NetApp OnTap 8.0
I'm awaiting the release of OnTap 8.0, but there are several things I'm waiting for that will come after 8.0.
Jeff O'Neal, NetApp's senior director of Data Center Solutions, said Data OnTap 8.0 — which will merge Data OnTap 7G with the Data OnTap GX cluster platform — will be released later this year. "NetApp remains on track to release our first converged operating system in calendar '09," O'Neal told Enterprise Storage Forum.
This is exciting if they can get 8.0 released this year. That means we might be able to look forward to 8.1 coming out sometime 2010. 8.1 should be an even more exciting release from what I've heard through the grape vine. I'm hoping still that 8.0 might have some of the advancements that GX had in the core OS. I'm hoping for tab-complete, a more GX light na-admin, and quite a few other GX like enhancements.
What do you guys think? What have you heard about 8.0?
NetApp GX Monitoring and Cacti
well, quite a long time after I wrote this I'm finally releasing it. Let me know if you have any problems with it, I wanted to do a more detailed write-up but for now, at least I'll get it out there 
. Click read-more if you're interested in the link to the download.
OnTap GX Monitoring: Update
I've gotten a little further. I've refined my perl script so that it gets data from various more reliable sources within GX. It's been crazy busy at work but I should have the solution posted this week. 
Read on for some screenshots.
Cacti – NetApp OnTap GX Monitoring
Here's a sneak peak at what I've been up to. Once I've got everything done I'll post the code and a how-to guide.
Easy OnTap Upgrades (NDU)
An easy way to upgrade your filer is to issue the following (always run the upgrade advisor prior to upgrades to ensure you're system is good to go to the version you're looking for).
- download ontap from the NOW site
- load that file onto a web server (http)
- login to your filer from the console (rlm if preferred)
- toasterA> software update http://{ipaddress}/{version}_setup_q.exe -r
- toasterB> software update http://{ipaddress}/{version}_setup_q.exe -r
- *you should update the disk and shelf firmware at this point to speed the cluster failover time*
- toasterA> storage download shelf (Wait to complete)
- toasterB> storage download shelf (Wait to complete)
- toasterB> cf takeover
- ... wait for reboot (10 min) ...
- toasterB> cf giveback
- toasterA> cf takeover
- ... wait for reboot (10 min) ...
- toasterA> cf giveback
NetApp OnTap 7.3 Released
A major release for NetApp posted to the NOW site today, OnTap 7.3. This is a major performance release for NetApp as it starts to take advantage of the powerful 64-bit cores that NetApp has in their lineup of products.
For those of you that have a NOW account:
http://now.netapp.com/NOW/knowledge/docs/ontap/rel73/html/ontap/rnote/frameset.html
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