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ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 10
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Migrate from ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 9.xx to 10.4

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Moving the NetApp ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere setup from version 9.xx to 10.x necessitates a migration process because of the significant product updates and enhancements across the versions.

You can migrate from ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 9.12D1, 9.13D2, and 9.13P2 releases to ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 10.4.

If you have NFS and VMFS datastores and no vVols datastores in your setup, simply uninstall ONTAP tools 9.xx and deploy ONTAP tools 10.x. However, if your setup contains vVols datastores, you’ll have to go through a process of migrating the VASA Provider and the SRA.

The following table outlines the migration process in these two different scenarios.

If the setup has vVols datastores If the setup contains only NFS and VMFS datastores

Steps:

1. Migrate the VASA Provider

2. Create VM storage policies

Steps:

1. Remove ONTAP tools 9.xx from your environment. Refer to How to remove OTV 9.xx from your environment NetApp Knowledge Base article.

2. Deploy and configure ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 10.4

3. Update the SRA

4. Create VM storage policies
Note After migrating from ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 9.xx to 10.4, vVols datastores using the NVMe/FC protocol become non-operational because ONTAP tools 10.4 supports the NVMe-oF protocol only with VMFS datastores.