What versions You recommend to upgrade to in order to get the newest version?
#Upgrade from 8.2.3P5 cluster-mode
kindred bolt
sour lake
depends on your hardware. what system are you running on? Basically update step by step until the last version that supports your FAS system
But I'm going to assume that if you're currently running 8.2.3, then your system is so old that it won't run anything newer than 9.1
or maybe 9.8 if it's a FAS 80xx
kindred bolt
im running fas2554
sour lake
yeah they also go up to 9.8 only and don't support many features that require AES-NI CPU support (FabricPool for instance)
but yeah, I would basically update with every step in between so 8.3->9.0->9.1->9.2->9.3->9.4->9.5->9.6->9.7->9.8 (latest p-release every time)
kindred bolt
thank You very much
broken lodge
Actually, the BEST method
8.2.4P-latest
8.3.2P2
9.1P20
9.3P21
9.5P19
9.7P-latest
9.8P-latest
That hop to the latest 8.2.4 is important. Netapp has updated some very important pre-Check scripts to upgrade to 8.3. It’s well worth the extra hop
note:8.2.5 is a 7-mode only release. It will not on cdot
Actually doing this for a customer on Wednesday
kindred bolt
Actually, the BEST method
8.2.4P-latest
8.3.2P2
9.1P20
9.3P21
9.5P19
9.7P-latest...
where do you download the updates from?
because I can't find 8.2.4P on netapp support
sour lake
I think this should be the latest: https://mysupport.netapp.com/site/products/all/details/dataontap8/downloads-tab/download/30092/8.2.4P6
(if it doesn't show up, try pressing f5 a few times, the download pages are sometimes broken)
sour lake
Actually, the BEST method
8.2.4P-latest
8.3.2P2
9.1P20
9.3P21
9.5P19
9.7P-latest...
you're comfortable with skipping the even 9.x releases? I usually do them too, I have seen some funny things happen when you skip them and it only takes little extra time anyway
also, are you skipping 9.3P22 on purpose and instead use P21? And 8.3.2P2 instead of 8.3.2P12 (which sounds much newer)? Any bugs or issues we should be aware of in these releases?
pearl sail
I feel like it's worth noting that the FAS2554 went EoL in January 2023. If you run into problems, you're not going to be able to open a case with NetApp support.
slate aspen