Hey there,
We're running a NetApp simulator running 7.3.5 and have connected iSCSI clients that we've upgraded SnapDrive on to 6.4. Now we're ready to upgrade the simulator to 8.1.1. I was under the impression that upgrading a simulator meant shutting down the simulator and running the new version's simultator installer, where it would sense the previous install and upgrade it in place.
But a look at the NOW site shows only a VMware appliance for 8.x, looks like the approach has changed?
Is there any way to upgrade a 7.3.5 simulator in place to 8.1.1, preserving existing LUNs? Or to migrate or copy existing LUNs from a 7.3.5 simulator to an 8.1.1?
Randy
Hi Randy,
since ONTAP 7 is based upon NetBSD and ONTAP 8 on FreeBSD and the whole approach to the Sims completely changed (install on a *nix/Linux vs. complete VM) I don't see any way you could do an in-place upgrade...
OTOH the usual migration scenarios should work, e.g. set up host-based mirroring or a SnapMirror or just plain ndmpcopy if you're offline anyway.
Hope that helps
Sebastian
On 24.09.2012 19:17, Randy Rue wrote:
Hey there,
We're running a NetApp simulator running 7.3.5 and have connected iSCSI clients that we've upgraded SnapDrive on to 6.4. Now we're ready to upgrade the simulator to 8.1.1. I was under the impression that upgrading a simulator meant shutting down the simulator and running the new version's simultator installer, where it would sense the previous install and upgrade it in place.
But a look at the NOW site shows only a VMware appliance for 8.x, looks like the approach has changed?
Is there any way to upgrade a 7.3.5 simulator in place to 8.1.1, preserving existing LUNs? Or to migrate or copy existing LUNs from a 7.3.5 simulator to an 8.1.1?
Randy _______________________________________________ Toasters mailing list Toasters@teaparty.net http://www.teaparty.net/mailman/listinfo/toasters
Looks like the simulator includes things like the /etc/software folder and the "software" commands, any chance we could upgrade it just like we will the real filer? Of course, we'd need to know what version of the 8.1.1 .exe file to upload...
----- Original Message ----- From: "Sebastian Goetze" spgoetze@gmail.com To: "Randy Rue" rrue@fhcrc.org Cc: toasters@teaparty.net Sent: Monday, September 24, 2012 11:06:53 AM Subject: Re: trying to upgrade a netapp simulator in anticipation of upgrading tungsten
Hi Randy,
since ONTAP 7 is based upon NetBSD and ONTAP 8 on FreeBSD and the whole approach to the Sims completely changed (install on a *nix/Linux vs. complete VM) I don't see any way you could do an in-place upgrade...
OTOH the usual migration scenarios should work, e.g. set up host-based mirroring or a SnapMirror or just plain ndmpcopy if you're offline anyway.
Hope that helps
Sebastian
On 24.09.2012 19:17, Randy Rue wrote:
Hey there,
We're running a NetApp simulator running 7.3.5 and have connected iSCSI clients that we've upgraded SnapDrive on to 6.4. Now we're ready to upgrade the simulator to 8.1.1. I was under the impression that upgrading a simulator meant shutting down the simulator and running the new version's simultator installer, where it would sense the previous install and upgrade it in place.
But a look at the NOW site shows only a VMware appliance for 8.x, looks like the approach has changed?
Is there any way to upgrade a 7.3.5 simulator in place to 8.1.1, preserving existing LUNs? Or to migrate or copy existing LUNs from a 7.3.5 simulator to an 8.1.1?
Randy _______________________________________________ Toasters mailing list Toasters@teaparty.net http://www.teaparty.net/mailman/listinfo/toasters
Not at this moment. There is no publicly available image that can be used to update with "software" command.
-----Original Message----- From: toasters-bounces@teaparty.net [mailto:toasters-bounces@teaparty.net] On Behalf Of Randy Rue Sent: Monday, September 24, 2012 10:24 PM To: toasters@teaparty.net Subject: Re: trying to upgrade a netapp simulator in anticipation of upgrading tungsten
Looks like the simulator includes things like the /etc/software folder and the "software" commands, any chance we could upgrade it just like we will the real filer? Of course, we'd need to know what version of the 8.1.1 .exe file to upload...
----- Original Message ----- From: "Sebastian Goetze" spgoetze@gmail.com To: "Randy Rue" rrue@fhcrc.org Cc: toasters@teaparty.net Sent: Monday, September 24, 2012 11:06:53 AM Subject: Re: trying to upgrade a netapp simulator in anticipation of upgrading tungsten
Hi Randy,
since ONTAP 7 is based upon NetBSD and ONTAP 8 on FreeBSD and the whole approach to the Sims completely changed (install on a *nix/Linux vs. complete VM) I don't see any way you could do an in-place upgrade...
OTOH the usual migration scenarios should work, e.g. set up host-based mirroring or a SnapMirror or just plain ndmpcopy if you're offline anyway.
Hope that helps
Sebastian
On 24.09.2012 19:17, Randy Rue wrote:
Hey there,
We're running a NetApp simulator running 7.3.5 and have connected iSCSI clients that we've upgraded SnapDrive on to 6.4. Now we're ready to upgrade the simulator to 8.1.1. I was under the impression that upgrading a simulator meant shutting down the simulator and running the new version's simultator installer, where it would sense the previous install and upgrade it in place.
But a look at the NOW site shows only a VMware appliance for 8.x, looks like the approach has changed?
Is there any way to upgrade a 7.3.5 simulator in place to 8.1.1, preserving existing LUNs? Or to migrate or copy existing LUNs from a 7.3.5 simulator to an 8.1.1?
Randy _______________________________________________ Toasters mailing list Toasters@teaparty.net http://www.teaparty.net/mailman/listinfo/toasters
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