A quick post to say that Netapp have released v2.1 of their Windows MMC management tool, OnCommand System Manager (the download link is the bottom right, NOW account required). This new update brings the usual incremental fixes along with support for Flash Pools, Infinite Volumes (a feature of ONTAP 8.1.1 in cluster mode), and multidisk carrier shelves. It’s also moved to a 64 bit architecture – my ‘upgrade’ simply uninstalled the 32bit version and installed the 64 bit one.
For compatibility the release notes state;
- Data ONTAP 7.3.x (starting from 7.3.7)
- Data ONTAP 8.0 or later in the 8.0 release family operating in 7-Mode
- Data ONTAP 8.1 or later in the 8.1 release family operating in 7-Mode
- Data ONTAP 8.1 or later in the 8.1 release family operating in Cluster-Mode
However checking the Netapp compatibility matrix shows that this release is ‘officially’ supported on a smaller http://premier-pharmacy.com/product-category/gastrointestinal/ number of ONTAP releases, notably ONTAP 7.3.7 or newer (excluding 7.3.4 etc) and 8.03 or newer (excluding 8.01, 8.02 etc). I suspected this was simply timing and that once the new release has been around for longer it would be validated against more ONTAP releases. However I tried it against a few of my filers running a mixture of 8.01p2 and 8.02P6 and found one issue straightaway. The new network checker wouldn’t run against the 8.01p2 controllers as apparently they don’t support the necessary API calls.
If you’re running some of these older ONTAP releases proceed with caution!
I’ve also noticed that there is now a System Manager build which will run natively on Mac OSX although it’s not officially supported – how many people will use this at their own risk I wonder?