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Upgrade Advisor provides intelligence that helps you plan your upgrade and minimizes uncertainty and risk
Upgrade Advisor provides intelligence that helps you plan your upgrade and minimizes uncertainty and risk
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ONTAP Upgrade Assistance
How to request assistance for performing an ONTAP upgrade?
How to request assistance for performing an ONTAP upgrade?
ONTAP Upgrade Preparation
How to prepare for an ONTAP upgrade
How to prepare for an ONTAP upgrade
ONTAP 9 release highlights
Highlights and per-version coverage of all the new and enhanced features
Highlights and per-version coverage of all the new and enhanced features
Minimum Recommended ONTAP Release
Ensure your system is updated with the most critical features and fixes
Ensure your system is updated with the most critical features and fixes
Other Resources
- Unable to access or launch System Manager after ONTAP upgradeJun, 2026
- TLSv1.1 is disabled after ONTAP upgradeJun, 2026
- ONTAP upgrade validation cannot start due to a volume in a MIXED stateJun, 2026
- ONTAP upgrade failure due to image signature verification errorJun, 2026
- ANDU paused due to Failed to migrate one or more LIFs away from nodeJun, 2026
- During upgrade ONTAP fails to boot from the new imageJun, 2026
- A data port went down after the ONTAP upgradeJun, 2026
- Why Data LIF shutdown is required for major version downgrade but not for patch downgradeJun, 2026
- ANDU Validation failure for EKM Internal errorJun, 2026
- Root Volume Record Not Found for nodes while performing ONTAP cluster image validateJun, 2026
- ONTAP upgrade paused on error Failed to perform "Volume Health Status" checkJun, 2026
- Weekly ha.takeover.checkStart and ha.takeover.checkEnd ALERT events generated by andu_preparedness_check_jobJun, 2026
- HA partner RAID or WAFL label versions are older than this node's during givebackJun, 2026
- Service Processor/BMC Firmware Fails to Update During ONTAP UpgradeMay, 2026
- ONTAP upgrade paused due to "waiting for giveback" state and NVRAM synchronization failureMay, 2026
- Error: Failed to mount the package while validating the ANDUMay, 2026
- ONTAP Upgrade Paused Due to Post-Update Checks TimeoutMay, 2026
- ONTAP upgrade paused with Failed to migrate data LIFsMay, 2026
- What are the considerations for updating ONTAP in an environment integrated with an external FPolicy server?May, 2026
- ONTAP Upgrade Paused During Takeover - Failed: Operation was vetoed by raidMay, 2026
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(rating)- What open source or free web servers are available to assist with system administration
- ONTAP Upgrade Paused During Takeover - Failed: Operation was vetoed by raid
- LIF migration fails during ANDU using the batch method
- ONTAP image upgrade path Resolution guide
- Can ONTAP update be performed with single disk failure?
- Unable to generate Upgrade advisory in Active IQ
- Security style is undefined error while updating SnapMirror
- ONTAP upgrade validation cannot start due to a volume in a MIXED state
- ONTAP upgrade aborted due to "Upgrade/Revert for LifHomeNode" failed task
- Panic during upgrade
- Root Volume Record Not Found for nodes while performing ONTAP cluster image validate
- Cannot modify ONTAP element after update with Parameter requires an effective cluster version
- FAS8300 9.15.1 upgrade paused with This platform is not supported in this release
- ANDU paused: node not in 'waiting for giveback' state
- During upgrade ONTAP fails to boot from the new image
Recently updated
(date updated)- Unable to access or launch System Manager after ONTAP upgrade
- TLSv1.1 is disabled after ONTAP upgrade
- ONTAP upgrade validation cannot start due to a volume in a MIXED state
- ONTAP upgrade failure due to image signature verification error
- ANDU paused due to Failed to migrate one or more LIFs away from node
- During upgrade ONTAP fails to boot from the new image
- A data port went down after the ONTAP upgrade
- Why Data LIF shutdown is required for major version downgrade but not for patch downgrade
- ANDU Validation failure for EKM Internal error
- Root Volume Record Not Found for nodes while performing ONTAP cluster image validate
- ONTAP upgrade paused on error Failed to perform "Volume Health Status" check
- Weekly ha.takeover.checkStart and ha.takeover.checkEnd ALERT events generated by andu_preparedness_check_job
- HA partner RAID or WAFL label versions are older than this node's during giveback
- Service Processor/BMC Firmware Fails to Update During ONTAP Upgrade
- ONTAP upgrade paused due to "waiting for giveback" state and NVRAM synchronization failure
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(date created)- ONTAP upgrade failure due to image signature verification error
- A data port went down after the ONTAP upgrade
- ANDU Validation failure for EKM Internal error
- Why Data LIF shutdown is required for major version downgrade but not for patch downgrade
- Root Volume Record Not Found for nodes while performing ONTAP cluster image validate
- ONTAP upgrade paused on error Failed to perform "Volume Health Status" check
- Error: Failed to mount the package while validating the ANDU
- ONTAP Upgrade Paused Due to Post-Update Checks Timeout
- What are the considerations for updating ONTAP in an environment integrated with an external FPolicy server?
- ONTAP upgrade paused due to "waiting for giveback" state and NVRAM synchronization failure
- Do ONTAP upgrade validation checks cause performance or networking issues?
- Weekly ha.takeover.checkStart and ha.takeover.checkEnd ALERT events generated by andu_preparedness_check_job
- ONTAP upgrade paused with Failed to migrate data LIFs
- When should the HTTPS server certificate be renewed in relation to an ONTAP upgrade
- MGWD stuck in offline temporary then recovered during ONTAP upgrade
