Current best practice for assigning disks to nodes
We have two x DS4246 shelves that we have attached to our FAS8200. We are planning to expand our current aggregates, but I wanted to see what the current best practice is for assigning the disks to...
View ArticleRestrict or Limit SVM Space Consumption in the Cluster
Hello, Is it possible to restrict how much space a SVM can consume from the cluster aggregates? Or if the SVM admin wants he can consume the whole space in the cluster aggregates he has access?...
View ArticleiSER on ONTAP
Hey, does anyone know if iSER (iSCSI Extensions for RDMA) will ever be implemented on ONTAP? I know this is avialable on E-Series, it also seems there is more of a push in the ONTAP space for NVMe,...
View ArticleBidirectional sync of a volume still not a "native" option?
We have two clusters in two sites and we want to have a volume on each cluster that is synced bidirectionally with RW access on each volume. Looking at other posts, it seems like this still isn't a...
View ArticleSMB ACL changes in Linux is raising more Fpolicy events than in Windows
Hi: SMB ACL changes in Linux is creating more Fpolicy events than in Windows. Steps to reproduce:A SMB share is mounted in Linux and Windows.If a permission is changed in Linux Centos 7.x version,...
View ArticleHow to remain the access to two unjoined nodes.
After two nodes get unjoined from a cluster: 1. Should I still have sp access to run nodeshell commands?2. what least should I do to have ssh access? Thanks!
View ArticleVServer: security.invalid.login [ALERT]
Hello, I just recently upgraded from 8.3.2 to 9.1P20 and started to see these alert messages being sent. Message: security.invalid.login: Failed to authenticate login attempt to Vserver:...
View ArticleVServer: cpeer.addr.warn.host [ALERT]
I just recently upgraded from 8.3.2 to 9.1P20 and started to see these alert messages being sent. Message: cpeer.addr.warn.host: Address 172.31.x.x is not any of the addresses that peer cluster...
View ArticleAutoSupport not working over SMTP - KB 1015614
Hi friends, I got the following error when a node try to send Autosupport to a SMTP host (FAS8020 - Ontap 9.2.x): error message: FTP: weird server reply Do you have any idea? The only KB that matches...
View ArticleNetApp VSC 9.7 and VMware 6.7u3
Hi All, I'm struggling to complete the install of the latest versions of VSC (tried both 9.7 and 9.7p1) and connect to the VASA Provider. I have checked multiple times the networking / settings from...
View Articlechange tiering-minimal-cooling-days with powershell toolkit
Hi Guys, In my quest to automate as much as possible i've noticed that (afaik) it isn't possible to change the tiering-minimal-cooling-days from the ontap powershell commands. If you look at the volume...
View ArticleMore than one cluster-management LIF OK to do ?
Hi, It has been many years since I've Netapp'd (DATA OnTap 6 era), so I'm having to do a crash course on ONTAP 9.7 🙂 Looking at configuring NDMP backups to Netbackup and for cluster aware backups they...
View Articlesnapmirror data transfer remains checks
Hello netapp expertis there’s any way to find out the exact amount of the data what will be transfer in running snapmirror relationship. Just like snapmirror progress monitor. But it’s not working for...
View ArticleUnable to update ACP on shelf running inband
We have a DS2246 connected to an FAS8200 operating in in-band mode and the cluster thinks needs to be updated, but all attempts to do so never update it. (although Protocol Version and Firmware...
View ArticleMcAfee VirusScan Enterprise (VSE) On-board for NetApp
can somebody share your experience with "McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (VSE) On-board for NetApp"?1). is that a software option which can be installed on each node?2). is that safe to play?3). what is...
View ArticleFAS3140 got panic how can i handle it?
Hi All. I want to know about this error message but i can't find fas3140 documention. How to guide this error message and fix it? panic="PCI Error NMI from device(s): NVRAM7 on motherboard. HT2000(1)...
View ArticleDisk space required for snapshot process
I was wondering if someone could help me understand volume sizing and snapshot sizingI have a drive I want to snapshot.The drive on the server is 1GB and I want to store 5 snapshotsThere is a 1GB file...
View ArticleStorage target multipathing question
I have a NetApp node with 4 storage ports e0e, e0f, e0g, e0h. These are rolled up into an a0a lacp ifgrp up to a nexus switch. My question is can there still be a server hickup or interruption when a...
View ArticleCustom Role access to Oncommand GUI
I'm trying to allow access to the GUI for a user with a custom role but the login always fails. SSH works fine, and if I change the role to readonly or admin it works fine. Any thoughts? Thanks!...
View ArticleNetapp Ansible: Calculating next volume name
Hi Team, We use WFA today wherein we have reservation feature from where we can calculate next volume name while creating a volume. But i guess we dont have same in Ansible. In Ansible, i am able to...
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