topic Re: Ontap Upgrade 9.3 to 9.7 in ONTAP Discussions

Ontap Upgrade 9.3 to 9.7

johnhuber — Fri, 21 Feb 2020 16:13:21 GMT

We are considering going from OnTap 9.3 directly to 9.7 in a single upgrade. We have a AFF300, FAS2650 and FAS2620 systems. Has anyone gone this route and how did it go. I have never done multiple versions is a single upgrade.

Re: Ontap Upgrade 9.3 to 9.7

EWILTS_SAS — Fri, 21 Feb 2020 17:26:23 GMT

See the first comment in https://library.netapp.com/ecmdocs/ECMLP2492508/html/GUID-EDD52EFC-0BBC-43A7-A073-EA958FAA32AB.html

Re: Ontap Upgrade 9.3 to 9.7

SpindleNinja — Fri, 21 Feb 2020 17:53:05 GMT

Its not for everyone IMHO. It is a double upgrade in the background. So you load the 9.5 code too.

whats you’re environment like? Lots of plug-ins? iSCSI or FC?

Re: Ontap Upgrade 9.3 to 9.7

johnhuber — Fri, 21 Feb 2020 18:29:11 GMT

Very simple environment - CIFS shares for Windows and NFS shares for VMware.

Re: Ontap Upgrade 9.3 to 9.7

TMACMD — Sat, 22 Feb 2020 00:50:05 GMT

Don’t do it!

Do the double upgrade

It’s supported that way

there are changes that happen between the big jumps

if you do I suspect a panic or more will be involved

go to 9.5 then 9.7p1!

Re: Ontap Upgrade 9.3 to 9.7

liuh — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 07:57:48 GMT

First, you need to check each storage adaptation on the kb. If they all apply to the 9.7 version, upgrade all three to 9.5 and then to 9.7

Re: Ontap Upgrade 9.3 to 9.7

Ashun — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 08:56:00 GMT

Select your upgrade method based on how you store the upgrade
Manual upgrade, multi-stage. 9.3→9.5,9 9.5→9.7
Automatic upgrade, direct multi-hop (requires images for 9.5 and 9.7)

Supported ONTAP upgrade paths