topic Planning OnTap 8.1 Upgrade and have Question about Snapdrive Versions in ONTAP Discussions https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Planning-OnTap-8-1-Upgrade-and-have-Question-about-Snapdrive-Versions/m-p/54443#M12751 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Planning on upgrading out Netapp's from 7.3.2 to OnTap 8.1 (Once GD) and wondering if anyone has alaready done this and are using Snapdrive and Snapmanager for SQL?</P><P></P><P>All out SnapDrive hosts have Snap Drive 6.3 P1, and looking at the compatibility matrix it looks to be supported on 8.1 in 7 mode which I plan to goto, just wondering if it is worth upgrading them to 6.4 before doing the upgrade?</P><P></P><P>Just wondering if there any gotchas that we might hit and want to make it a smooth as possible so wondering wether to plan in the snapdrive updates first.</P><P></P><P>Any experience that anyone has has had would be most useful.</P><P></P><P>Thanks in advance.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:30:52 GMT dpeverley 2025-06-05T06:30:52Z Planning OnTap 8.1 Upgrade and have Question about Snapdrive Versions https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Planning-OnTap-8-1-Upgrade-and-have-Question-about-Snapdrive-Versions/m-p/54443#M12751 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Planning on upgrading out Netapp's from 7.3.2 to OnTap 8.1 (Once GD) and wondering if anyone has alaready done this and are using Snapdrive and Snapmanager for SQL?</P><P></P><P>All out SnapDrive hosts have Snap Drive 6.3 P1, and looking at the compatibility matrix it looks to be supported on 8.1 in 7 mode which I plan to goto, just wondering if it is worth upgrading them to 6.4 before doing the upgrade?</P><P></P><P>Just wondering if there any gotchas that we might hit and want to make it a smooth as possible so wondering wether to plan in the snapdrive updates first.</P><P></P><P>Any experience that anyone has has had would be most useful.</P><P></P><P>Thanks in advance.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:30:52 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Planning-OnTap-8-1-Upgrade-and-have-Question-about-Snapdrive-Versions/m-p/54443#M12751 dpeverley 2025-06-05T06:30:52Z Re: Planning OnTap 8.1 Upgrade and have Question about Snapdrive Versions https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Planning-OnTap-8-1-Upgrade-and-have-Question-about-Snapdrive-Versions/m-p/54447#M12753 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P>we installed&nbsp; SD 6.4 and OnTap 8.1RC3 without issues. My recommendation would be to upgrade snapdrive before.</P><P></P><P>Regards Bernd</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:24:32 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Planning-OnTap-8-1-Upgrade-and-have-Question-about-Snapdrive-Versions/m-p/54447#M12753 bernd_wolters 2012-03-30T15:24:32Z