The upgrade path cannot be determined after repurpose
Applies to
- ONTAP 9
- Repurpose 7-Mode to Clustered Data ONTAP
Issue
- When logging into console or node_mgmt lif, the ONTAP CLI displays the following error:
The upgrade path cannot be determined. The upgrade process has exited. Contact support personnel for the upgrade repair procedure.
- This occurs after a re-purpose from 7-Mode to Clustered Data ONTAP or from downgrading to a lower version within ONTAP.
- If prior upgrade was attempted but not completed and now upgrading to a lower version than installed on alternate image, attempts to upgrade will fail on image validation with error:
Error: Upgrade is not complete on nodes: cluster1-01.
Action: to complete the upgrade, run the advanced privilege command "system node upgrade-revert upgrade" on each node
- When
system node upgrade-revert upgrade
is attempted, additional error results:
Error: command failed: Upgrade path cannot be determined. Upgrade exited.