Hi Folks,
I'm a Linux admin with little storage background - as such our org farms out larger tasks to a 3rd party Netapp specialist. Having only been in this position a short time I'm faced with absolute sticker shock at the labor time estimates for what I would class as routine ONTAP OS upgrades from 9.5P9 --> 9.8P1.
Single node non-HA FAS-8020: 12 hours
2 node HA FAS-8020: 12 - 16 hours
2 node HA FAS-8200: 12 - 16 hours
I don't have an itemized statement of work yet, those are just the times they want me to reserve for sitting alongside someone as they work. Even if this included all of the requisite preflight checks via ConfigAdvisor etc, the duration of these working sessions just seems nuts.
So, as Netapp pros - how long do these ONTAP OS upgrades usually take you for single and 2-node clusters?
Thanks!