Hello Toasters,
Anybody have experience, positive or negative, upgrading from 9.3 to 9.7?
It is a supported automated upgrade path but requires packages for both 9.5 and 9.7. My understanding is each node will be upgraded twice (once to 9.5 then to 9.7) but otherwise should follow the typical automated upgrade routine.
Thank You Phil
Hey,
this works well and yes, your assumption is correct, two upgrades per node. We‘ve upgraded at least 20 HA-pairs using that method with not a single issue.
Best,
Alexander Griesser Head of Systems Operations
ANEXIA Internetdienstleistungs GmbH
E-Mail: AGriesser@anexia-it.commailto:AGriesser@anexia-it.com Web: http://www.anexia-it.comhttp://www.anexia-it.com/
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Am 13.08.2021 um 21:03 schrieb Philbert Rupkins philbertrupkins@gmail.com:
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Hello Toasters,
Anybody have experience, positive or negative, upgrading from 9.3 to 9.7?
It is a supported automated upgrade path but requires packages for both 9.5 and 9.7. My understanding is each node will be upgraded twice (once to 9.5 then to 9.7) but otherwise should follow the typical automated upgrade routine.
Thank You Phil _______________________________________________ Toasters mailing list Toasters@teaparty.net https://www.teaparty.net/mailman/listinfo/toasters
Second that. We upgraded 3 (2-node) clusters from 9.3 to 9.7 in June without any issues. Our clusters have cascading snapmirror/snapvault relationships so the extra layover at 9.5 and only upgrading one cluster at a time resulted in a long maintenance window but otherwise it was all smooth.
On Fri, 13 Aug 2021 at 20:28, Alexander Griesser AGriesser@anexia-it.com wrote:
Hey,
this works well and yes, your assumption is correct, two upgrades per node. We‘ve upgraded at least 20 HA-pairs using that method with not a single issue.
Best,
*Alexander Griesser*
Head of Systems Operations
ANEXIA Internetdienstleistungs GmbH
E-Mail: AGriesser@anexia-it.com
Anschrift Hauptsitz Klagenfurt: Feldkirchnerstraße 140, 9020 Klagenfurt
Geschäftsführer: Alexander Windbichler
Firmenbuch: FN 289918a | Gerichtsstand: Klagenfurt | UID-Nummer: AT U63216601
Am 13.08.2021 um 21:03 schrieb Philbert Rupkins <philbertrupkins@gmail.com
:
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Hello Toasters,
Anybody have experience, positive or negative, upgrading from 9.3 to 9.7?
It is a supported automated upgrade path but requires packages for both 9.5 and 9.7. My understanding is each node will be upgraded twice (once to 9.5 then to 9.7) but otherwise should follow the typical automated upgrade routine.
Thank You Phil _______________________________________________ Toasters mailing list Toasters@teaparty.net https://www.teaparty.net/mailman/listinfo/toasters
Toasters mailing list Toasters@teaparty.net https://www.teaparty.net/mailman/listinfo/toasters
Philbert:
We did this recently and the upgrade was smooth. Your understanding is correct, it upgrades to 9.5 and then 9.7, but otherwise is the typical process.
On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 12:05 PM Philbert Rupkins philbertrupkins@gmail.com wrote:
Hello Toasters,
Anybody have experience, positive or negative, upgrading from 9.3 to 9.7?
It is a supported automated upgrade path but requires packages for both 9.5 and 9.7. My understanding is each node will be upgraded twice (once to 9.5 then to 9.7) but otherwise should follow the typical automated upgrade routine.
Thank You Phil _______________________________________________ Toasters mailing list Toasters@teaparty.net https://www.teaparty.net/mailman/listinfo/toasters
Excellent! Thanks for the responses. Glad to hear this is a smooth process.
We've got two 6 node clusters (each cluster = 3 HA pairs) to upgrade. Snapmirror relationships between each cluster, no cascading to a third cluster or anything like that.
We've never performed a double ONTAP upgrade during a single maintenance window so were a bit hesitant when we saw this upgrade path. This feedback helps alleviate my concerns, really appreciate it. I'll be sure to double the usual maintenance window to allow time for both upgrades.
Excited to get to 9.7. I really wish 9.7 included the GA release of ONTAP S3 but I suppose we'll just have to wait until we get to 9.8.
Happy weekend everybody! -Phil
On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 2:46 PM Mitch Wright mishigas@gmail.com wrote:
Philbert:
We did this recently and the upgrade was smooth. Your understanding is correct, it upgrades to 9.5 and then 9.7, but otherwise is the typical process.
On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 12:05 PM Philbert Rupkins philbertrupkins@gmail.com wrote:
Hello Toasters,
Anybody have experience, positive or negative, upgrading from 9.3 to 9.7?
It is a supported automated upgrade path but requires packages for both 9.5 and 9.7. My understanding is each node will be upgraded twice (once to 9.5 then to 9.7) but otherwise should follow the typical automated upgrade routine.
Thank You Phil _______________________________________________ Toasters mailing list Toasters@teaparty.net https://www.teaparty.net/mailman/listinfo/toasters
I'm probably preaching to the choir here, but make sure you use 9.5P-latest or at least a recent P release. That way, if you have to stop at the 9.5 hop for any reason, you are on a recent release.
Also, there is a BURT in 9.5P5 and earlier that requires manual intervention to deal with expired certificates. 9.5P6 and later have the updated certs.
https://mysupport.netapp.com/NOW/cgi-bin/bol?Type=Detail&Display=1250500
John
On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 03:45:13PM -0500, Philbert Rupkins wrote:
Excellent! Thanks for the responses. Glad to hear this is a smooth process.
We've got two 6 node clusters (each cluster = 3 HA pairs) to upgrade. Snapmirror relationships between each cluster, no cascading to a third cluster or anything like that.
We've never performed a double ONTAP upgrade during a single maintenance window so were a bit hesitant when we saw this upgrade path. This feedback helps alleviate my concerns, really appreciate it. I'll be sure to double the usual maintenance window to allow time for both upgrades.
Excited to get to 9.7. I really wish 9.7 included the GA release of ONTAP S3 but I suppose we'll just have to wait until we get to 9.8.
Happy weekend everybody! -Phil
On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 2:46 PM Mitch Wright mishigas@gmail.com wrote:
Philbert:
We did this recently and the upgrade was smooth. Your understanding is correct, it upgrades to 9.5 and then 9.7, but otherwise is the typical process.
On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 12:05 PM Philbert Rupkins philbertrupkins@gmail.com wrote:
Hello Toasters,
Anybody have experience, positive or negative, upgrading from 9.3 to 9.7?
It is a supported automated upgrade path but requires packages for both 9.5 and 9.7. My understanding is each node will be upgraded twice (once to 9.5 then to 9.7) but otherwise should follow the typical automated upgrade routine.
Thank You Phil _______________________________________________ Toasters mailing list Toasters@teaparty.net https://www.teaparty.net/mailman/listinfo/toasters
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Not preaching to the choir. Duly noted - thank you for that note. I recall something similar with expired vserver certs when we upgraded from 9.1 to 9.3.
I am planning to use the latest P-release of both 9.5 and 9.7. I dont recall seeing anything related to the 9.3 -> 9.7 jump that requires a specific P release, so going with the latest seems to make the most sense.
Though I will admit, it has to be a P release that has been out for a while. I tend to avoid deploying P releases that have been out for <1 month. That's not a best practice or anything, just a safety net of sorts that we've adopted as an IT organization. The only exception to that "rule" is if we're in a buggy release and a just-released-patch includes a fix for a specific problem we're experiencing.
Phil
On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 5:54 PM John Clear jac@panix.com wrote:
I'm probably preaching to the choir here, but make sure you use 9.5P-latest or at least a recent P release. That way, if you have to stop at the 9.5 hop for any reason, you are on a recent release.
Also, there is a BURT in 9.5P5 and earlier that requires manual intervention to deal with expired certificates. 9.5P6 and later have the updated certs.
https://mysupport.netapp.com/NOW/cgi-bin/bol?Type=Detail&Display=1250500
John
On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 03:45:13PM -0500, Philbert Rupkins wrote:
Excellent! Thanks for the responses. Glad to hear this is a smooth process.
We've got two 6 node clusters (each cluster = 3 HA pairs) to upgrade. Snapmirror relationships between each cluster, no cascading to a third cluster or anything like that.
We've never performed a double ONTAP upgrade during a single maintenance window so were a bit hesitant when we saw this upgrade path. This feedback helps alleviate my concerns, really appreciate it. I'll be sure to double the usual maintenance window to allow time for both upgrades.
Excited to get to 9.7. I really wish 9.7 included the GA release of ONTAP S3 but I suppose we'll just have to wait until we get to 9.8.
Happy weekend everybody! -Phil
On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 2:46 PM Mitch Wright mishigas@gmail.com wrote:
Philbert:
We did this recently and the upgrade was smooth. Your understanding is correct, it upgrades to 9.5 and then 9.7, but otherwise is the typical process.
On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 12:05 PM Philbert Rupkins philbertrupkins@gmail.com wrote:
Hello Toasters,
Anybody have experience, positive or negative, upgrading from 9.3 to 9.7?
It is a supported automated upgrade path but requires packages for both 9.5 and 9.7. My understanding is each node will be upgraded twice (once to 9.5 then to 9.7) but otherwise should follow the typical automated upgrade routine.
Thank You Phil _______________________________________________ Toasters mailing list Toasters@teaparty.net https://www.teaparty.net/mailman/listinfo/toasters
Toasters mailing list Toasters@teaparty.net https://www.teaparty.net/mailman/listinfo/toasters
Speaking of certs....ONTAP 9.8 includes a new addition when doing the Certificate request... SAN: Subject Alternative Names !
Now when doing the "security certificate generate" command, there are two new options: -ip & -dns
For -ip you can add all your admin IP addresses (node mgmts, SPs, cluster admin) and all the DNS names (including all short names and FQDNs for all the admin interfaces).
--tmac
*Tim McCarthy, **Principal Consultant*
*Proud Member of the #NetAppATeam https://twitter.com/NetAppATeam*
*I Blog at TMACsRack https://tmacsrack.wordpress.com/*
On Sat, Aug 14, 2021 at 9:25 AM Philbert Rupkins philbertrupkins@gmail.com wrote:
Not preaching to the choir. Duly noted - thank you for that note. I recall something similar with expired vserver certs when we upgraded from 9.1 to 9.3.
I am planning to use the latest P-release of both 9.5 and 9.7. I dont recall seeing anything related to the 9.3 -> 9.7 jump that requires a specific P release, so going with the latest seems to make the most sense.
Though I will admit, it has to be a P release that has been out for a while. I tend to avoid deploying P releases that have been out for <1 month. That's not a best practice or anything, just a safety net of sorts that we've adopted as an IT organization. The only exception to that "rule" is if we're in a buggy release and a just-released-patch includes a fix for a specific problem we're experiencing.
Phil
On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 5:54 PM John Clear jac@panix.com wrote:
I'm probably preaching to the choir here, but make sure you use 9.5P-latest or at least a recent P release. That way, if you have to stop at the 9.5 hop for any reason, you are on a recent release.
Also, there is a BURT in 9.5P5 and earlier that requires manual intervention to deal with expired certificates. 9.5P6 and later have the updated certs.
https://mysupport.netapp.com/NOW/cgi-bin/bol?Type=Detail&Display=1250500
John
On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 03:45:13PM -0500, Philbert Rupkins wrote:
Excellent! Thanks for the responses. Glad to hear this is a smooth process.
We've got two 6 node clusters (each cluster = 3 HA pairs) to upgrade. Snapmirror relationships between each cluster, no cascading to a third cluster or anything like that.
We've never performed a double ONTAP upgrade during a single maintenance window so were a bit hesitant when we saw this upgrade path. This feedback helps alleviate my concerns, really appreciate it. I'll be sure to double the usual maintenance window to allow time for both upgrades.
Excited to get to 9.7. I really wish 9.7 included the GA release of ONTAP S3 but I suppose we'll just have to wait until we get to 9.8.
Happy weekend everybody! -Phil
On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 2:46 PM Mitch Wright mishigas@gmail.com
wrote:
Philbert:
We did this recently and the upgrade was smooth. Your understanding is correct, it upgrades to 9.5 and then 9.7, but
otherwise is the typical process.
On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 12:05 PM Philbert Rupkins <
philbertrupkins@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello Toasters,
Anybody have experience, positive or negative, upgrading from 9.3
to 9.7?
It is a supported automated upgrade path but requires packages for both 9.5 and 9.7. My understanding is each node will be upgraded twice (once to 9.5 then to 9.7) but otherwise should follow the typical automated upgrade routine.
Thank You Phil _______________________________________________ Toasters mailing list Toasters@teaparty.net https://www.teaparty.net/mailman/listinfo/toasters
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Works well check your cluster switch firmware versions, and upgrade your SPs directly prior if supported. I've seen many instances of SP hangs when we went through that process over a year ago (hundreds of nodes). Overall 9.7 is a great stable version.
On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 3:05 PM Philbert Rupkins philbertrupkins@gmail.com wrote:
Hello Toasters,
Anybody have experience, positive or negative, upgrading from 9.3 to 9.7?
It is a supported automated upgrade path but requires packages for both 9.5 and 9.7. My understanding is each node will be upgraded twice (once to 9.5 then to 9.7) but otherwise should follow the typical automated upgrade routine.
Thank You Phil _______________________________________________ Toasters mailing list Toasters@teaparty.net https://www.teaparty.net/mailman/listinfo/toasters
Always reboot those sp/bmc before attempting any upgrade. It usually solves the SP update process from failing !
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Works well check your cluster switch firmware versions, and upgrade your SPs directly prior if supported. I've seen many instances of SP hangs when we went through that process over a year ago (hundreds of nodes). Overall 9.7 is a great stable version.
On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 3:05 PM Philbert Rupkins <philbertrupkins@gmail.commailto:philbertrupkins@gmail.com> wrote: Hello Toasters,
Anybody have experience, positive or negative, upgrading from 9.3 to 9.7?
It is a supported automated upgrade path but requires packages for both 9.5 and 9.7. My understanding is each node will be upgraded twice (once to 9.5 then to 9.7) but otherwise should follow the typical automated upgrade routine.
Thank You Phil _______________________________________________ Toasters mailing list Toasters@teaparty.netmailto:Toasters@teaparty.net https://www.teaparty.net/mailman/listinfo/toasters
Going to resurrect this thread from the ashes. A couple of questions:
Just a quick poll - how many of you are performing rolling ANDU upgrades via System Manager? I see it is documented as the "preferred" ANDU method despite Upgrade Avisor walking through the CLI based steps.
*"You can also perform an automated upgrade using the command line interface (CLI); however,* *using ONTAP System Manager is preferred."*
*https://library.netapp.com/ecm/ecm_download_file/ECMLP2876872 https://library.netapp.com/ecm/ecm_download_file/ECMLP2876872*
Also, is the System Manager method available if performing the double/direct upgrade from 9.3->9.7?
Thanks, Phil
On Sat, Aug 14, 2021 at 11:10 AM Tim McCarthy tmacmd@gmail.com wrote:
Always reboot those sp/bmc before attempting any upgrade. It usually solves the SP update process from failing !
Get Outlook for iOS https://aka.ms/o0ukef
*From:* Toasters toasters-bounces@teaparty.net on behalf of Douglas Siggins siggins@gmail.com *Sent:* Saturday, August 14, 2021 11:28:53 AM *To:* Philbert Rupkins philbertrupkins@gmail.com *Cc:* Toasters toasters@teaparty.net *Subject:* Re: Upgrade from 9.3 to 9.7
Works well check your cluster switch firmware versions, and upgrade your SPs directly prior if supported. I've seen many instances of SP hangs when we went through that process over a year ago (hundreds of nodes). Overall 9.7 is a great stable version.
On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 3:05 PM Philbert Rupkins < philbertrupkins@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello Toasters,
Anybody have experience, positive or negative, upgrading from 9.3 to 9.7?
It is a supported automated upgrade path but requires packages for both 9.5 and 9.7. My understanding is each node will be upgraded twice (once to 9.5 then to 9.7) but otherwise should follow the typical automated upgrade routine.
Thank You Phil _______________________________________________ Toasters mailing list Toasters@teaparty.net https://www.teaparty.net/mailman/listinfo/toasters
I think you need to be on at least 9.5 to punch through to higher releases.
The 9.3 to 9.5 with system manager is very manageable. Even if you were to start the upgrade with the cli you can still go to the gui upgrade page and watch the progress.
I only end up at the cli in the event of an issue. cluster image show-update-progress Is your friend.
Get Outlook for iOShttps://aka.ms/o0ukef ________________________________ From: Philbert Rupkins philbertrupkins@gmail.com Sent: Monday, September 20, 2021 4:46:19 PM To: Tim McCarthy tmacmd@gmail.com Cc: Douglas Siggins siggins@gmail.com; Toasters toasters@teaparty.net Subject: Re: Upgrade from 9.3 to 9.7
Going to resurrect this thread from the ashes. A couple of questions:
Just a quick poll - how many of you are performing rolling ANDU upgrades via System Manager? I see it is documented as the "preferred" ANDU method despite Upgrade Avisor walking through the CLI based steps.
"You can also perform an automated upgrade using the command line interface (CLI); however, using ONTAP System Manager is preferred."
https://library.netapp.com/ecm/ecm_download_file/ECMLP2876872
Also, is the System Manager method available if performing the double/direct upgrade from 9.3->9.7?
Thanks, Phil
On Sat, Aug 14, 2021 at 11:10 AM Tim McCarthy <tmacmd@gmail.commailto:tmacmd@gmail.com> wrote: Always reboot those sp/bmc before attempting any upgrade. It usually solves the SP update process from failing !
Get Outlook for iOShttps://aka.ms/o0ukef ________________________________ From: Toasters <toasters-bounces@teaparty.netmailto:toasters-bounces@teaparty.net> on behalf of Douglas Siggins <siggins@gmail.commailto:siggins@gmail.com> Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2021 11:28:53 AM To: Philbert Rupkins <philbertrupkins@gmail.commailto:philbertrupkins@gmail.com> Cc: Toasters <toasters@teaparty.netmailto:toasters@teaparty.net> Subject: Re: Upgrade from 9.3 to 9.7
Works well check your cluster switch firmware versions, and upgrade your SPs directly prior if supported. I've seen many instances of SP hangs when we went through that process over a year ago (hundreds of nodes). Overall 9.7 is a great stable version.
On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 3:05 PM Philbert Rupkins <philbertrupkins@gmail.commailto:philbertrupkins@gmail.com> wrote: Hello Toasters,
Anybody have experience, positive or negative, upgrading from 9.3 to 9.7?
It is a supported automated upgrade path but requires packages for both 9.5 and 9.7. My understanding is each node will be upgraded twice (once to 9.5 then to 9.7) but otherwise should follow the typical automated upgrade routine.
Thank You Phil _______________________________________________ Toasters mailing list Toasters@teaparty.netmailto:Toasters@teaparty.net https://www.teaparty.net/mailman/listinfo/toasters
9.5 is definitely a needed interim step.
On Sep 20, 2021, at 5:40 PM, Tim McCarthy tmacmd@gmail.com wrote:
I think you need to be on at least 9.5 to punch through to higher releases.
The 9.3 to 9.5 with system manager is very manageable. Even if you were to start the upgrade with the cli you can still go to the gui upgrade page and watch the progress.
I only end up at the cli in the event of an issue. cluster image show-update-progress Is your friend.
Get Outlook for iOS https://aka.ms/o0ukef From: Philbert Rupkins philbertrupkins@gmail.com Sent: Monday, September 20, 2021 4:46:19 PM To: Tim McCarthy tmacmd@gmail.com Cc: Douglas Siggins siggins@gmail.com; Toasters toasters@teaparty.net Subject: Re: Upgrade from 9.3 to 9.7
Going to resurrect this thread from the ashes. A couple of questions:
Just a quick poll - how many of you are performing rolling ANDU upgrades via System Manager? I see it is documented as the "preferred" ANDU method despite Upgrade Avisor walking through the CLI based steps.
"You can also perform an automated upgrade using the command line interface (CLI); however, using ONTAP System Manager is preferred."
https://library.netapp.com/ecm/ecm_download_file/ECMLP2876872 https://library.netapp.com/ecm/ecm_download_file/ECMLP2876872
Also, is the System Manager method available if performing the double/direct upgrade from 9.3->9.7?
Thanks, Phil
On Sat, Aug 14, 2021 at 11:10 AM Tim McCarthy <tmacmd@gmail.com mailto:tmacmd@gmail.com> wrote: Always reboot those sp/bmc before attempting any upgrade. It usually solves the SP update process from failing !
Get Outlook for iOS https://aka.ms/o0ukef From: Toasters <toasters-bounces@teaparty.net mailto:toasters-bounces@teaparty.net> on behalf of Douglas Siggins <siggins@gmail.com mailto:siggins@gmail.com> Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2021 11:28:53 AM To: Philbert Rupkins <philbertrupkins@gmail.com mailto:philbertrupkins@gmail.com> Cc: Toasters <toasters@teaparty.net mailto:toasters@teaparty.net> Subject: Re: Upgrade from 9.3 to 9.7
Works well check your cluster switch firmware versions, and upgrade your SPs directly prior if supported. I've seen many instances of SP hangs when we went through that process over a year ago (hundreds of nodes). Overall 9.7 is a great stable version.
On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 3:05 PM Philbert Rupkins <philbertrupkins@gmail.com mailto:philbertrupkins@gmail.com> wrote: Hello Toasters,
Anybody have experience, positive or negative, upgrading from 9.3 to 9.7?
It is a supported automated upgrade path but requires packages for both 9.5 and 9.7. My understanding is each node will be upgraded twice (once to 9.5 then to 9.7) but otherwise should follow the typical automated upgrade routine.
Thank You Phil _______________________________________________ Toasters mailing list Toasters@teaparty.net mailto:Toasters@teaparty.net https://www.teaparty.net/mailman/listinfo/toasters https://www.teaparty.net/mailman/listinfo/toasters _______________________________________________ Toasters mailing list Toasters@teaparty.net https://www.teaparty.net/mailman/listinfo/toasters
It is. For sure. But once on 9.5, you can load 9.7Px and 9.8PX on the system and it will do the auto-update from 9.5 -> 9.7Px -> 9.8Px
One will have to do the 9.3 -> 9.5Px step first though.
--tmac
*Tim McCarthy, **Principal Consultant*
*Proud Member of the #NetAppATeam https://twitter.com/NetAppATeam*
*I Blog at TMACsRack https://tmacsrack.wordpress.com/*
On Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 6:45 PM Mike Gossett cmgossett@gmail.com wrote:
9.5 is definitely a needed interim step.
On Sep 20, 2021, at 5:40 PM, Tim McCarthy tmacmd@gmail.com wrote:
I think you need to be on at least 9.5 to punch through to higher releases.
The 9.3 to 9.5 with system manager is very manageable. Even if you were to start the upgrade with the cli you can still go to the gui upgrade page and watch the progress.
I only end up at the cli in the event of an issue. cluster image show-update-progress Is your friend.
Get Outlook for iOS https://aka.ms/o0ukef
*From:* Philbert Rupkins philbertrupkins@gmail.com *Sent:* Monday, September 20, 2021 4:46:19 PM *To:* Tim McCarthy tmacmd@gmail.com *Cc:* Douglas Siggins siggins@gmail.com; Toasters <toasters@teaparty.net
*Subject:* Re: Upgrade from 9.3 to 9.7
Going to resurrect this thread from the ashes. A couple of questions:
Just a quick poll - how many of you are performing rolling ANDU upgrades via System Manager? I see it is documented as the "preferred" ANDU method despite Upgrade Avisor walking through the CLI based steps.
*"You can also perform an automated upgrade using the command line interface (CLI); however, * *using ONTAP System Manager is preferred."*
*https://library.netapp.com/ecm/ecm_download_file/ECMLP2876872 https://library.netapp.com/ecm/ecm_download_file/ECMLP2876872*
Also, is the System Manager method available if performing the double/direct upgrade from 9.3->9.7?
Thanks, Phil
On Sat, Aug 14, 2021 at 11:10 AM Tim McCarthy tmacmd@gmail.com wrote:
Always reboot those sp/bmc before attempting any upgrade. It usually solves the SP update process from failing !
Get Outlook for iOS https://aka.ms/o0ukef
*From:* Toasters toasters-bounces@teaparty.net on behalf of Douglas Siggins siggins@gmail.com *Sent:* Saturday, August 14, 2021 11:28:53 AM *To:* Philbert Rupkins philbertrupkins@gmail.com *Cc:* Toasters toasters@teaparty.net *Subject:* Re: Upgrade from 9.3 to 9.7
Works well check your cluster switch firmware versions, and upgrade your SPs directly prior if supported. I've seen many instances of SP hangs when we went through that process over a year ago (hundreds of nodes). Overall 9.7 is a great stable version.
On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 3:05 PM Philbert Rupkins < philbertrupkins@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello Toasters,
Anybody have experience, positive or negative, upgrading from 9.3 to 9.7?
It is a supported automated upgrade path but requires packages for both 9.5 and 9.7. My understanding is each node will be upgraded twice (once to 9.5 then to 9.7) but otherwise should follow the typical automated upgrade routine.
Thank You Phil _______________________________________________ Toasters mailing list Toasters@teaparty.net https://www.teaparty.net/mailman/listinfo/toasters
Toasters mailing list Toasters@teaparty.net https://www.teaparty.net/mailman/listinfo/toasters
9.3 -> 9.7 is a supported "direct" ANDU path, per Upgrade Advisor.
It involves both loading both the 9.5 and 9.7 packages in to the repository but just one ANDU required to make that jump. Each node is upgraded twice (9.3->9.5;9.5->9.7) as the ANDU rolls through the cluster as I understand it.
Thanks for the feedback on System Manager. I'm used to kicking it off from the CLI so I'll just stick with that.
On Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 6:41 PM tmac tmacmd@gmail.com wrote:
It is. For sure. But once on 9.5, you can load 9.7Px and 9.8PX on the system and it will do the auto-update from 9.5 -> 9.7Px -> 9.8Px
One will have to do the 9.3 -> 9.5Px step first though.
--tmac
*Tim McCarthy, **Principal Consultant*
*Proud Member of the #NetAppATeam https://twitter.com/NetAppATeam*
*I Blog at TMACsRack https://tmacsrack.wordpress.com/*
On Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 6:45 PM Mike Gossett cmgossett@gmail.com wrote:
9.5 is definitely a needed interim step.
On Sep 20, 2021, at 5:40 PM, Tim McCarthy tmacmd@gmail.com wrote:
I think you need to be on at least 9.5 to punch through to higher releases.
The 9.3 to 9.5 with system manager is very manageable. Even if you were to start the upgrade with the cli you can still go to the gui upgrade page and watch the progress.
I only end up at the cli in the event of an issue. cluster image show-update-progress Is your friend.
Get Outlook for iOS https://aka.ms/o0ukef
*From:* Philbert Rupkins philbertrupkins@gmail.com *Sent:* Monday, September 20, 2021 4:46:19 PM *To:* Tim McCarthy tmacmd@gmail.com *Cc:* Douglas Siggins siggins@gmail.com; Toasters < toasters@teaparty.net> *Subject:* Re: Upgrade from 9.3 to 9.7
Going to resurrect this thread from the ashes. A couple of questions:
Just a quick poll - how many of you are performing rolling ANDU upgrades via System Manager? I see it is documented as the "preferred" ANDU method despite Upgrade Avisor walking through the CLI based steps.
*"You can also perform an automated upgrade using the command line interface (CLI); however, * *using ONTAP System Manager is preferred."*
*https://library.netapp.com/ecm/ecm_download_file/ECMLP2876872 https://library.netapp.com/ecm/ecm_download_file/ECMLP2876872*
Also, is the System Manager method available if performing the double/direct upgrade from 9.3->9.7?
Thanks, Phil
On Sat, Aug 14, 2021 at 11:10 AM Tim McCarthy tmacmd@gmail.com wrote:
Always reboot those sp/bmc before attempting any upgrade. It usually solves the SP update process from failing !
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Works well check your cluster switch firmware versions, and upgrade your SPs directly prior if supported. I've seen many instances of SP hangs when we went through that process over a year ago (hundreds of nodes). Overall 9.7 is a great stable version.
On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 3:05 PM Philbert Rupkins < philbertrupkins@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello Toasters,
Anybody have experience, positive or negative, upgrading from 9.3 to 9.7?
It is a supported automated upgrade path but requires packages for both 9.5 and 9.7. My understanding is each node will be upgraded twice (once to 9.5 then to 9.7) but otherwise should follow the typical automated upgrade routine.
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What version of ONTAP can I upgrade to:
https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/ontap/upgrade/concept_upgrade_paths.html
Cheer, Kuber
On Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 11:30 AM Philbert Rupkins philbertrupkins@gmail.com wrote:
9.3 -> 9.7 is a supported "direct" ANDU path, per Upgrade Advisor.
It involves both loading both the 9.5 and 9.7 packages in to the repository but just one ANDU required to make that jump. Each node is upgraded twice (9.3->9.5;9.5->9.7) as the ANDU rolls through the cluster as I understand it.
Thanks for the feedback on System Manager. I'm used to kicking it off from the CLI so I'll just stick with that.
On Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 6:41 PM tmac tmacmd@gmail.com wrote:
It is. For sure. But once on 9.5, you can load 9.7Px and 9.8PX on the system and it will do the auto-update from 9.5 -> 9.7Px -> 9.8Px
One will have to do the 9.3 -> 9.5Px step first though.
--tmac
*Tim McCarthy, **Principal Consultant*
*Proud Member of the #NetAppATeam https://twitter.com/NetAppATeam*
*I Blog at TMACsRack https://tmacsrack.wordpress.com/*
On Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 6:45 PM Mike Gossett cmgossett@gmail.com wrote:
9.5 is definitely a needed interim step.
On Sep 20, 2021, at 5:40 PM, Tim McCarthy tmacmd@gmail.com wrote:
I think you need to be on at least 9.5 to punch through to higher releases.
The 9.3 to 9.5 with system manager is very manageable. Even if you were to start the upgrade with the cli you can still go to the gui upgrade page and watch the progress.
I only end up at the cli in the event of an issue. cluster image show-update-progress Is your friend.
Get Outlook for iOS https://aka.ms/o0ukef
*From:* Philbert Rupkins philbertrupkins@gmail.com *Sent:* Monday, September 20, 2021 4:46:19 PM *To:* Tim McCarthy tmacmd@gmail.com *Cc:* Douglas Siggins siggins@gmail.com; Toasters < toasters@teaparty.net> *Subject:* Re: Upgrade from 9.3 to 9.7
Going to resurrect this thread from the ashes. A couple of questions:
Just a quick poll - how many of you are performing rolling ANDU upgrades via System Manager? I see it is documented as the "preferred" ANDU method despite Upgrade Avisor walking through the CLI based steps.
*"You can also perform an automated upgrade using the command line interface (CLI); however, * *using ONTAP System Manager is preferred."*
*https://library.netapp.com/ecm/ecm_download_file/ECMLP2876872 https://library.netapp.com/ecm/ecm_download_file/ECMLP2876872*
Also, is the System Manager method available if performing the double/direct upgrade from 9.3->9.7?
Thanks, Phil
On Sat, Aug 14, 2021 at 11:10 AM Tim McCarthy tmacmd@gmail.com wrote:
Always reboot those sp/bmc before attempting any upgrade. It usually solves the SP update process from failing !
Get Outlook for iOS https://aka.ms/o0ukef
*From:* Toasters toasters-bounces@teaparty.net on behalf of Douglas Siggins siggins@gmail.com *Sent:* Saturday, August 14, 2021 11:28:53 AM *To:* Philbert Rupkins philbertrupkins@gmail.com *Cc:* Toasters toasters@teaparty.net *Subject:* Re: Upgrade from 9.3 to 9.7
Works well check your cluster switch firmware versions, and upgrade your SPs directly prior if supported. I've seen many instances of SP hangs when we went through that process over a year ago (hundreds of nodes). Overall 9.7 is a great stable version.
On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 3:05 PM Philbert Rupkins < philbertrupkins@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello Toasters,
Anybody have experience, positive or negative, upgrading from 9.3 to 9.7?
It is a supported automated upgrade path but requires packages for both 9.5 and 9.7. My understanding is each node will be upgraded twice (once to 9.5 then to 9.7) but otherwise should follow the typical automated upgrade routine.
Thank You Phil _______________________________________________ Toasters mailing list Toasters@teaparty.net https://www.teaparty.net/mailman/listinfo/toasters
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Depends on your HW:
* Ancient: e.g. 22xx, 32xx, 62xx up to 9.1p20 * Old: e.g. 25xx, 80xx, A200 up to 9.8p6+ * Current: anything later, e.g. A220+, FAS26xx+ up to 9.9.1p2+
On 21.09.2021 03:44, Kuber Sharma wrote:
What version of ONTAP can I upgrade to:
https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/ontap/upgrade/concept_upgrade_paths.html
Cheer, Kuber
On Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 11:30 AM Philbert Rupkins philbertrupkins@gmail.com wrote:
9.3 -> 9.7 is a supported "direct" ANDU path, per Upgrade Advisor. It involves both loading both the 9.5 and 9.7 packages in to the repository but just one ANDU required to make that jump. Each node is upgraded twice (9.3->9.5;9.5->9.7) as the ANDU rolls through the cluster as I understand it. Thanks for the feedback on System Manager. I'm used to kicking it off from the CLI so I'll just stick with that. On Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 6:41 PM tmac <tmacmd@gmail.com> wrote: It is. For sure. But once on 9.5, you can load 9.7Px and 9.8PX on the system and it will do the auto-update from 9.5 -> 9.7Px -> 9.8Px One will have to do the 9.3 -> 9.5Px step first though. --tmac *Tim McCarthy, */Principal Consultant/ *Proud Member of the #NetAppATeam <https://twitter.com/NetAppATeam>* *I Blog at TMACsRack <https://tmacsrack.wordpress.com/>* On Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 6:45 PM Mike Gossett <cmgossett@gmail.com> wrote: 9.5 is definitely a needed interim step.On Sep 20, 2021, at 5:40 PM, Tim McCarthy <tmacmd@gmail.com> wrote: I think you need to be on at least 9.5 to punch through to higher releases. The 9.3 to 9.5 with system manager is very manageable. Even if you were to start the upgrade with the cli you can still go to the gui upgrade page and watch the progress. I only end up at the cli in the event of an issue. cluster image show-update-progress Is your friend. Get Outlook for iOS <https://aka.ms/o0ukef> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *From:* Philbert Rupkins <philbertrupkins@gmail.com> *Sent:* Monday, September 20, 2021 4:46:19 PM *To:* Tim McCarthy <tmacmd@gmail.com> *Cc:* Douglas Siggins <siggins@gmail.com>; Toasters <toasters@teaparty.net> *Subject:* Re: Upgrade from 9.3 to 9.7 Going to resurrect this thread from the ashes. A couple of questions: Just a quick poll - how many of you are performing rolling ANDU upgrades via System Manager? I see it is documented as the "preferred" ANDU method despite Upgrade Avisor walking through the CLI based steps. /"You can also perform an automated upgrade using the command line interface (CLI); however, / /using ONTAP System Manager is preferred."/ / / /https://library.netapp.com/ecm/ecm_download_file/ECMLP2876872/ / / Also, is the System Manager method available if performing the double/direct upgrade from 9.3->9.7? Thanks, Phil On Sat, Aug 14, 2021 at 11:10 AM Tim McCarthy <tmacmd@gmail.com> wrote: Always reboot those sp/bmc before attempting any upgrade. It usually solves the SP update process from failing ! Get Outlook for iOS <https://aka.ms/o0ukef> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *From:* Toasters <toasters-bounces@teaparty.net> on behalf of Douglas Siggins <siggins@gmail.com> *Sent:* Saturday, August 14, 2021 11:28:53 AM *To:* Philbert Rupkins <philbertrupkins@gmail.com> *Cc:* Toasters <toasters@teaparty.net> *Subject:* Re: Upgrade from 9.3 to 9.7 Works well check your cluster switch firmware versions, and upgrade your SPs directly prior if supported. I've seen many instances of SP hangs when we went through that process over a year ago (hundreds of nodes). Overall 9.7 is a great stable version. On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 3:05 PM Philbert Rupkins <philbertrupkins@gmail.com> wrote: Hello Toasters, Anybody have experience, positive or negative, upgrading from 9.3 to 9.7? It is a supported automated upgrade path but requires packages for both 9.5 and 9.7. My understanding is each node will be upgraded twice (once to 9.5 then to 9.7) but otherwise should follow the typical automated upgrade routine. Thank You Phil _______________________________________________ Toasters mailing list Toasters@teaparty.net https://www.teaparty.net/mailman/listinfo/toasters _______________________________________________ Toasters mailing list Toasters@teaparty.net https://www.teaparty.net/mailman/listinfo/toasters_______________________________________________ Toasters mailing list Toasters@teaparty.net https://www.teaparty.net/mailman/listinfo/toasters
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Is the direct upgrade from 9.3->9.7 possible if currently running BMC fw 1.67?
The strict upgrade requirements around BMC fw 1.81 are raising a bunch of concerns as it relates to 9.3->9.7 direct.
On Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 8:44 PM Kuber Sharma blazzing.gun@gmail.com wrote:
What version of ONTAP can I upgrade to:
https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/ontap/upgrade/concept_upgrade_paths.html
Cheer, Kuber
On Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 11:30 AM Philbert Rupkins < philbertrupkins@gmail.com> wrote:
9.3 -> 9.7 is a supported "direct" ANDU path, per Upgrade Advisor.
It involves both loading both the 9.5 and 9.7 packages in to the repository but just one ANDU required to make that jump. Each node is upgraded twice (9.3->9.5;9.5->9.7) as the ANDU rolls through the cluster as I understand it.
Thanks for the feedback on System Manager. I'm used to kicking it off from the CLI so I'll just stick with that.
On Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 6:41 PM tmac tmacmd@gmail.com wrote:
It is. For sure. But once on 9.5, you can load 9.7Px and 9.8PX on the system and it will do the auto-update from 9.5 -> 9.7Px -> 9.8Px
One will have to do the 9.3 -> 9.5Px step first though.
--tmac
*Tim McCarthy, **Principal Consultant*
*Proud Member of the #NetAppATeam https://twitter.com/NetAppATeam*
*I Blog at TMACsRack https://tmacsrack.wordpress.com/*
On Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 6:45 PM Mike Gossett cmgossett@gmail.com wrote:
9.5 is definitely a needed interim step.
On Sep 20, 2021, at 5:40 PM, Tim McCarthy tmacmd@gmail.com wrote:
I think you need to be on at least 9.5 to punch through to higher releases.
The 9.3 to 9.5 with system manager is very manageable. Even if you were to start the upgrade with the cli you can still go to the gui upgrade page and watch the progress.
I only end up at the cli in the event of an issue. cluster image show-update-progress Is your friend.
Get Outlook for iOS https://aka.ms/o0ukef
*From:* Philbert Rupkins philbertrupkins@gmail.com *Sent:* Monday, September 20, 2021 4:46:19 PM *To:* Tim McCarthy tmacmd@gmail.com *Cc:* Douglas Siggins siggins@gmail.com; Toasters < toasters@teaparty.net> *Subject:* Re: Upgrade from 9.3 to 9.7
Going to resurrect this thread from the ashes. A couple of questions:
Just a quick poll - how many of you are performing rolling ANDU upgrades via System Manager? I see it is documented as the "preferred" ANDU method despite Upgrade Avisor walking through the CLI based steps.
*"You can also perform an automated upgrade using the command line interface (CLI); however, * *using ONTAP System Manager is preferred."*
*https://library.netapp.com/ecm/ecm_download_file/ECMLP2876872 https://library.netapp.com/ecm/ecm_download_file/ECMLP2876872*
Also, is the System Manager method available if performing the double/direct upgrade from 9.3->9.7?
Thanks, Phil
On Sat, Aug 14, 2021 at 11:10 AM Tim McCarthy tmacmd@gmail.com wrote:
Always reboot those sp/bmc before attempting any upgrade. It usually solves the SP update process from failing !
Get Outlook for iOS https://aka.ms/o0ukef
*From:* Toasters toasters-bounces@teaparty.net on behalf of Douglas Siggins siggins@gmail.com *Sent:* Saturday, August 14, 2021 11:28:53 AM *To:* Philbert Rupkins philbertrupkins@gmail.com *Cc:* Toasters toasters@teaparty.net *Subject:* Re: Upgrade from 9.3 to 9.7
Works well check your cluster switch firmware versions, and upgrade your SPs directly prior if supported. I've seen many instances of SP hangs when we went through that process over a year ago (hundreds of nodes). Overall 9.7 is a great stable version.
On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 3:05 PM Philbert Rupkins < philbertrupkins@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello Toasters,
Anybody have experience, positive or negative, upgrading from 9.3 to 9.7?
It is a supported automated upgrade path but requires packages for both 9.5 and 9.7. My understanding is each node will be upgraded twice (once to 9.5 then to 9.7) but otherwise should follow the typical automated upgrade routine.
Thank You Phil _______________________________________________ Toasters mailing list Toasters@teaparty.net https://www.teaparty.net/mailman/listinfo/toasters
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