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Updating a four- or eight-node MetroCluster configuration manually

The manual update procedure for upgrading or downgrading a four- or eight-node MetroCluster configuration involves preparing for the update, updating the DR pairs in each of the one or two DR groups simultaneously, and performing some post-update tasks.

About this task

  • This task applies to both MetroCluster FC and MetroCluster IP configurations.

  • The following tasks refer to the old and new versions of ONTAP.

    • When upgrading, the old version is a previous version of ONTAP, with a lower version number than the new version of ONTAP.

    • When downgrading, the old version is a later version of ONTAP, with a higher version number than the new version of ONTAP.

  • This task uses the following high-level workflow: