Note: For a more
detailed simulator build, check out this post which I wrote for 8.3.2:
ONTAP 9.2 went GA on Jun 29 2017 (see Software
Change Log).
The NetApp ONTAP 9.2 Simulator is not yet out (I checked
this morning on the 'Simulate
ONTAP for ONTAP 8.x and 9.x' download page), so if you want to play with
ONTAP 9.2 GA, you’ll need to upgrade the ONTAP 9.1 simulator, and this is
simple to do.
Step-by-Step Guide
Note: This
walkthrough is done with VMware Workstation 12.5.
1) Download
92_q_image.tgz from here:
2) Serve the
92_q_image.tgz file from a WebServer
Image: ONTAP 9.2
served (user whatever webserver is approved for use at your organization)
3) Download vsim-netapp-DOT9.1-cm.ova
from here:
4) Open the OVA in
VMware Workstation, and Import
5) Edit the ‘Virtual
Machine Settings’ as desired
6) (Optional) Configure Memory down to 4GB
The SIM comes
configured with 5GB, and normally you’d not change this, or increase it to make
an upgrade possible. Here we do something slightly different. We reduce the
Virtual Machine Memory down to 4096MB and then edit the VMX file with this extra line:
pciHole.start = "1024"
Image: Example of edited
VMX file
7) Power on the VM
and Press Ctrl-C for Boot Menu (when it appears)
Image: Press Ctrl-C
for Boot Menu
8) Select option
(7) Install new software first, and follow the prompts:
This
procedure is not supported for Non-Disruptive Upgrade on an HA pair. The
software will be installed to the alternate image, from which the node is not
currently running. Do you want to continue? y
In
order to download the package, a temporary network interface needs to be
configured.
Select
the network port you want to use for the download: e0c
The
node needs to reboot for this setting to take effect. Reboot now? y
The node reboots, and then:
In
order to download the package, a temporary network interface needs to be
configured.
Enter
the IP address for port e0c: 10.0.0.2
Enter
the netmask for port e0c: 255.0.0.0
Enter
IP address of default gateway:
What
is the URL for the package? http://10.0.0.1/92_q_image.tgz
What
is the username on "10.0.0.1", if any?
Then the install will run (be patient). And then:
Do
you want to set the newly installed software as the default to be used for
subsequent reboots? y
The
node must be rebooted to start using the newly installed software. Do you want
to reboot now? y
The node will reboot.
9) When ‘Press
Ctrl-C for Boot Menu’ appears, press Ctrl-C
All being well you should have seen the node boot to
ONTAP 9.2, and will see something like the below:
bootarg.from.version="9.1"
bootarg.to.version="9.2"
Image:
bootarg.to.version="9.2"
Note the boot menu
option ‘(9) Configure Advanced Drive Partitioning’ which wasn’t there before.
10) In the Boot
Menu, select:
(4)
Clean configuration and initialize all disks
And follow the prompts to kick off the wipeconfig
request:
Zero
disks, reset config and install a new file system? y
This
will erase all the data on the disks, are you sure? y
Wait for the wipeconfig request to complete.
11) Cluster Setup
Wizard
After the wipeconfig the node will boot into the ‘cluster
setup wizard’.
Enabling
AutoSupport can significantly speed problem determination and resolution...
Type
yes to confirm and continue: yes
Enter the node management interface...
...port
...IP address
...netmask
...default gateway
In part 2 we’ll continue the ONTAP 9.2 Simulator Setup in
the WebUI:
https://node_mgmt_IP
Image: Welcome to the
cluster setup wizard
Image: Node management
interface configuration
Image: Use your web
browser to complete cluster setup ... or ... the command line
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