2007, "Kevin Davis" wrote:
I'd stay away from 7.2.1P1 if I were you. We got slammed by _at least_ 2 nasty bugs, and are now considering our options for applying subsequent patches. (7.2.1.1D3, etc...)
*------------------------------------------*-----------------------* | Kevin Davis (UNIX Sysadmin) | Natick, Massachusetts | | 508.647.7660 | 01760-2098 | | mailto:kevin.davis@mathworks.com *-----------------------* | http://www.mathworks.com | | *------------------------------------------*-----------------------*
-----Original Message----- From: owner-toasters@mathworks.com [mailto:owner-toasters@mathworks.com] On Behalf Of J. Greg Mackinnon Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 10:34 AM To: toasters Subject: how to obtain patch releases
We currently are running OnTap 7.2.0 and not having fun with it. 7.2.1 contains many important fixes, but 7.2.1P1 has some critical fixes as well. I am getting fed up waiting for the next GA release,
and I am willing to take the risk of running a patch build. The only problem... I cannot figure out how to download it!
In the past I have found patch release download links in the NOW KB when referencing a related bug number... not so this time.
Anyone know how to get the binaries? Open a support case? Bribe a NetApp tech?
Thanks, -Greg Mackinnon University of Vermont
It is getting a bit late to reply on this, but here goes anyway...
Thanks to all who responded with the useful advice on how to download patch releases. It should have been obvious to me, but somehow I kept missing it.
Upgrade to the 7.2 family was a disaster for us... high cpu utilization, dropped CIFS sessions, failed NDMP backups. Blech! 7.2.1P1 helped a bit, but not enough. We had to get engineering to slip in a patch to this release because 7.2.1.1 did not have the ones we needed. After upgrading to this 7.2.1P1D10 build, we are ticking along nicely on our little FAS270c. I will be avoiding further upgrades until the next GD. Feature lust got the better of me... never again.
-Greg Mackinnon University of Vermont
We had to get engineering to slip in some bug fixes
Davin Milun wrote:
What's the feeling on 7.2.1.1P1, which is what I was about to deploy?
Davin.
At 13:47, on Mar 27, 2007, "Kevin Davis" wrote:
I'd stay away from 7.2.1P1 if I were you. We got slammed by _at least_ 2 nasty bugs, and are now considering our options for applying subsequent patches. (7.2.1.1D3, etc...)
*------------------------------------------*-----------------------* | Kevin Davis (UNIX Sysadmin) | Natick, Massachusetts | | 508.647.7660 | 01760-2098 | | mailto:kevin.davis@mathworks.com *-----------------------* | http://www.mathworks.com | | *------------------------------------------*-----------------------*
-----Original Message----- From: owner-toasters@mathworks.com [mailto:owner-toasters@mathworks.com] On Behalf Of J. Greg Mackinnon Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 10:34 AM To: toasters Subject: how to obtain patch releases
We currently are running OnTap 7.2.0 and not having fun with it. 7.2.1 contains many important fixes, but 7.2.1P1 has some critical fixes as well. I am getting fed up waiting for the next GA release, and I am willing to take the risk of running a patch build. The only problem... I cannot figure out how to download it!
In the past I have found patch release download links in the NOW KB when referencing a related bug number... not so this time.
Anyone know how to get the binaries? Open a support case? Bribe a NetApp tech?
Thanks, -Greg Mackinnon University of Vermont
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