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List of required hotfixes for Windows Server

Specific Windows Server hotfixes are required before you install or upgrade the Data ONTAP DSM.

The hotfixes listed in this section are the minimum requirement. The following tables specify the name and version of the file that is included in each required hotfix for Data ONTAP DSM. The specified file version is the minimum requirement.

The Interoperability Matrix lists updates to hotfix requirements when new hotfixes supersede older hotfixes.

Note: The product installer does not check for the hotfixes that are required for Windows Failover Clustering configurations. The installer checks for all other hotfixes.

Windows Server 2012

The following hotfix is not required for Windows Server 2012, but is recommended.

Hotfix When recommended File name
2796995 Always Csvfs.sys

Windows Server 2003 SP2 and Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2

The following table lists the minimum required hotfixes for Windows Server 2003 SP2 and Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2.

Hotfix When required File name
945119 Always Storport.sys
982109 Always Mpio.sys

Windows Server 2008 SP2

The following table lists the minimum required hotfixes for Windows Server 2008 SP2.

Hotfix When required File name
968675 Always Storport.sys
2754704 Always Mpio.sys
2684681 Always Msiscsi.sys

Windows Server 2008 R2

The following table lists the minimum required hotfixes for Windows Server 2008 R2.

Hotfix When required File name
2522766 Always Mpio.sys
2528357 Always Storport.sys
979711 Always Msiscsi.sys
2684681 Always Iscsilog.dll
2718576 Windows Failover Clustering configurations Mpio.sys
2754704 Always Mpio.sys

The following hotfix is not required for Windows Server 2008 R2, but is recommended.

Hotfix When recommended File name
2520235 Always Clusres.dll

Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1

The following table lists the minimum required hotfixes for Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1.

Hotfix When required Filename
2528357 Always Storport.sys
2754704 Always Mpio.sys
2684681 Always Iscsilog.dll

Windows Server 2008

The following table lists the minimum required hotfixes for Windows Server 2008.

Hotfix When required Filename
2754704 Always Mpio.sys
2684681 Always Iscsilog.dll