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Upgrade the Windows Unified Host Utilities

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The new Host Utilities installation package must be in a path that is accessible by the Windows host. Follow the instructions for installing the Host Utilities interactively or from the Windows command line in order to upgrade the installation package.

Upgrade interactively

To upgrade the Host Utilities software package interactively, you must run the Host Utilities installation program and follow the prompts.

Steps

  1. Change to the directory where you downloaded the executable file.

  2. Run the executable file and follow the instructions on the screen.

  3. Reboot the Windows host when prompted.

  4. After the reboot completes, check the host utility version:

    1. Open Control Panel.

    2. Go to Program and features and check the host utility version.

Upgrade from a command line

You can perform a quiet (unattended) upgrade of the new Host Utilities by entering the appropriate commands at the Windows command prompt.

Steps

  1. Enter the following command at the Windows command prompt:

    msiexec /i installer.msi /quiet MULTIPATHING= {0 | 1} [INSTALLDIR=inst_path]

    • installer is the name of the .msi file for your CPU architecture.

    • MULTIPATHING specifies whether MPIO support is installed. The allowed values are "0" for no and "1" for yes.

    • inst_path is the path where the Host Utilities files are installed. The default path is C:\Program Files\NetApp\Windows Host Utilities\.

Note To see the standard Microsoft Installer (MSI) options for logging and other functions, enter msiexec /help at the Windows command prompt. For example, the msiexec /i install.msi /quiet /l*v <install.log> LOGVERBOSE=1 command displays logging information.

The system automatically reboots when the installation is complete.