topic VSIM for ONTAP 8.2.4 P6 and ONTAP 8.2.5 P1 in Simulator Discussions

VSIM for ONTAP 8.2.4 P6 and ONTAP 8.2.5 P1

johnsokc — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 12:07:50 GMT

Wondering if anyone might be able to point me in the right direction for downloading VSIM for ONTAP of ONTAP 8.2.4 P6 and ONTAP 8.2.5 P1 . We support those in our environment and wanted to do some testing in a staged environment to see if we could simulate some fixes before we deploy them to the field.

Thanks in advanced.

Re: VSIM for ONTAP 8.2.4 P6 and ONTAP 8.2.5 P1

Ontapforrum — Mon, 25 Nov 2019 20:10:25 GMT

Hi,

On the Simulator download page, there is only 8.2.3 & 8.3 image available.
https://mysupport.netapp.com/tools/download/ECMLP2538456DT.html?productID=61970&pcfContentID=ECMLP2538456

Please have a look at this thread, it has a similar query and a useful response/workaround:
https://community.netapp.com/t5/Simulator-Discussions/8-2-4-Simulator/td-p/138153

Thanks!

Re: VSIM for ONTAP 8.2.4 P6 and ONTAP 8.2.5 P1

johnsokc — Mon, 25 Nov 2019 22:31:41 GMT

Thank you!

Re: VSIM for ONTAP 8.2.4 P6 and ONTAP 8.2.5 P1

Ontapforrum — Tue, 26 Nov 2019 22:56:56 GMT

Just FYI:

I upgraded by Ontap 9.6 SIMULATOR from 9.6 to 9.6P4 using standard Prod ONTAP Image and it worked. Thanks to Alex in the thread I mentioned. I have been using simulators for sometime now, but had never upgraded the SIMULATOR, infact I wasn't aware if it is possible. It does work. You should be alright, good luck!

Upgraded my SImulator From 9.6 to 9.6 P4:

ONTAP96::> cluster image show
Node Current Version Installation Date
-------------------- ----------------------- -------------------
ONTAP96-01 9.6P4 11/26/2019 21:10:58
ONTAP96-02 9.6P4 11/26/2019 22:07:46
2 entries were displayed.

ONTAP96::*> system node image show
Is Is Install
Node Image Default Current Version Date
-------- ------- ------- ------- ------------------------- -------------------
ONTAP96-01
image1 false false 9.6 -
image2 true true 9.6P4 11/26/2019 21:10:58
ONTAP96-02
image1 false false 9.6 -
image2 true true 9.6P4 11/26/2019 22:07:46
4 entries were displayed.