First note that SDW 6.4.2 is the latest version of SnapDrive that you can use with Windows 2003 and only with SP2 as SDW 6.5 drops support for 2003.
Before you upgrade your SnapDrive revision, you need to ensure the storage controllers are running a supported version of ONTAP first. The minimum ONTAP rev is 7.3.4 with 7.3.7 recommended.
Q: A few of the servers are running older version's of FC firmware, does this need to be updated as a prerequisite?
A: No, but make sure that your HBA firmware is compatible with the version of ONTAP you are running using the support site IMT tool. This usually isn't a huge issue, but check to make sure.
Q: Also what is the difference between the NetApp Host Agent, and the NetApp Data Fabric Manager - Do we need both, we have some different versions of each of these installed?
A: The host agent is what you install to enable DFM\OM\UM to monitor host LUNs. DFM\OM\UM is the server component installed once in the environment with Host Agents installed on all hosts with NetApp storage attached for monitoring and reporting. If you have deployed the Host Agents on all of your servers, then you might want to upgrade the Host agent after your SDW upgrade. I don't know what version of DFM\OM\UM you are running so check to make sure the version of DFM\OM\UM and the Host Agent version are within supported rangers. Current is 5.1 for UM and 2.7 for the agent (I think).
Q: My last question is do we still need to be running Windows Host Utilities, or can that be uninstalled because we'll be installing Data Ontap DSM for Windows MPIO version 3.5.
A: You can uninstall the host utilities if you are using the Data ONTAP DSM version 3.5. If you are not using the NetApp DSM, then you will still need to install the HUK.
Lastly as you upgrade from version X to 6.4.2, there will likely be some additional Windows hotfixes required, that will require a reboot prior to the SDW upgrade.
Server 2003\R2 SP2
Server 2008 SP2
Server 2008 R2 SP1
- 2531907
- 2494016
- 2520235
- 2636573
Here is a sample script to help you out with this.
#Do not alter this function
#------------------------------------------------------------------------
Function New-Underline($Text) {
"`n$Text`n$(`"_`" * $Text.length)"
}
#------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Enter your list of computers, one per line with quotes around each name
#------------------------------------------------------------------------
$computerlist = @(
"localhost"
"DC1"
)
#------------------------------------------------------------------------
foreach ($computer in $computerlist) {
#------------------------------------------------------------------------
#Enter your list of hotfixes here, one per line with quotes around each name.
#Do not include 'KB'
#------------------------------------------------------------------------
$hotfixlist = @(
"2779768"
"2770917"
"1597531"
#------------------------------------------------------------------------
)
New-Underline -text "$computer"
foreach ($_ in $hotfixlist) {
$a = get-hotfix -ID KB$_ -computername $computer -erroraction "SilentlyContinue"
if ($a -ne $null) {
write-host $a.HotfixID"is installed" -foregroundcolor green
}
else {
write-host "KB$_ is missing" -foregroundcolor red -backgroundcolor yellow
}
}
}
