#ONTAP Mediator version issue?

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strange ore
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Hi there, we have installed the ONTAP Mediator version 1.9 on a Rocky Linux 9.5 some time back... we would like to update it now... we started with a "yum update"... which updated Rocky to 9.7 (I wasn't aware that Rocky updated like this... I'm used to Ubuntu...) anyway we are now on a "non supported" setup it seems... Any idea how we get to 9.8 which is the next supported version? Is this just a release update of Rocky? And how picky is the Mediator Software? As described we are now on a unsupported setup, but I have yet to reboot the VM... 😉

strange ore
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My guess is that NetApp's documentation is a bit outdated?

shut rampart
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so Rocky Linux updated from 9.5 to 9.7 but doesn't want to upgrade to 9.8 now? That seems... weird? What's special about 9.8?

strange ore
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To be honnest I just did a yum update from 9.5 😉 and after that (without rebooting yet) it states version 9.7 😉

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9.8 is listed as supported on the newer versions of ONTAP Mediator... 9.7 isn't

strange ore
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...just rebooted and the mediator runs fine... I think because we do not use the iSCSI LUN-stuff... so it's basically just a web-server? 😉

lofty musk
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to get rocky updated, it's typically done via DNF

dnf check-update
dnf distro-sync
init 6

shut rampart
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ah yes if you only use the mediator for SMas it should still be fine. The kernel modules (for MetroCluster) won't load but that doesn't matter. I would still try and go with the suggested commands to get it to update itself to 9.8... to get it supported

lofty musk
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Rocky is one of the 'odd' distros. you cant do in place upgrades from major versions.
fresh install, move data/apps over

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i'm not sure 9.8 is in GA yet. it's typically held until RHEL has their release. Supposed to be this month but I havent checked to see the actual release schedule

shut rampart
lofty musk
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no, those are just point releases.
Major is 8 to 9, 9 to 10, etc