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|    7-Mode Transition Tool 2.3   |

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Audience

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This README is for system administrators who want to use this tool to

transition workload from a 7- Mode system to a clustered Data ONTAP

system.



About the tool

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This tool enables you to transition one or more 7-Mode volumes with

configuration of protocols and services to clustered Data ONTAP with

minimum client disruption. During the transition process, storage

efficiency features such as Snapshot copies, deduplication, and

compression are preserved.



Features in this release

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* Transitioning volumes from 7-Mode to clustered Data ONTAP release 8.2.x and 8.3.
* Transitioning volumes from 7-Mode stretch MetroCluster and fabric MetroCluster configurations to a MetroCluster configuration in clustered Data ONTAP 8.3.
* Transitioning 7-Mode SAN configurations to clustered Data ONTAP 8.3.
* Support for 160 volumes transition in a sub-project
* Dashboard improvement
   -State machine representation
   -Tabular view of the sub-project data
   -Operation history for the sub-project
   -Pending data for the volumes relationships
* Ability to test the configuration transition before cutover
* Automated stream management
* On demand update
* Support for Kerberos configuration transition
* Volume removal from subproject after baseline
* Support for skipping specific configuration transition

 

For more information on the new and updated features in 7-Mode Transition Tool 2.3, 

see the 7-Mode Transition Tool 2.3 Release Notes.

 

System Requirements

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Operating System : 64-bit Windows 7 Enterprise(Any service pack), Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise(SP1+ x64), Windows 2012 R2 Standard(Any service pack)

Java Runtime     : 64-bit Oracle Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.7

Memory           : 4 GB or more 

CPUs             : Dual-core 1.0 GHz or faster CPU 

Disk             : 40 GB or more 



For more information on how to install and use 7-Mode Transition Tool 2.3, 
see the 7-Mode Transition Tool 2.3 Data and Configuration Transition Guide.

Support 
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NetApp, Inc. 

495 East Java Drive 

Sunnyvale, CA 94089 U.S. 

Telephone: +1 (408) 822-6000 

Fax: +1 (408) 822-4501 

Support telephone: +1 (888) 463-8277 

Web: http://support.netapp.com 



