ONTAP 9.3 Upgrade

Power on the ONTAP 9.2 Image.

While it is booting, Press Ctrl + C to get the advanced boot Menu options.

Select the Option 7 - Install the software first.

To download the package 9.3 configure one Network interface and set the ipaddress.

Download the ONTAP 9.3 Image and Store it in HTTP server.

Now provide the URL for your 9.3 Image.

It will start to download and once it would download complete successfully, it will restart.

Automatically upgrade script will start and upgrade it.

Now it will boot the storage with ONTAP 9.3 Image.

Now clean the config and initialize all disks.

Node Management configuration.

ONTAP 9.3 upgrade Successfully done.

Now login to the console and configure the storage.

ONTAP 9.3 SVM creation using Templates

Ontap 9.3 Supports to create a SVM using Templates.

List the built-in templates using the following command.

The built-in template always in a readonly mode.

You can provision (Create) a new SVM using the template.

This template has the following Sections:

1. Vserver Section
2. Network Interface Section
3. Network Router Section
4. DNS Section
5. NIS Section
6. LDAP Section
7. Protocol Section.

Just provide the information as interactive command.

Vserver successfully created.

The provision command automatically creates an LIF also.

The protocol service, you defined also started.

To list the template parameter.

Now you can copy the template and customize the parameter as you wish.

Just modify the parameter.

ONTAP 9.3 Export-Policy Rule Config Checker

Create a New export policy for NFS share using the following command.

Create a new export policy rule for the new policy.

Now mount the NFS share in LInux Server.

There is the new option in 9.3 to check the export policy rules using the following command.

ONTAP 9.3 Up-gradation

NetApp ONTAP 9.3 Upgrade:



1. Check the current ONTAP version using the following command.

Also check the image repository.

2. Download the ONTAP 9.3 Image from NetApp Site and keep it in the http server.

Now run the following command to download the ONTAP 9.3 Image to the filer's Repository.

Once you execute this command, this will download the 9.3 image from the HTTP server and process it.

3. Run the following command to check the Current ONTAP version and Is default value also.

4. From ONTAP 9.x onward, you can update the software from System Manager also.

5. ONTAP 9.3 Image successfully downloaded from the HTTP server and Processed the package also.

6. Now system is ready for the 9.3 version up-gradation.

7. Run the following command to check the repository.

After successful download from HTTP server, you will be able to see this 9.3 Image.

8. Now go for an up-gradation, using the following command.

Also acknowledge the errors and warnings. (validate the New 9.3 Image).

9. Now check the upgrade process.

10. Same as you can check the upgrade process from System Manager.

11. Now the system is rebooting with ONTAP 9.3 Image.

12. This will run the upgrade script automatically.

13. After successful reboot, check the upgrade status.

Now the 9.3 up-gradation was successfully completed.

14. Also you can check the upgrade history also.

15. Now you can check the version and check the image information.

16. Access the storage from System Manager and now you can see the new System Manager 9.3

17. New 9.3 System Manager Dash Board.

18. You can check the update history using CLI also.

ONTAP 9.2 Cluster Configuration and Management

Power on the NetApp Storage and Access via Serial Console or Service Processor.

Press Ctrl+c to get advanced boot menu options.

New AFF FAS systems has Advanced Drive Partitioning.

First Time Clean the configuration and Initialise the disk for root volume.

Ontap 9.1 onward you can configure the cluster using CLI console or Oncommand System Manager.

Ref: http://senthil-it-infrastructure.blogspot.in/2017/02/netapp-ontap-91-cluster-setup.html

 Once setting the Node Management IP address then you can access via System Manager.

Access through web browser.

Either you can use Template file or Guided cluster setup.

Ref : http://senthil-it-infrastructure.blogspot.in/2017/05/ontap-91-guided-cluster-setup-using.html

Now 9.2 version, you can setup the following:
1. Cluster
2. Network
3. Support
4. Storage
5. SVM

Or else you can create using CLI also.

Check the version and Cluster status.

This is the new System Manager view with new features.

List the  SSD disks.

Create a new storage tiers (Fabric Pool) internal and External (AWS/Storgewebscale)

Add pool from AWS

You can add a Node from System Manager.

Listing the Disk Information.

Login via SSH and list the unassigned Disks.

Assign the Disks.

Second Node Joined to this cluster.

System Manager's Dash Board view.

Disk View

Aggregate View

Creating an New Aggregate using System Manager.

Aggregate successfully created.

Creating SVM.

SVM successfully created and running.

This is the New Application Specific NAS/SAN Provisioning.

Select your application type.

Create VMWare NAS Data Store.

One step will create volume, export policy and export access rule also.

Application provisioning created successfully.

List the LIF information.

Export policy rule information.

Now you can access from unix client.

Now you can create NAS Data Store in Vcenter server.

Data Store Created.

For SAN Provisioning also you can add the initiator group with details.

Now you can see the new disk from NetApp vis iSCSI.

Create a new SAN Data Store.

SAN Data Store is created.

Configuring CIFS Protocol .

Create an CIFS Application for Windows Share.

You can access from Windows Server.

New QOS feature like you can set the Minimum IOPS also.

Complete Network Management:

Removing ports from existing Broadcast domain.

Creating a new IPSPACE.

Creating interface group.

Creating Broadcast Domain.

You can also enable the on-board Security Key Manager.