topic Re: software update and install in ONTAP Discussions https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/software-update-and-install/m-p/76752#M17915 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>install just unpacks files onto root volume, while update actually updates Data ONTAP version. In 7G “update” is basically the same as “software install” followed by “download”. In 8.x software structure has changed significantly and you must use “software update”.</P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 02 Jun 2012 12:52:41 GMT aborzenkov 2012-06-02T12:52:41Z software update and install https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/software-update-and-install/m-p/76748#M17914 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi frnds,</P><P></P><P>What is the diff between Software install and update?</P><P>I used to do both things while upgrading the ontap, is it been differ with ontap version?</P><P></P><P>Thanks ,</P><P>Saran</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:25:50 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/software-update-and-install/m-p/76748#M17914 saranraj456 2025-06-05T06:25:50Z Re: software update and install https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/software-update-and-install/m-p/76752#M17915 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>install just unpacks files onto root volume, while update actually updates Data ONTAP version. In 7G “update” is basically the same as “software install” followed by “download”. In 8.x software structure has changed significantly and you must use “software update”.</P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 02 Jun 2012 12:52:41 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/software-update-and-install/m-p/76752#M17915 aborzenkov 2012-06-02T12:52:41Z Re: software update and install https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/software-update-and-install/m-p/76760#M17916 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>The install command shows deprecated now but I hope it stays...I haven't used for ONTAP even in older releases but is really useful for qual_devices, all.zip, all_shelf_fw.zip, sp and rlm zip, xxxxx-firmware.zip etc. to just have all files staged in /etc/software then install them instead of extracting.</P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 02 Jun 2012 17:30:57 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/software-update-and-install/m-p/76760#M17916 scottgelb 2012-06-02T17:30:57Z