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7-Mode Simulator 8.2.5P4

TMADOCTHOMAS — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 10:41:52 GMT

Is there a 7-Mode simulator still available, in particular one with 8.2.5P4? I have a handful of 7-mode systems left and would like to still have a test system if needed, but would need P4 to mitigate the netlogon issue that will occur in February.

Re: 7-Mode Simulator 8.2.5P4

GidonMarcus — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 22:30:46 GMT

The simulators usually released without patches (P). But An ONTAP upgrade within the simulator usually works on the same base version. So if you have any 8.2.x image - you can likely upgrade it to whatever minor or patch release image you have..

Re: 7-Mode Simulator 8.2.5P4

nakapyon — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 21:00:44 GMT

Thank you for your help.

I was thinking the same thing.

I have ONTAP8.2.3 simulator. I could safely upgrade to ONTAP8.2.5P4.

I will verify the netlogon issue.

Re: 7-Mode Simulator 8.2.5P4

TMADOCTHOMAS — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 16:20:56 GMT

@GidonMarcus and @nakapyon , thank you both for replying!

Where is the link to download the 8.2.5 simulator? I couldn't find it. Based on what you're saying, I can then patch it to P4.

Re: 7-Mode Simulator 8.2.5P4

darb0505 — Thu, 17 Dec 2020 02:39:57 GMT

Hi @TMADOCTHOMAS,

Currently there is only 9.5+ on the Simulate ONTAP page. I was able to find some older links in previous community post that appear to still be working for downloading older vsim images.

Reference: Community post: 82P6 7-Mode simulator

You can get the image then do an upgrade to 8.2.5P4. I hope this helps.

Thanks

Re: 7-Mode Simulator 8.2.5P4

TMADOCTHOMAS — Thu, 17 Dec 2020 14:00:19 GMT

@darb0505 I found the 8.2.3 image online. Will that upgrade to 8.2.5P4, or do I have to be on 8.2.5 to do that in the simulator?

Re: 7-Mode Simulator 8.2.5P4

darb0505 — Fri, 18 Dec 2020 04:38:27 GMT

Hi @TMADOCTHOMAS,

You should be able to run an upgrade on the vsim to 8.2.5 then go to P4.

Thanks

Re: 7-Mode Simulator 8.2.5P4

TMADOCTHOMAS — Fri, 18 Dec 2020 13:34:14 GMT

Perfect! Thank you @darb0505 and all others who assisted with this question!

Re: 7-Mode Simulator 8.2.5P4

Georg_Berghammer2 — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 11:47:34 GMT

Hi Nakapyon,

do you still have the 8.2 image, I was not able to download?

Re: 7-Mode Simulator 8.2.5P4

TMADOCTHOMAS — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 12:42:17 GMT

Nope, afraid not.

Re: 7-Mode Simulator 8.2.5P4

nakapyon — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 22:33:53 GMT

Hello.

I looked at the NetApp support site and found that 8.2 images 8.2.5P4, 8.2.4P6 and 8.2.3P6 are available for download.
Note that the ONTAP8 simulator has now been replaced by ONTAP9.