Preparing to revert ONTAP clusters

Before reverting to an earlier version of ONTAP, you must verify that the cluster is ready to be reverted and make any required configuration changes.

  1. Verifying that the cluster is ready to be reverted
    Before you perform the reversion, you should verify that your cluster configuration is healthy.
  2. Preparing to revert production clusters
    If you are reverting a cluster that you have configured to serve data to clients in your environment, you must ensure that certain configurations are prepared for the reversion.
  3. Obtaining ONTAP software images
    For ONTAP 9.4 and later, you can copy the ONTAP software image from the NetApp Support Site to a local folder. For upgrades from ONTAP 9.3 or earlier, you must copy the ONTAP software image to an HTTP server or FTP server on your network.
Parent topic: Reverting clusters to an earlier ONTAP release
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March 2021
Updated for ONTAP 9.8