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Cloud Volumes ONTAP release notes

What's new in Cloud Volumes ONTAP 9.17.1

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Cloud Volumes ONTAP 9.17.1 is available for deployment and upgrade in Azure and Google Cloud.

9.17.1 RC1 (4 September 2025)

You can now use the Release Candidate 1 of Cloud Volumes ONTAP 9.17.1 for deployment and upgrade in Azure and Google Cloud. However, this version is unavailable for deployment and upgrade in AWS.

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 9.17.1 RC1 from the 9.16.1 release in Azure and Google Cloud. BlueXP will prompt you to upgrade eligible Cloud Volumes ONTAP systems to this release.

Note For AWS, you won't be prompted for this upgrade. Upgrading to Cloud Volumes ONTAP 9.17.1 RC1 is not supported in AWS.

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 non-disruptive and I/O is uninterrupted. During this non-disruptive upgrade process, each node is upgraded in tandem to continue serving I/O to clients.