About EOS12.0 Fast Upgrade

shuhei

Did you remove the process that was previously in place to save time?

(Did you shorten the wait time?)

Also, is the reduction time about 50%?

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Faster upgrades

Element 12.0 brings decreases in upgrade times.

Upgrades from Element 12.0 to future Elementreleases are significantly faster than upgrades from previous versions.

https://library.netapp.com/ecm/ecm_download_file/ECMLP2865022

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NetApp_AU

Hello shuhei,

The 12.0 upgrade process still works the same as previous releases.

The time for each node to install the update and reboot has been improved. I am not sure by what percentage the upgrade is faster though.

Note: If you have not upgraded to 11.8 first and performed the full power cycle on H610S nodes, you can still upgrade to 12.0, but you have to perform the full power cycle on the H610S nodes after the 12.0 upgrade. This will add time to the upgrade.

If you have upgraded to 11.8 first and performed a full power cycle already, then you do not have to perform the full power cycle again for the 12.0 upgrade.

See documentation below for more details.
https://docs.netapp.com/sfe-118/topic/com.netapp.doc.sfe-ug/GUID-823B29AE-E6F3-4DC3-97D3-7DFA2954139F.html

https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/hci/docs/task_hcc_upgrade_element_software.html#upgrading-h610s-storage-nodes-to-element-12-2-phase-2

https://kb.netapp.com/Advice_and_Troubleshooting/Hybrid_Cloud_Infrastructure/H_Series/NetApp_H610S_storage_node_power_off_and_on_procedure