I am wondering which release of ONTAP I should be running on a leading-edge (but production) server here...
We are currently running 6.2R2D2 --- the D2 part because we wanted the fix for 70674. We usually run the FCS release, but not a Dx one, so this makes me somewhat uneasy. Now 6.2.1 is out and FCS, and has 70674 in its fix list, so it would be natural to change to that.
But meanwhile we've got the question of 75012 (the CA-2002-19 bug-in- -most-known-DNS-resolvers thing) outstanding. We think we're pretty well protected against it being exploited, but will be a lot happier with a fix. This *isn't* listed as fixed in 6.2.1. The Bugs Online entry for 75012 names a number of Dx releases in which it is fixed, including 6.2R2D6, but there's no mention of a 6.2.1D<anything>.
So I need to decide between 6.2.1, 6.2R2D6, or waiting for something else.
Maybe toasters isn't the best place to ask about this ... can NetApp people even post to the list again yet?
Chris Thompson Email: cet1@cam.ac.uk
I got some helpful advice from people in NetApp on this one. If anyone else is thinking along the same lines, they might like to know of the existence of 6.2.1D1 which is just 6.2.1 plus a fix for 75012 (the CA-2002-19 thing). 6.2.1D1 isn't mentioned in the Bugs Online entry for 75012 yet, nor can it be downloaded from now.netapp.com, but it does exist and you should be able to get hold of it if you ask nicely!
Chris Thompson Email: cet1@cam.ac.uk
Actually, you can download any of the debug versions of Ontap from their ftp site.
~JK
Chris Thompson wrote:
I got some helpful advice from people in NetApp on this one. If anyone else is thinking along the same lines, they might like to know of the existence of 6.2.1D1 which is just 6.2.1 plus a fix for 75012 (the CA-2002-19 thing). 6.2.1D1 isn't mentioned in the Bugs Online entry for 75012 yet, nor can it be downloaded from now.netapp.com, but it does exist and you should be able to get hold of it if you ask nicely!
Chris Thompson Email: cet1@cam.ac.uk
jlkennedy@amcc.com (Jeff Kennedy) writes:
Actually, you can download any of the debug versions of Ontap from their ftp site.
I was actually told to get 6.2.1D1 from ftp.netapp.com, but wasn't entirely sure that this was meant to be public knowledge.
There's also the problem that downloading from ftp.netapp.com is 100-1000 times as slow as downloading from now.netapp.com. It was a really painful business fetching the 42 MB tar file, I can tell you!
Chris Thompson Email: cet1@cam.ac.uk
Slower, but better than not having it at all...
I would think that if it wasn't meant for public consumption it wouldn't be on an anonymous ftp server.
~JK
Chris Thompson wrote:
jlkennedy@amcc.com (Jeff Kennedy) writes:
Actually, you can download any of the debug versions of Ontap from their ftp site.
I was actually told to get 6.2.1D1 from ftp.netapp.com, but wasn't entirely sure that this was meant to be public knowledge.
There's also the problem that downloading from ftp.netapp.com is 100-1000 times as slow as downloading from now.netapp.com. It was a really painful business fetching the 42 MB tar file, I can tell you!
Chris Thompson Email: cet1@cam.ac.uk
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