Upgrade

This topic discusses how to upgrade the Splunk App for NetApp Data ONTAP 2.0 to the latest version.

Note that the Splunk App for NetApp Data ONTAP 2.0 depends on having Splunk version 5.0.4 or later installed. See the topic "How to upgrade Splunk" in the Splunk Enterprise documentation to upgrade your Splunk instance. Review the "System Requirements" in this manual if you are not familiar with the requirements for getting started.

Why Upgrade

Upgrade to the latest release of the Splunk App for NetApp Data ONTAP to benefit from the fixes and enhancements since the last software release.

Backup your existing deployment

Before you upgrade, we recommend that you backup your existing deployment. For more information about backing up your Splunk deployment, read the topics "Back up configuration information" in the Admin Manual and "Back up indexed data" in the Managing Indexers and Clusters Manual.

Upgrade a distributed deployment

To upgrade your distributed Splunk environment, read "Upgrade your distributed environment" in the Distributed Deployment Manual for instructions.

Upgrade steps

Download the Splunk App for NetApp Data ONTAP, from Splunk Apps to a location in your environment. For instructions on how to do this, read "Download the App for NetApp Data ONTAP" in this manual.

Upgrade the data collection node

1. Stop Splunk.
2. On the data collection node you only need the following components: SA-Utils, SA-Hydra, and Splunk_TA_ontap. Copy these components from the download package splunk-app-for-netapp-data-ontap_<number>.zip to $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps on the data collection node.
3. Start Splunk.

Upgrade the search head

1. If the scheduler is running, stop it before upgrading the app to the latest version. You can do this by stopping Splunk on the search head, or you can stop the scheduler in the Collection Configuration page of the app.
2. Install the Splunk App for NetApp Data ONTAP. Follow the instructions in the topic "Install the Splunk App for NetApp Data ONTAP" in this manual.
3. Once installed, start Splunk if you stopped it, or restart the scheduler in the Collection Configuration page of the app.

Validate your installation

Now that you have upgraded to the latest release, you can validate that the App is installed correctly and that data is coming in. In the Splunk App for NetApp Data ONTAP Installation and Configuration Guide, see the topic "Log in and get started" for more information.