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Re: Upgrade to what?
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
>
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>
> 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.
>>
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>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> *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
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