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Upgrade Guide
Data ONTAP™ 6.5.1

Preface
 

Chapter 1: Overview of the Upgrade Process

 

Chapter 2: Before You Upgrade: What Is Required

System requirements

Upgrade host requirements

Planning for upgrading clusters

Planning for upgrading filers running SnapMirror

Resolving upgrade issues

 

Upgrading to Data ONTAP 6.5 or later

 

Upgrading from releases earlier than Data ONTAP 6.4

 

Upgrading from releases earlier than Data ONTAP 6.3

 

Upgrading from releases earlier than Data ONTAP 6.2

 

Upgrading from releases earlier than Data ONTAP 6.1

 

Upgrading from releases earlier than Data ONTAP 5.3

 

Chapter 3: Upgrading NetApp Firmware

Upgrading the system firmware

Upgrading disk firmware

 

Chapter 4: Upgrading Filer Software

Prerequisites to software upgrade

Installing Data ONTAP system files

 

UNIX client steps

 

Windows client steps

 

HTTP server steps

Downloading Data ONTAP to single filers and rebooting

Downloading Data ONTAP to clustered filers and rebooting

 

Choosing a clustered upgrade procedure

 

Nondisruptive upgrades

 

Standard upgrades

Concluding the upgrade

Where to go from here

 

Chapter 5: Reverting Filer Software

Reverting to a previous release

Reversion issues between release families

 

Appendix A: Creating Diskettes

Creating diskettes from NOW

Creating diskettes from the CD-ROM

 

Appendix B: DAVE Macintosh Client resource.frk Conversion

 

Appendix C: Understanding Release Family Upgrades

 

Appendix D: Optimizing Service Availability During Upgrades

 

Appendix E: Changing Clustered Hardware Nondisruptively

 
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