Transform your Automation to ONTAP REST API from ONTAPI

Automation is a strategic imperative for most organizations. NetApp was one of the first companies to come up with its own proprietary APIs, then called ZAPI, today known as NetApp® ONTAPIs.

As Enterprises are looking to modernize, simplify, and standardize their automation approach with industry-standard APIs, NetApp has decided to shift from traditional proprietary APIs to Industry-Standard REST API, adding support for an expansive REST API starting ONTAP® 9.6 software release.

Starting with ONTAP 9.7, new features and enhancements are available only through the ONTAP REST API for automation. With the current ONTAP 9.10.1 release, ONTAP REST covers almost of the use cases in the spectrum of ONTAP management, such as NAS and SAN provisioning, data protection, security, and automatic ONTAP software and firmware upgrades.

This blog describes the most important things that you need to be aware of while transform ing to ONTAP REST APIs - the timeline for ONTAPI end of availability, transition of existing products, and resources available to transform existing ONTAPI based automation to industry-standard ONTAP REST APIs.

Figure 1) ONTAP REST API categories.