topic Re: 9.0 simulator release in Simulator Discussions

9.0 simulator release

jtownsen — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 22:56:59 GMT

With the release of 9.0RC1 I'm curious when we could be on the lookout for a 9.0 sim being published?

Re: 9.0 simulator release

SeanHatfield — Sat, 25 Jun 2016 14:27:34 GMT

Me too.

But until it does you can deploy the 8.3 sim and do an option 7 upgrade to ontap 9 before init.

Re: 9.0 simulator release

jasher — Sat, 25 Jun 2016 19:12:58 GMT

That probably had the best chance of working. If you boot the sim and do an upgrade from cluster shell you will need to expand the root aggregate because it won't have enough free space to uncompress. Learned that upgrading 8.3 sims to 8.3.1. Not sure if option 7 from the boot menu will require the same.

Re: 9.0 simulator release

SeanHatfield — Sat, 25 Jun 2016 19:58:14 GMT

Option 7 downloads the image to a ramdisk. Doing it from inside ONTAP downloads it into the root volume.

Re: 9.0 simulator release

elementx — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 05:15:58 GMT

I followed [1] and got to the point where I get prompted to enter my network details (OK) and then "What is the URL for the package?".

Is this URL for v9.0 RC1 known?

[1] http://community.netapp.com/t5/Developer-Network-Articles-and-Resources/Building-and-Customizing-NetApp-Simulators/ta-p/87157

Re: 9.0 simulator release

SeanHatfield — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 05:24:50 GMT

It hasn't been posted yet. Going with DIY for now, but looking forward to seeing what the official one looks like.

Re: 9.0 simulator release

MartijnMoret — Wed, 29 Jun 2016 07:43:40 GMT

Hi all,

I have just deployed 8.3.2 Sim and upgraded using the 9.0RC1 image.

Works like a charm.

It took me about 1 hour in total for a two node cluster.

Regards,
Martijn

Re: 9.0 simulator release

VictorF — Thu, 21 Jul 2016 09:42:36 GMT

Hi Martijn,

If you picked the image from the standard repository, did you not have any issues with the NVRAM emulation or with the RAID layer?

Thanks for sharing.

Re: 9.0 simulator release

MartijnMoret — Thu, 21 Jul 2016 10:28:55 GMT

Hi,

No, none what so ever.

The 9 Sim is still running fine.

Regards,

Martijn

Re: 9.0 simulator release

ohaensel — Fri, 29 Jul 2016 06:56:20 GMT

Hello,

the Simulator for Ontap 9.0 RC1 has been posted to support.netapp.com.

Regards

Oliver

Re: 9.0 simulator release

SeanHatfield — Fri, 29 Jul 2016 16:36:03 GMT

Awesome. But the 8.0-8.2 simulator download links are gone now. It would be nice if those could come back.

Re: 9.0 simulator release

VictorF — Thu, 04 Aug 2016 11:26:10 GMT

That sorts it out 🙂

Re: 9.0 simulator release

Limon_Dhaka — Sun, 16 Oct 2016 10:32:32 GMT

http://mysupport.netapp.com/tools/download/ECMLP2538456DT.html?productID=61970 here Data ontap 9.0 available

Free 'How to Build a NetApp ONTAP 9 Lab' eBook

Neil_Anderson — Tue, 15 Nov 2016 06:27:51 GMT

You can get a free 'How to Build a NetApp ONTAP 9 Lab' eBook with step by step instructions on how to build a fully networked lab featuring two ONTAP clusters with Windows and Linux clients here:

http://www.flackbox.com/netapp-simulator/

Give me a shout if you need any help with it.

Re: 9.0 simulator release

locke — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 18:59:55 GMT

Will 9.1 work on the 9.0 simulator?

Thanks,

Anne

Re: 9.0 simulator release

SeanHatfield — Thu, 15 Dec 2016 05:11:10 GMT

Yes, if you perform an ONTAP upgrade insde the simulator, either through the option 7 boot menu or the normal update procedure. The boot menu option is faster in the simulator.

Re: 9.0 simulator release

bob_lansley — Tue, 17 Jan 2017 15:46:25 GMT

Is that using the standard 91_q_image.tgz image or is there a stripped down one more suited to the simulator?

Re: 9.0 simulator release

SeanHatfield — Tue, 17 Jan 2017 16:03:03 GMT

Generally speaking the q_image will work. It has since edge was introduced in 8.1.1. Prior to that the vidconsole drivers were missing from the kernel and the vmservices components were not included in the root image. There is a v_image vairant specific to the virtual platforms that doesn't have all the firmware, etc, for the physical platforms included. If you are entitled on one of the virtual platforms you can download it from there (edge, select, or cloud).

On 9.1RC2 and newer you have to change the console variable in the loader if you use the vidconsole (which is the default)

setenv console vidconsole,comconsole

Otherwise it will not boot after the upgrade.

Re: 9.0 simulator release

Neil_Anderson — Wed, 18 Jan 2017 07:08:07 GMT

Thanks Sean!

Re: 9.0 simulator release

ohaensel — Wed, 18 Jan 2017 08:06:18 GMT

Thanks Sean, that was it!

Best regards

Oliver