9.0 simulator release

[jtownsen]

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

[SeanHatfield]

Me too.

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

[jasher]

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.

[SeanHatfield]

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

[elementx]

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

[SeanHatfield]

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

[MartijnMoretDMP]

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

[VictorF]

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.

[MartijnMoretDMP]

Hi,

No, none what so ever.

The 9 Sim is still running fine.

Regards,

Martijn

[ohaensel]

Hello,

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

Regards

Oliver

[SeanHatfield]

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

[VictorF]

That sorts it out 🙂

[Limon_Dhaka]

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

[Neil_Anderson]

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.

[locke]

Will 9.1 work on the 9.0 simulator?

Thanks,

Anne

[SeanHatfield]

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.