Special considerations after an ONTAP upgrade

03/15/2024 Contributors

If your cluster is configured with any of the following features you might need to perform additional steps after you upgrade your ONTAP software.

Ask yourself…	If your answer is yes, then do this…
Did I upgrade from ONTAP 9.7 or earlier to ONTAP 9.8 or later?	Verify your network configuration Remove the EMS LIF service from network service polices that do not provide reachabiity to the EMS destination
Is my cluster in a a MetroCluster configuration?	Verify your networking and storage status
Do I have a SAN configuration?	Verify your SAN configuration
Did I upgrade from ONTAP 9.3 or earlier, and am using NetApp Storage Encryption?	Reconfigure KMIP server connections
Do I have load-sharing mirrors?	Relocate moved load-sharing mirror source volumes
Do I have user accounts for Service Processor (SP) access that were created prior to ONTAP 9.9.1?	Verify the change in accounts that can access the Service Processor

Ask yourself…

If your answer is yes, then do this…

Did I upgrade from ONTAP 9.7 or earlier to ONTAP 9.8 or later?

Is my cluster in a a MetroCluster configuration?

Do I have a SAN configuration?

Did I upgrade from ONTAP 9.3 or earlier, and am using NetApp Storage Encryption?

Do I have load-sharing mirrors?