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Verify netgroup file is present on all nodes before an ONTAP upgrade

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Before you upgrade ONTAP, if you have loaded netgroups into storage virtual machines (SVMs), you must verify that the netgroup file is present on each node. A missing netgroup file on a node can cause an upgrade to fail.

Steps

  1. Set the privilege level to advanced:

    set -privilege advanced
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  2. Display the netgroup status for each SVM:

    vserver services netgroup status
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  3. Verify that for each SVM, each node shows the same netgroup file hash value:

    vserver services name-service netgroup status
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    If this is the case, you can skip the next step and proceed with the upgrade or revert. Otherwise, proceed to the next step.

  4. On any one node of the cluster, manually load the netgroup file:

    vserver services netgroup load -vserver vserver_name -source uri
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    This command downloads the netgroup file on all nodes. If a netgroup file already exists on a node, it is overwritten.

Related information

Working with Netgroups