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Unable to change the instance type from r4 to r5 with disk count error

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Applies to

  • Cloud Volumes ONTAP (CVO)
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  • BlueXP
  • XEN-based instances

Issue

  • XEN-based instances (c4, m4, and r4) are not supported for new deployments from ONTAP 9.8.
  • Existing working environments using XEN-based instances cannot be upgraded to 9.13.0 and above.
  • Changing the instance type to KVM-based fails with an error  The existing CVO instance is attached to a high number of disks and cannot be changed to another instance, please contact Support for assistance

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