Upgrading NetApp Data ONTAP with HFS

Posted: November 18, 2013 | Author: VirtuallyMikeB | Filed under: NetApp, Storage | Tags: 7-mode, data ontap, dataontap, hfs, NetApp, ontap, upgrade 7-mode, upgrade 7mode, upgrade data ontap, upgrade dataontap, upgrade netapp, upgrade ontap | Leave a comment

I wanted to take a quick moment to document the awesomeness that is a quick and easy upgrade of Data ONTAP 7-mode with HFS. HFS is a lightweight web server that’s run as an executable and lets you quickly and easily transfer your Data ONTAP images from a Windows machine to the FreeBSD-based NetApp operating system. I can’t take credit for finding this gem of the storage admin. That goes to Mike Mills (@MikeasaService) who found this while we were implementing NetApp systems in a war zone. Thanks, Mike! Of course, if you’re a Mac-man (or gal, but that doesn’t really roll of the tongue as nicely) or a Linux dude, you can easily mount the /etc/software directory using NFS in which case you don’t need a web server. But I digress…on to the steps!

Download Data ONTAP image – from the NetApp Support site (support.netapp.com) and follow the prompts and be sure to download the correct version, in this case, 7-mode