How to copy ontap images between nodes in a cluster?

[elic_co]

Hey everyone,

I have a new 2-node cluster of FAS2750 and for the meantime only one of the nodes is connected to the management network.

I was able to pull the ontap image to this node only obviously but I want to save time and upgrade both of the nodes.

is there some way to copy the image to the second node’s /etc/software?

I tried ndmpcopy but it failed to run on mroot volumes.

thanks in advance 🙂

[TMACMD · Accepted solution]

Use the cli

 first get the image from the node with the network:

 cluster image package get -package url|file

 after that finishes start the upgrade:

 cluster image update -version 9(tab to get available version)

 this should work. It may complain and fail due to the node LIF being down. You may need to use the -ignore-validation-warning flag to bypass any issues. Run without the flag first to be sure

 use the man pages for command assistance

 man cluster image get

 man cluster image update

[elic_co]

Hey, thank you very much. It worked like a charm.

Do you have an idea on how to achieve the same thing but with the SP firmware file? I usually would run “system node image get”… but I can only download it to node 1, how can I pass it to /etc/software of node 2?

thanks! 🙂