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Cluster software endpoint overview

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Overview

You can use the ONTAP cluster software API to retrieve and display relevant information about a software profile, software packages collection, and software history collection. This API retrieves the information about all software packages present in the cluster, or a specific software package.

You can use the POST request to download a software package from an HTTP or FTP server. The PATCH request provides the option to upgrade the cluster software version. Select the validate_only field to validate the package before triggering the update. Set the version field to trigger the installation of the package in the cluster. You can pause, resume, or cancel any ongoing software upgrade by selecting action. You can use the DELETE request to remove a specific software package present in the cluster.

Examples

Retrieving software profile information

The following example shows how to retrieve software profile information. You can check the validation results after selecting the validate_only field. Upgrade progress information is available after an upgrade has started.

# The API:
/api/cluster/software

# The call:
curl -X GET "https://<mgmt-ip>/api/cluster/software?return_timeout=15" -H "accept: application/hal+json"

# The response:
{
"validation_results": [
 {
   "update_check": "NFS mounts",
   "status": "warning",
   "issue": {
       "code": 166,
       "message": "Use NFS hard mounts, if possible.",
     }
   ,
   "action": {
       "code": 166,
       "message": "Use NFS hard mounts, if possible.",
   }
 }
],
"version": "9.5.0",
"pending_version": "9.6.0",
"nodes": [
  {
    "node": "sti70-vsim-ucs165n",
    "version": "9.5.0"
  }
],
"metrocluster": {
  "progress_summary": {
          "message": "Update paused by user"
   },
  "progress_details": {
          "message": "Installing software image on cluster \"sti70-vsim-ucs165n_siteA\"."
   },
  "clusters": [
    {
      "name": "sti70-vsim-ucs165n_siteA",
      "uuid": "720f046c-4b13-11e9-9c34-005056ac5626",
      "estimated_duration": 3480,
      "elapsed_duration": 0,
      "state": "waiting"
    },
  ]
},
"state": "in_progress",
"start_time": "2018-05-21T09:53:04+05:30",
"end_time": "2018-05-21T11:53:04+05:30",
"estimated_time": 5220,
"elapsed_time": 2140,
"update_details": [
  {
    "phase": "Data ONTAP updates",
    "state": "in_progress",
    "estimated_duration": 4620,
    "elapsed_duration": 29,
    "node": {
      "name": "sti70-vsim-ucs165n"
    }
  }
],
"status_details": [
  {
    "name": "do-download-job",
    "state": "completed",
    "issue": {
            "message": "Image update complete"
     },
    "start_time": "2018-05-21T09:53:04+05:30",
    "end_time": "2018-05-21T11:53:04+05:30",
    "node": {
      "name": "sti70-vsim-ucs165n"
    }
  }
],
"_links": {
  "self": {
    "href": "/api/cluster/software/"
  }
}
}

Upgrading the software version

The following example shows how to upgrade cluster software. Set the version field to trigger the installation of the package. You can select the validate_only field to validate the package before the installation starts. Setting skip_warning as true ignores the validation warning before the installation starts. Setting the action field performs a pause, resume, or `cancel' operation on an ongoing upgrade. An upgrade can only be resumed if it is in the paused state.

You can start the upgrade process at the cluster level. There are no options available to start the upgrade for a specific node or HA pair.

1. Validating the package and verifying the validation results

The following example shows how to validate a cluster software package. You must validate the package before the software upgrade. Set the validate_only field to true to start the validation. You can check for validation results in the GET /cluster/software endpoint.

# The API:
/api/cluster/software

# The call:
curl -X PATCH "https://<mgmt_ip>/api/cluster/software?validate_only=true" -H "accept: application/json" -H "Content-Type: application/hal+json" -d '{ "version": "9.5.0"}'

# The response:
{
"job": {
  "uuid": "f587d316-5feb-11e8-b0e0-005056956dfc",
  "_links": {
    "self": {
      "href": "/api/cluster/jobs/f587d316-5feb-11e8-b0e0-005056956dfc"
    }
  }
}
}

The call to validate the software cluster version returns the job UUID, including a HAL link to retrieve details about the job. The job object includes a state field and a message to indicate the progress of the job. When the job is complete and the application is fully created, the message indicates success and the state field of the job is set to success.

# The API:
/api/cluster/jobs/{uuid}

# The call:
curl -X GET "https://<mgmt-ip>/api/cluster/jobs/f587d316-5feb-11e8-b0e0-005056956dfc" -H "accept: application/hal+json"

# The response:
{
"uuid": "f587d316-5feb-11e8-b0e0-005056956dfc",
"description": "PATCH /api/cluster/software",
"state": "success",
"message": "success",
"code": 0,
"_links": {
  "self": {
    "href": "/api/cluster/jobs/f587d316-5feb-11e8-b0e0-005056956dfc"
  }
}
}

You can check for validation results in the GET /cluster/software endpoint. The following example shows how to check the validation warnings and errors after setting the validate_only field to true.

# The API:
/api/cluster/software

# The call:
curl -X GET "https://<mgmt-ip>/api/cluster/software" -H "accept: application/hal+json"

# The response:
{
"version": "9.7.0",
"validation_results": [
  {
    "update_check": "High Availability status",
    "status": "error",
    "issue": {
      "message": "Cluster HA is not configured in the cluster. Storage failover is not enabled on node \"node1\", \"node2\".",
    },
    "action": {
      "message": "Check cluster HA configuration. Check storage failover status."
    }
  },
  {
    "update_check": "Manual checks",
    "status": "warning",
    "issue" : {
      "message": "Manual validation checks need to be performed. Refer to the Upgrade Advisor Plan or \"Performing manual checks before an automated cluster upgrade\" section in the \"Clustered Data ONTAP Upgrade Express Guide\" for the remaining validation checks that need to be performed before update. Failing to do so can result in an update failure or an I/O disruption."
    },
    "action": {
      "message": "Refer to the Upgrade Advisor Plan or \"Performing manual checks before an automated cluster upgrade\" section in the \"Clustered Data ONTAP Upgrade Express Guide\" for the remaining validation checks that need to be performed before update."
    }
  }
],
"nodes": [
  {
    "node": "node1",
    "version": "9.7.0"
  },
  {
    "node": "node2",
    "version": "9.7.0"
  }
],
"state": "failed",
"elapsed_duration": 56,
"estimated_duration": 600,
"_links": {
  "self": {
    "href": "/api/cluster/software"
  }
}
}

2. Updating the cluster

The following example shows how to initiate a cluster software upgrade. You must validate the package before the software upgrade starts. Set the skip_warnings field to true to skip validation warnings and start the software package upgrade.

# The API:
/api/cluster/software

# The call:
curl -X PATCH "https://<mgmt_ip>/api/cluster/software?skip_warnings=true" -H "accept: application/json" -H "Content-Type: application/hal+json" -d '{ "version": "9.5.0"}'

# The response:
{
"job": {
  "uuid": "f587d316-5feb-11e8-b0e0-005056956dfc",
  "_links": {
    "self": {
      "href": "/api/cluster/jobs/f587d316-5feb-11e8-b0e0-005056956dfc"
    }
  }
}
}

The call to update the software cluster version returns the job UUID, including a HAL link to retrieve details about the job. The job object includes a state field and a message to indicate the progress of the job. When the job is complete and the application is fully created, the message indicates success and the state field of the job is set to success.

# The API:
/api/cluster/jobs/{uuid}

# The call:
curl -X GET "https://<mgmt-ip>/api/cluster/jobs/f587d316-5feb-11e8-b0e0-005056956dfc" -H "accept: application/hal+json"

# The response:
{
"uuid": "f587d316-5feb-11e8-b0e0-005056956dfc",
"description": "PATCH /api/cluster/software",
"state": "success",
"message": "success",
"code": 0,
"_links": {
  "self": {
    "href": "/api/cluster/jobs/f587d316-5feb-11e8-b0e0-005056956dfc"
  }
}
}

You can check the update progress information in the GET /cluster/software endpoint. The following example shows how to check the progress of an update after setting the skip_warnings field to true.

# The API:
/api/cluster/software

# The call:
curl -X GET "https://<mgmt-ip>/api/cluster/software" -H "accept: application/hal+json"

# The response:
{
"version": "9.7.0",
"validation_results": [
  {
    "update_check": "Manual checks",
    "status": "warning",
    "issue" : {
      "message": "Manual validation checks need to be performed. Refer to the Upgrade Advisor Plan or \"Performing manual checks before an automated cluster upgrade\" section in the \"Clustered Data ONTAP Upgrade Express Guide\" for the remaining validation checks that need to be performed before update. Failing to do so can result in an update failure or an I/O disruption."
    },
    "action": {
      "message": "Refer to the Upgrade Advisor Plan or \"Performing manual checks before an automated cluster upgrade\" section in the \"Clustered Data ONTAP Upgrade Express Guide\" for the remaining validation checks that need to be performed before update."
    }
  }
],
"nodes": [
  {
    "node": "node1",
    "version": "9.7.0"
  },
  {
    "node": "node2",
    "version": "9.7.0"
  }
],
"pending_version": "9.7.0",
"state": "in_progress",
"elapsed_duration": 63,
"estimated_duration": 5220,
"status_details": [
  {
    "name": "do-download-job",
    "status": "running",
    "issue": {
            "message": "Installing software image."
     },
    "start_time": "2019-01-14T23:12:14+05:30",
    "end_time": "2019-01-14T23:12:14+05:30",
    "node": {
      "name": "node1"
    }
  },
  {
    "name": "do-download-job",
    "status": "running",
    "issue": {
            "message": "Installing software image."
    },
    "start_time": "2019-01-14T23:12:14+05:30",
    "end_time": "2019-01-14T23:12:14+05:30",
    "node": {
      "name": "node2"
    }
  }
],
"update_details": [
  {
    "phase": "Data ONTAP updates",
    "status": "in-progress",
    "estimated_duration": 4620,
    "elapsed_duration": 10,
    "node": {
      "name": "node1"
    }
  },
  {
    "phase": "Data ONTAP updates",
    "status": "in-progress",
    "estimated_duration": 4620,
    "elapsed_duration": 10,
    "node": {
      "name": "node2"
    }
  }
],
"_links": {
  "self": {
    "href": "/api/cluster/software"
  }
}
}

3. Pausing/resuming/canceling the upgrade

The following example shows how to pause an ongoing cluster software package upgrade. Set the action field to pause, resume, or cancel to pause, resume or cancel the upgrade respectively. Not all update operations support these actions. An update can only be resumed if it is in the paused state.

# The API:
/api/cluster/software

# The call:
curl -X PATCH "https://<mgmt_ip>/api/cluster/software?action=pause" -H "accept: application/json" -H "Content-Type: application/hal+json" -d '{ "version": "9.5.0"}'

# The response:
{
"job": {
  "uuid": "f587d316-5feb-11e8-b0e0-005056956dfc",
  "_links": {
    "self": {
      "href": "/api/cluster/jobs/f587d316-5feb-11e8-b0e0-005056956dfc"
    }
  }
}
}

The call to update the software cluster version returns the job UUID, including a HAL link to retrieve details about the job. The job object includes a state field and a message to indicate the progress of the job. When the job is complete and the application is fully created, the message indicates success and the state field of the job is set to success.

# The API:
/api/cluster/jobs/{uuid}

# The call:
curl -X GET "https://<mgmt-ip>/api/cluster/jobs/f587d316-5feb-11e8-b0e0-005056956dfc" -H "accept: application/hal+json"

# The response:
{
"uuid": "f587d316-5feb-11e8-b0e0-005056956dfc",
"description": "PATCH /api/cluster/software",
"state": "success",
"message": "success",
"code": 0,
"_links": {
  "self": {
    "href": "/api/cluster/jobs/f587d316-5feb-11e8-b0e0-005056956dfc"
  }
}
}

You can check the progress of the upgrade in the GET /cluster/software endpoint. The following example shows how to check the progress of the pause upgrade state after setting the action field to pause.

# The API:
/api/cluster/software

# The call:
curl -X GET "https://<mgmt-ip>/api/cluster/software" -H "accept: application/hal+json"

# The response:
{
"version": "9.7.0",
"validation_results": [
  {
    "update_check": "Manual checks",
    "status": "warning",
    "issue" : {
      "message": "Manual validation checks need to be performed. Refer to the Upgrade Advisor Plan or \"Performing manual checks before an automated cluster upgrade\" section in the \"Clustered Data ONTAP Upgrade Express Guide\" for the remaining validation checks that need to be performed before update. Failing to do so can result in an update failure or an I/O disruption."
    },
    "action": {
      "message": "Refer to the Upgrade Advisor Plan or \"Performing manual checks before an automated cluster upgrade\" section in the \"Clustered Data ONTAP Upgrade Express Guide\" for the remaining validation checks that need to be performed before update."
    }
  }
],
"nodes": [
  {
    "node": "node1",
    "version": "9.7.0"
  },
  {
    "node": "node2",
    "version": "9.7.0"
  }
],
"pending_version": "9.7.0",
"state": "pause_pending",
"elapsed_duration": 103,
"estimated_duration": 5220,
"status_details": [
  {
    "status": "in-progress",
    "issue": {
            "message": "Installing software image."
     },
    "start_time": "2019-01-08T02:54:36+05:30",
    "node": {
      "name": "node1"
    }
  },
  {
    "status": "in-progress",
    "issue": {
            "message": "Installing software image."
     },
    "start_time": "2019-01-08T02:54:36+05:30",
    "node": {
      "name": "node2"
    }
  }
],
"update_details": [
  {
    "phase": "Pre-update checks",
    "status": "completed",
    "estimated_duration": 600,
    "elapsed_duration": 54,
    "node": {
      "name": "node1"
    }
  },
  {
    "phase": "Data ONTAP updates",
    "status": "pause-pending",
    "estimated_duration": 4620,
    "elapsed_duration": 49,
    "node": {
      "name": "node2"
    }
  },
  {
    "phase": "Data ONTAP updates",
    "status": "pause-pending",
    "estimated_duration": 4620,
    "elapsed_duration": 49
  }
],
"_links": {
  "self": {
    "href": "/api/cluster/software"
  }
}
}

Downloading the software package

The following example shows how to download the software package from an HTTP or FTP server. Provide the url, username, and password, if required, to start the download of the software package to the cluster.

# The API:
/api/cluster/software/download

# The call:
curl -X POST "https://<mgmt-ip>/api/cluster/software/download?return_timeout=0" -H "accept: application/json" -H "Content-Type: application/hal+json" -d '{ "url": "http://nbsweb.eng.btc.netapp.in/~suvadipd/99/image1.tgz", "username": "admin", "password": "*********"}'

# The response:
{
"job": {
  "uuid": "f587d316-5feb-11e8-b0e0-005056956dfc",
  "_links": {
    "self": {
      "href": "/api/cluster/jobs/f587d316-5feb-11e8-b0e0-005056956dfc"
    }
  }
}
}

The call to download the software package returns the job UUID, including a HAL link to retrieve details about the job. The job object includes a state field and a message to indicate the progress of the job. When the job is complete and the application is fully created, the message indicates success and the job state field is set to success.

# The API:
/api/cluster/jobs/{uuid}

# The call:
curl -X GET "https://<mgmt-ip>/api/cluster/jobs/f587d316-5feb-11e8-b0e0-005056956dfc" -H "accept: application/hal+json"

# The response:
{
"uuid": "f587d316-5feb-11e8-b0e0-005056956dfc",
"description": "POST /api/cluster/software/download",
"state": "success",
"message": "success",
"code": 0,
"_links": {
  "self": {
    "href": "/api/cluster/jobs/f587d316-5feb-11e8-b0e0-005056956dfc"
  }
}
}

Checking the progress of the software package being downloaded from an HTTP or FTP server

The following example shows how to retrieve the progress status of the software package being downloaded from a HTTP or FTP server.

# The API:
/api/cluster/software/download

# The call:
curl -X GET "https://<mgmt-ip>/api/cluster/software/download" -H "accept: application/hal+json"

# The response:
{
"state": "running",
"message": "Package download in progress",
"code": 10551760,
"_links": {
  "self": {
    "href": "/api/cluster/software/download"
  }
}
}

Retrieving cluster software packages information

The following example shows how to retrieve the ONTAP software packages in a cluster.

# The API:
/api/cluster/software/packages

# The call:
curl -X GET "https://<mgmt-ip>/api/cluster/software/packages?return_records=true&return_timeout=15" -H "accept: application/hal+json"

# The response:
{
"records": [
  {
    "version": "9.7.0",
    "_links": {
      "self": {
        "href": "/api/cluster/software/packages/9.7.0"
      }
    }
  },
  {
    "version": "9.5.0",
    "_links": {
      "self": {
        "href": "/api/cluster/software/packages/9.5.0"
      }
    }
  }
],
"num_records": 2,
"_links": {
  "self": {
    "href": "/api/cluster/software/packages"
  }
}
}

The following example shows how to retrieve the details of a given cluster software package.

# The API:
/api/cluster/software/packages/{version}

# The call:
curl -X GET "https://<mgmt-ip>/api/cluster/software/packages/9.7.0" -H "accept: application/hal+json"

# The response:
{
"version": "9.7.0",
"create_time": "2018-05-21T10:06:59+05:30",
"_links": {
  "self": {
    "href": "/api/cluster/software/packages/9.7.0"
  }
}
}

Deleting a cluster software package

The following example shows how to delete a package from the cluster. You need to provide the package version that you want to delete. The software package delete creates a job to perform the delete operation.

# The API:
/api/cluster/software/packages/{version}

# The call:
curl -X DELETE "https://<mgmt-ip>/api/cluster/software/packages/9.6.0" -H "accept: application/hal+json"

# The response:
{
"job": {
  "uuid": "f587d316-5feb-11e8-b0e0-005056956dfc",
  "_links": {
    "self": {
      "href": "/api/cluster/jobs/f587d316-5feb-11e8-b0e0-005056956dfc"
    }
  }
}
}

The call to delete the package returns the job UUID, including a HAL link to retrieve details about the job. The job object includes a state field and a message to indicate the progress of the job. When the job is complete and the application is fully created, the message indicates success and the job state field is set to success.

# The API:
/api/cluster/jobs/{uuid}

# The call:
curl -X GET "https://<mgmt-ip>/api/cluster/jobs/f587d316-5feb-11e8-b0e0-005056956dfc" -H "accept: application/hal+json"

# The response:
{
"uuid": "f587d316-5feb-11e8-b0e0-005056956dfc",
"description": "DELETE /api/cluster/software/packages/9.6.0",
"state": "success",
"message": "success",
"code": 0,
"_links": {
  "self": {
    "href": "/api/cluster/jobs/f587d316-5feb-11e8-b0e0-005056956dfc"
  }
}
}

HTTPS error codes

The following is a list of possible error codes that can be returned during a package delete operation.

ONTAP Error Response codes

Error codes Description

10551315

Package store is empty

10551322

Error in retrieving package cleanup status

10551323

Error in cleaning up package information on a node

10551324

Error in cleaning up package information on both nodes

10551325

Package does not exist on the system

10551326

Error in deleting older package cleanup tasks

10551346

Package delete failed since a validation is in progress

10551347

Package delete failed since an update is in progress

10551367

A package synchronization is in progress

10551388

Package delete operation timed out

Retrieving software installation history information

The following example shows how to:

  • retrieve the software package installation history information.

  • display specific node level software installation history information.

  • provide all the attributes by default in response when the self referential link is not present.

# The API:
/api/cluster/software/history

# The call:
curl -X GET "https://<mgmt-ip>/api/cluster/software/history" -H "accept: application/hal+json"

# The response:
{
"node": {
  "uuid": "58cd3a2b-af63-11e8-8b0d-0050568e7279",
  "name": "sti70-vsim-ucs165n",
  "_links": {
    "self": {
      "href": "/api/cluster/nodes/58cd3a2b-af63-11e8-8b0d-0050568e7279"
    }
  }
},
"start_time": "2018-09-03T16:18:46+05:30",
"state": "successful"
"from_version": "9.4.0",
"to_version": "9.5.0",
"end_time": "2018-05-21T10:14:51+05:30"
}