Fpolicy Native File Blocking Results - CDOT
Hi All, Couple of questions. Is there a way to view how many files were blocked with a native file blocking configuration in CDOT? And, is there a way to setup and email alert from the Cluster, when...
View ArticleCIF share disappearing
Hi All,We have 4 nodes cluster in which two nodes are AFF220 and other two nodes are of FAS2720. We are facing an issue where we created a CIF share from FAS2720 but the user from AD only get...
View ArticleONTAP RBAC issue with offline to only clones
Hey everyone,I would like to create a custom role on my ontap cluster so that that bringing offline or deleting volumes/luns will only be able to those who contain the words "clone" or "restore" (or...
View Articleshare name conflict under same namespace
During switch from EMC to NetApp, we plan to merge mulilt cifs servers to one but looks we have share name conflict problem. can anyone share your experience?
View ArticleOntap Select and trial license for SnapDrive
I am aware of the Ontap Select trial.I want to test SnapDrive on Windows servers with iSCSI storage running on Select. In this scenario I need a license for SnapDriveI have tested the same scenario...
View ArticleAdmin Authentication using Windows DC
I have a very simple thing, that I have spend hours on trying to fix. Setting a Windows DC as LDAP server and using this for administrative logins. It seems impossible. So I really need some help here....
View ArticleWant to migrate 7-mode volumes to Cluster-mode piecemeal
Hi, I would like to setup a few copy-based transitions in 7MTT 3.3 to copy batches of volumes (10 at a time), but I do not want at any time to transition the 7mode HA-Pair itself, ie I want the new...
View Articlewhy do we have to manually add WWPNs for FC hosts on system manager?
configured a few ESX hosts, have to manually add WWPNs on system manager, eventually rebooted esx host to see devices. Why we have to manually add WWPNs? is that caused by host compitability or there...
View ArticleMigrate SVM from one cluster to another
We need to migrate a SVM hosting CIFS/NFS share in a multiprotocol setup from one NetApp cluster to another cluster (newer hardware). I have used 7MTT in the past to perform 7-mode to cluster mode...
View Articlesnapshots for ESX
does NetApp have snapshot agent for ESX? i did see somebody talking about restore VMs from NFS volumes. But how about snapshots on LUN volumes for datastores? does it help for any VM protections? Can...
View ArticleBest Way to Delete "MDV" volumes for Node Decommissioning
We are in the process of (finally!) decommissioning our FAS6220 HA pairs. Auditing is enabled so I have to address the auditing staging (MDV) volumes. I've seen a number of suggestions across Google...
View ArticleFAS2720 & AFF220 4 Node cluster
Hi,We are having an issue where we have following setup:- we have 4 nodes cluster with different IPs say X.X.X.1 to X.X.X.4- we have 1 Cluster management LIF x.x.x.5 Now the issue is that when we...
View ArticleIssue with aggr creation
hi there we have NetApp Release 8.1.4p1 7-Mode.i am trying to create an aggragte of 32 disks of type FCAL and getting an error with dula parity aggr create aggr_name -t raid_dp -d oc.32...
View Articlepermissions for new-ncsnapshot
I'm trying to use the powershell toolkit to automate some snapshot procedures, and it works fine with a admin account, but I can't seem to find the correct permissions to get it to work. The role I...
View Articlehow to enable encryption on no-empty aggregate on version 9.6p3 without downtime
we have a NetApp 9.6P3 in production, needs to enable aggr encrption. how can we do it without downtime? Looks we have to empty aggregate before we can enable the encryption on an aggregate. we can...
View ArticleDecommission nodes/LIF's from a Cluster and remount NFS
We wanted to decommission nodes and LIF's homed onthese nodes. The problem is that some VMware NFS Datastores and also NFS file systems are using these LIF's/IP's, is there any way non-discruptively...
View ArticleOntap Simulator in Google Cloud
Hi, I would like to test something with Ansible Tower and ONTAP. It would be great to install the ONTAP Simulator in Google Cloud where I already have Ansible Tower. I can see that it's possible to...
View ArticleIssue with snapmirror
hi there we have NetApp 8.1 7 modei am trying to initiate snapmirror . i am destination and source is other remote side i have issue wtih snapmirror initiliazation i did following vol create vol_dr...
View ArticleSnapCenter Host Log Directory With Multiple SQL Instances
Hello, We are in the midst of pushing out the SnapCenter SQL plug-in. We have at least one standalone server with two SQL instances. Under SMSQL we set up a SnapInfo LUN for each SQL instance. Under...
View ArticleUpgrading a single node "Cluster" whilst live
Were running a single node cluster on our DR site and we are planning to upgrade it to Ontap 9.3P12 from 9.3 I was searching how to do it online and came across the following...
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