This post demonstrates automating the NetApp ONTAP upgrade process using Ansible for efficient management of numerous clusters. It outlines a playbook that includes pre- and post-upgrade tasks to display ONTAP versions and executes the software update, with the option to only download images. The complete code and a GitHub link are provided.
This post explains using Ansible and REST to report on server certificates across NetApp ONTAP clusters. It details gathering certificate data, transforming it to CSV, and emailing the report. Ansible tasks include extracting specific certificate fields, organizing them into a CSV file, and distributing the report via email using a Jenkins-scheduled playbook. The process serves to manage and renew certificates effectively.
NetApp's Simulate ONTAP is a virtual simulator for running ONTAP software on Windows or Mac. Users can download it from NetApp's support site with customer access, create VMs for each node using VMware, and customize serial and system ID settings. The setup involves creating a cluster and joining nodes, managing disk snapshots to save space, setting up management interfaces, and installing licenses. The process is user-friendly, mostly conducted via the ONTAP CLI, with specific steps for modifying the system's environment variables and configurations.
