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Upgrade from ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 10.x to 10.5

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ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere v10

Description

You can upgrade from ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 10.3 or 10.4 to 10.5. However, to upgrade from ONTAP tools 10.0, 10.1, or 10.2 to 10.5, you must first upgrade to 10.3 or 10.4 before proceeding to 10.5.

  • For ASA r2 systems, make sure you upgrade ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere to 10.5 and ONTAP to 9.16.1, before setting up more storage availability zones (SAZs).
  • If the upgrade from ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 10.3 or 10.4 to 10.5 fails, you cannot roll back. Use low RPO or snapshot recovery to restore the setup. For ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 10.2 and earlier, use zero-RPO to restore the setup.
Before you begin
  • Ensure that all nodes are active.
  • Ensure the ONTAP system certificate and onboarded vCenter certificates are valid for at least 5 days. If the certificates expire sooner, the upgrade fails.
  • Ensure you have a fifth disk with a capacity of 100 GB on all nodes.
  • Verify that the node configuration matches the specifications in the table below.

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  • Ensure the hot plug-in for CPU and RAM is enabled.
  • Enable low-RPO backups and ensure that one backup is visible in the vCenter Client interface. Download the backup folder before the upgrade.
  • Low RPO backup is recommended. However, in a non-HA deployment, you can take a quiesced snapshot of the ONTAP tools virtual machine before upgrading.
  • Refer to Edit Backup settings and Recover the ONTAP tools setup for more information about backup and recovery.

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