What's new in Cloud Volumes ONTAP 9.15.0

08/12/2024 Contributors

Cloud Volumes ONTAP 9.15.0 includes new enhancements.

Additional features and enhancements are also introduced in the latest versions of BlueXP. See the BlueXP Release Notes for details.

9.15.0 P2 (8 August 2024)

The 9.15.0 P2 patch is now available for Cloud Volumes ONTAP for all cloud providers. BlueXP will prompt you to upgrade your existing systems to this patch release.

View the list of bugs fixed in the P2 patch (NetApp Support Site login required).

9.15.0 P1 (10 June 2024)

The Cloud Volumes ONTAP 9.15.0 P1 is now available in AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. The P1 version is available for deployment and upgrade.

This release includes a new feature and an enhancement.

Image verification in Azure

Enhanced security features are now available for verifying signatures of Cloud Volumes ONTAP image files exported through Azure.

For more information, see Learn more about Azure Image Verification.

Azure page blobs no longer supported for new high-availability pair deployments

Starting with Cloud Volumes ONTAP 9.15.0 P1, Azure page blobs are no longer supported for new high-availability pair deployments. If you currently use Azure page blobs in existing high-availability pair deployments, you can migrate to newer VM instance types in the Edsv4-series VMs and Edsv5-series VMs.

Learn more about supported configurations in Azure.

Upgrade notes

Read through these notes to learn more about upgrading to this release.

How to upgrade

Upgrades of Cloud Volumes ONTAP must be completed from BlueXP. You should not upgrade Cloud Volumes ONTAP by using System Manager or the CLI. Doing so can impact system stability.

Learn how to upgrade when BlueXP notifies you.

Supported upgrade path

You can upgrade to Cloud Volumes ONTAP 9.15.0 from 9.14.1 release. BlueXP will prompt you to upgrade eligible Cloud Volumes ONTAP systems to this release.

Downtime

The upgrade of a single node system takes the system offline for up to 25 minutes, during which I/O is interrupted.
Upgrading an HA pair is nondisruptive and I/O is uninterrupted. During this nondisruptive upgrade process, each node is upgraded in tandem to continue serving I/O to clients.

c4, m4, and r4 instances no longer supported

In AWS, the c4, m4, and r4 EC2 instance types are no longer supported with Cloud Volumes ONTAP. If you have an existing system that's running on a c4, m4, or r4 instance type, you must change to an instance type in the c5, m5, or r5 instance family. You can't upgrade to this release until you change the instance type.

Learn how to change the EC2 instance type for Cloud Volumes ONTAP.

Refer to NetApp Support to learn more about the end of availability and support for these instance types.