Hi all,
We are planning upgrade of a FAS50 from ONTAP 9.16.1P7 to 9.17.1P10.
Reason for upgrade is controller panic/reboot related with mgwd becoming unresponsive. Fix for our issue is confirmed on 9.17.1P10 and not available on 9.16.1 patches.
Before upgrade we want make sure nothing on our environment can be affected.
Current applications using storage:
- SnapCenter 5.0 SP2 for Oracle
- SnapCenter 6.2P1 for SQL Server and Exchange
- No VMware / ESXi
Main concern is SnapCenter 5.0 SP2 because components are showing as EOVS in IMT.
We are trying to confirm if SnapCenter 5.0 SP2 Oracle environment can still be supported with ONTAP 9.17.1, or if SnapCenter must be upgraded first.
For Oracle we requested:
- Linux OS/version
- Oracle version/RU
- standalone or RAC
- ASM yes/no
- physical or virtual
- storage protocol, looks like FC currently
- exact Oracle and UNIX/FileSystem plug-in versions
For SQL:
- Windows Server version
- SQL version/edition/CU
- standalone, FCI/WSFC or Always On AG
- physical or virtual
- storage protocol, looks like iSCSI
- exact SQL and Windows plug-in versions
For Exchange:
- Windows Server version
- Exchange version/CU/SU
- standalone or DAG
- physical or virtual
- iSCSI/FC usage
- exact Exchange and Windows plug-in versions
Also requested:
- confirm 5.0 SP2 and 6.2P1 are separate SnapCenter Server installations
- Windows version of both SnapCenter Servers
- confirm all protected storage is on same FAS50
- other production applications/hosts using cluster
- any secondary ONTAP used for SnapMirror/DR/backups
Depending protocol we will also check Host Utilities, multipathing/MPIO, HBA driver/firmware, SAN switches etc.
We will run Upgrade Advisor and also check shelf/disk firmware before upgrade.
Main question:
Is there anything else you would validate before going from 9.16.1P7 to 9.17.1P10?
And especially, anyone know correct position for SnapCenter 5.0 SP2 Oracle with ONTAP 9.17.1 when 5.0 components are EOVS in IMT?
Would EOVS mean we should upgrade SnapCenter 5.0 first even if IMT can show a compatible configuration, or can the ONTAP upgrade still be supported?
CONTAP-621129 - this was the contap we used as RCA
Thanks in advance
