All,
We'll be replacing a 960 with a new 3070 soon and am wondering if anyone's gone through this upgrade path yet.
Our current plan is to install 7.2.2 for the 3070 (which is an x86_64 based OS) with the 960 still up, run "download" to put the boot stuff on the disks, then edit the /etc/rc file to change the device names for the network interface, then shutdown and swap the heads. Hopefully the 3070 will just come up and hum right along.
Any gotchyas?
*** Matt Phelps mphelps@cfa.harvard.edu *** [2007-04-13 14:05:19]: We'll be replacing a 960 with a new 3070 soon and am wondering if anyone's gone through this upgrade path yet.
Our current plan is to install 7.2.2 for the 3070 (which is an x86_64 based OS) with the 960 still up, run "download" to put the boot stuff on the disks, then edit the /etc/rc file to change the device names for the network interface, then shutdown and swap the heads. Hopefully the 3070 will just come up and hum right along.
Any gotchyas?
hardware based disk ownership on the FAS900 series vs software based disk ownership on the FAS3000 and FAS6000 series.
This documet can come in handy, It is for FAS60x0 series but applies to FAS3070 as well.
http://now.netapp.com/NOW/knowledge/docs/hardware/NetApp/cs_migration/FAS6xx...
hope this helps Cheers --pwo
The download won't work. It will not put the x86_64 bits on the card if you're on a 960.
If you're just swapping heads, then if you match the OS on the 960 to the OS on the 3070 before the swap, then edit /etc/rc right before you swap heads, take down the 960, swap heads then boot up the 3070, it should work.
-- Adam Fox adamfox@netapp.com
-----Original Message----- From: Matt Phelps [mailto:mphelps@cfa.harvard.edu] Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 1:06 PM To: toasters@mathworks.com Subject: Replacing an FAS960 with a 3070
All,
We'll be replacing a 960 with a new 3070 soon and am wondering if anyone's gone through this upgrade path yet.
Our current plan is to install 7.2.2 for the 3070 (which is an x86_64 based OS) with the 960 still up, run "download" to put the boot stuff on the disks, then edit the /etc/rc file to change the device names for the network interface, then shutdown and swap the heads. Hopefully the 3070 will just come up and hum right along.
Any gotchyas?
-- Matt Phelps System Administrator, Computation Facility Harvard - Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics mphelps@cfa.harvard.edu, http://cfa-www.harvard.edu
It was a little while back so my memory is a little rusty, but...
We just swapped out a 960c for a 3050c and what we ran into is the architecture differences. The Ontap on 960c used the 7****_setup_i.exe code where as the 3050c uses the 7****_Setup_e.exe. Because of this we could not just swap the heads out.
We were told by NetApp that if our CF boot code on the newly shipped filer was a lower level than our current installed level then we would have to use a netboot image to run the software install and download. We were running 7.1.1p3 and the filer shipped with 7.05.
What we did is copy the correct setup package to /etc/software and changed the network config then issued a shutdown. We set up the proper netboot image on another filer that was the same exact level as the current filer but for the new architecture. Once we swapped the heads out we booted into the CFE and issued a netboot command and came up on the proper boot image. We then issued a "software install 7****_Setup_e.exe" then download. Once that was completed on both heads we brought up both without issue.
Obviously the 3040 and 3070 are different architecture from the 3050 even so the setup files will probably be different and there may be some other pains involved with that setup.
Another thing to keep in mind if you are running a lot of FC SAN on your box and plan on using the onboard FC ports, make sure they are in Target mode. If the 3070 is like the 3050 then you only have four expansion slots. With SAN if you are running partner mode this could limit you on storage ports so you may want to look into single image mode.
-----Original Message----- From: owner-toasters@mathworks.com [mailto:owner-toasters@mathworks.com] On Behalf Of Fox, Adam Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 12:12 PM To: Matt Phelps; toasters@mathworks.com Subject: RE: Replacing an FAS960 with a 3070
The download won't work. It will not put the x86_64 bits on the card if you're on a 960.
If you're just swapping heads, then if you match the OS on the 960 to the OS on the 3070 before the swap, then edit /etc/rc right before you swap heads, take down the 960, swap heads then boot up the 3070, it should work.
-- Adam Fox adamfox@netapp.com
-----Original Message----- From: Matt Phelps [mailto:mphelps@cfa.harvard.edu] Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 1:06 PM To: toasters@mathworks.com Subject: Replacing an FAS960 with a 3070
All,
We'll be replacing a 960 with a new 3070 soon and am wondering if anyone's gone through this upgrade path yet.
Our current plan is to install 7.2.2 for the 3070 (which is an x86_64 based OS) with the 960 still up, run "download" to put the boot stuff on the disks, then edit the /etc/rc file to change the device names for the network interface, then shutdown and swap the heads. Hopefully the 3070 will just come up and hum right along.
Any gotchyas?
-- Matt Phelps System Administrator, Computation Facility Harvard - Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics mphelps@cfa.harvard.edu, http://cfa-www.harvard.edu
Here is exactly what you need to do:
1, copy the 722_setup_q.exe file to the /etc/software directory on your filer. 2. Modify the /etc/rc file reflect the new adapter locations. 3. halt the filer 4. power off and swap heads. 5. power on new head. 6. MAKE SURE TO ENTER MAINTENANCE MODE 7. take ownership of all disks (I Think: "disk assign all", but check the command) 8. destroy the old mailbox: "mailbox destroy local" 9. "halt" the system 10. "bye" to reset the system 11. Go to the floppy menu and choose "boot without /etc/rc" 12. Find the option to disable disk firmware background updates and disable it ("options disk" should do the trick) 13. Run "software install 722_setup_q.exe" 14. Run "download" 15. Run "disk_fw_update" to make sure all disk firmware is up to date 16. Run "storage download shelf" to make sure all shelf firmware is up to date 17. Re-enable the option from #12 18. reboot and enjoy
notes: #8 is needed to get rid of the hardware based mailbox disk. A new one is recreated during boot. #12/13 I like to do so I am not waiting during the reboot.
On 4/13/07, Matt Phelps mphelps@cfa.harvard.edu wrote:
All,
We'll be replacing a 960 with a new 3070 soon and am wondering if anyone's gone through this upgrade path yet.
Our current plan is to install 7.2.2 for the 3070 (which is an x86_64 based OS) with the 960 still up, run "download" to put the boot stuff on the disks, then edit the /etc/rc file to change the device names for the network interface, then shutdown and swap the heads. Hopefully the 3070 will just come up and hum right along.
Any gotchyas?
-- Matt Phelps System Administrator, Computation Facility Harvard - Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics mphelps@cfa.harvard.edu, http://cfa-www.harvard.edu
Does the new 3070 will have new fresh disks? If so, you don't need to edit anything on the new fresh installation. Just backup /etc files for exports and shares. If you have pre 7 Data ONTAP, you will have tu setup again NFS because there are some changes on the exports parameters, cifs shares are to quick to set them up. What you have to be aware of, is the controllers and cables on your DSK14 shelves. FAS3070 will came with DS14mk2, maybe mk4 (I wonder) and modules in old shelves must be ESH.
When you attach old shelves to the new filer, Ontap will recognize volumes, as a matter of fact, vol 0 will be renamed as vol0[1] and all information on them will be intact.
Good luck.
Javier Scanlan
Matt Phelps wrote:
All,
We'll be replacing a 960 with a new 3070 soon and am wondering if anyone's gone through this upgrade path yet.
Our current plan is to install 7.2.2 for the 3070 (which is an x86_64 based OS) with the 960 still up, run "download" to put the boot stuff on the disks, then edit the /etc/rc file to change the device names for the network interface, then shutdown and swap the heads. Hopefully the 3070 will just come up and hum right along.
Any gotchyas?
Sorry, I forgot. After attaching your olf disks, boot maintenance mode and assgin all disks to the new filer.
Javier Scanlan
Matt Phelps wrote:
All,
We'll be replacing a 960 with a new 3070 soon and am wondering if anyone's gone through this upgrade path yet.
Our current plan is to install 7.2.2 for the 3070 (which is an x86_64 based OS) with the 960 still up, run "download" to put the boot stuff on the disks, then edit the /etc/rc file to change the device names for the network interface, then shutdown and swap the heads. Hopefully the 3070 will just come up and hum right along.
Any gotchyas?
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