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ONTAP select Deployment on Linux virtual Machine

Shivamkandpal1997 — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 09:51:05 GMT

Guys need your help on below mentioned scenario: -

We have a Linux Virtual machine which is running on AWS, can we install and deploy ONTAP select on this? if yes so kindly guide me how?

Re: ONTAP select Deployment on Linux virtual Machin

Ontapforrum — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 07:13:58 GMT

As per the NetApp documentation - ONTAP Select Deployment is done using the OVF virtual machine image on VMware hypervsior. So, it is not something that is installed on the Linux machine. Rather, deployed as a OVF template (pre-built).

I don't know if you have a VMware hypervisor access in the AWS cloud? If so, then you can give it a try, as per the deployment instructions given below.

Host configuration and preparation checklist:
https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/ontap-select/reference_chk_host_prep.html#general-hypervisor-preparation

Interoperability Matrix also only mentions - VMware ESXi.
https://imt.netapp.com/matrix

Installing ONTAP Select Deploy:
https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/ontap-select/task_install_deploy.html#downloading-the-virtual-machine-image

Re: ONTAP select Deployment on Linux virtual Machin

elementx — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 08:17:29 GMT

The docs are unambiguous:

Beginning with ONTAP Select 9.10.1, you can no longer deploy a new cluster on the KVM hypervisor.
Beginning with ONTAP Select 9.11.1, all manageability functionality is no longer available for existing KVM clusters and hosts, except for the take offline and delete functions.

https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/ontap-select/

So, your option would be limited to using an old pre-9.10.1 to deploy onto KVM VM nested in a cloud VM (not sure if that's even possible), and then upgrade to 9.10.1 or later.

Another option is to get a bare metal box that supports KVM validated for OTS, or install KVM onto ESXi. Or install OTS for VMware on VMWare Cloud compute nodes... The first two aren't good for production, the third is pricier than CVO.

CVO service is free (hyperscaler h/w, disks, networks still costs money) for up to 500GB. You can use System Manager (in BlueXP) to manage it. Depending on your requirements this may help you.