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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
- Which ONTAP patch release should be selected when upgrading ONTAPOct, 2026
- Add Image Option Unavailable in System Manager UIOct, 2026
- Manual failover is vetoed due to StrictSync policy on SnapMirror relationshipOct, 2026
- ONTAP upgrade paused due to LIF migration error due L2 Reachability on unconfigured VLAN portsOct, 2026
- How to use a USB key to install ONTAP on an existing nodeOct, 2026
- ONTAP upgrade paused due to LIF migration failure caused by VLAN reachability issueOct, 2026
- Weekly ha.takeover.checkStart and ha.takeover.checkEnd ALERT events generated by andu_preparedness_check_jobOct, 2026
- ONTAP Upgrade Paused During Takeover - Failed: Operation was vetoed by raidOct, 2026
- How firmware is updated during the ONTAP upgradeSep, 2026
- VM disk becomes read-only during ONTAP upgrade in OpenStack Cinder environmentSep, 2026
- Can a later ONTAP patch release image be used when the exact ONTAP version is not available on the Netapp Support Site?Sep, 2026
- Node corrupted with IPMI error during ONTAP upgrade BIOS updateSep, 2026
- ANDU fails with image signature verification error when upgrading to ONTAP released before 9 September 2025Sep, 2026
- ONTAP upgrade paused with Failed to migrate data LIFsSep, 2026
- Are the DQP and Time Zone Database Update Recommendations Displayed in System Manager Mandatory?Sep, 2026
- How to proceed with ONTAP upgrade when aggregates are in partial givebackSep, 2026
- What is the list of events that can cause cluster image update to enter paused-on-error state?Sep, 2026
- IFGRP missing after ONTAP upgrade or HeadswapSep, 2026
- FAS8300 9.15.1 upgrade paused with This platform is not supported in this releaseAug, 2026
- Node Panic During Cluster Switch Firmware UpgradeAug, 2026
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- 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
- Panic during upgrade
- Cannot modify ONTAP element after update with Parameter requires an effective cluster version
- Unable to generate Upgrade advisory in Active IQ
- Root Volume Record Not Found for nodes while performing ONTAP cluster image validate
- Can ONTAP update be performed with single disk failure?
- FAS8300 9.15.1 upgrade paused with This platform is not supported in this release
- ONTAP upgrade aborted due to "Upgrade/Revert for LifHomeNode" failed task
- ONTAP upgrade validation cannot start due to a volume in a MIXED state
- Security style is undefined error while updating SnapMirror
- ANDU paused: node not in 'waiting for giveback' state
- During upgrade ONTAP fails to boot from the new image
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(date updated)- Which ONTAP patch release should be selected when upgrading ONTAP
- Add Image Option Unavailable in System Manager UI
- Manual failover is vetoed due to StrictSync policy on SnapMirror relationship
- ONTAP upgrade paused due to LIF migration error due L2 Reachability on unconfigured VLAN ports
- How to use a USB key to install ONTAP on an existing node
- ONTAP upgrade paused due to LIF migration failure caused by VLAN reachability issue
- Weekly ha.takeover.checkStart and ha.takeover.checkEnd ALERT events generated by andu_preparedness_check_job
- ONTAP Upgrade Paused During Takeover - Failed: Operation was vetoed by raid
- How firmware is updated during the ONTAP upgrade
- VM disk becomes read-only during ONTAP upgrade in OpenStack Cinder environment
- Can a later ONTAP patch release image be used when the exact ONTAP version is not available on the Netapp Support Site?
- Node corrupted with IPMI error during ONTAP upgrade BIOS update
- ANDU fails with image signature verification error when upgrading to ONTAP released before 9 September 2025
- ONTAP upgrade paused with Failed to migrate data LIFs
- Are the DQP and Time Zone Database Update Recommendations Displayed in System Manager Mandatory?
Recently added
(date created)- Which ONTAP patch release should be selected when upgrading ONTAP
- Add Image Option Unavailable in System Manager UI
- Manual failover is vetoed due to StrictSync policy on SnapMirror relationship
- How to use a USB key to install ONTAP on an existing node
- VM disk becomes read-only during ONTAP upgrade in OpenStack Cinder environment
- ONTAP upgrade paused due to LIF migration error due L2 Reachability on unconfigured VLAN ports
- ANDU fails with image signature verification error when upgrading to ONTAP released before 9 September 2025
- Are the DQP and Time Zone Database Update Recommendations Displayed in System Manager Mandatory?
- Can a later ONTAP patch release image be used when the exact ONTAP version is not available on the Netapp Support Site?
- How to proceed with ONTAP upgrade when aggregates are in partial giveback
- What is the list of events that can cause cluster image update to enter paused-on-error state?
- Node Panic During Cluster Switch Firmware Upgrade
- AutoSupport rastrace skipped after stats collection exceeds time budget
- ONTAP upgrade cannot start with warning SVM DR destination volumes are offline restricted
- Why do temporary FlexGroup constituent volumes appear after running Volume Show command following ONTAP upgrade?
