Recovered error predictive failure alert on disk
While initializing the NetApp cluster, they run clean configuration and setup advanced partitioning. Its running ... running and running after 6 hours even the same message is repeating as below. Can...
View ArticleLDAP Authentication for cluster administration - SASL/Keberos bind auth with...
Greetings,We have been able to follow TR-4835 to get our ONTAP cluster to successfully connect to FreeIPA LDAP using a simple bind in order to allow ldap users administer the cluster via ssh, and http....
View ArticleNET APP( FAS) as a CIFS server and Active directory
Hi guys,I am new to net app ( FAS), so have very basics question.1) Does NET APP have to be part of Active domain or work group to serve as CIFS server?2) Can NET APP ( FAS ) be used as CIFS server...
View Articleconfiguration backup is very large and contains netboot
Hi all, I noticed that on one node of a cluster (Ontap 9.7), the system configuration backup was much larger than on others (1.5Gb instead of the normal 50Mb on the other nodes). I see that the...
View Articlecdot beginner questions
Coming from 7-mode I have some hard time grasping the cluster mode concepts.If I have 2 shelves and a FAS80xx switchless HA pair, am I better off dividing the disks between 2 aggregates between the two...
View ArticleSpare disks are automatically partitioned
Environment: On FAS2650, there were originally 12 disks (X341) that were ADPs. Now we've added seven more disks and configured them as Non-Partitioned There are five disks in the AGGR(aggr1_n2_data),...
View ArticleProblems with Default IPspace even after 9.8p1
Hello, For ONTAP select, there are ongoing issues with the Default IPspace. Does anyone have any resolutions? It appears that the "patch" 9.8p1 does not resolve the problem with missing Default...
View ArticleDisk Replacement
I have equipment in my laboratory where I need to replace a disk, I was wondering if I can replace it with a different model but with the same capacity, replace the model X426_TA14E1T8A10 with...
View ArticleONTAP select deploy fails with “failed to obtain http lease for vmdk upload”
Hey,I’m trying to deploy ontap select 9.8 with evaluation license, 2-node small cluster for testing.I’m using external storage, vmfs luns from a physical ontap appliance.the deploy fails with the error...
View ArticleSAS Connectivity Monitor: DualPathToDiskShelf_Alert
hi, everyone: could you help me solve the following question ? what's wrong the box ? <LR d="01May2021 04:03:22" n="B-BACKUP-SPA" t="1619813002" id="0/3762391351297" p="2" s="Ok" o="mgwd"...
View ArticleInformation on disks is displayed incorrectly after upgrading ONTAP 8.1 to...
Hello!After upgrading the FAS2240 from version 8.1 7-Mode to version 8.2.5P5 7-Mode, I see strange information in the disk settings. On node number 2 (fs02) everything is displayed correctly, shows...
View ArticleWhat is the difference on ONTAP for the URLs"/cluster/metrics" and "/cluster"
When I query ONTAP cluster to get the performance metrics; dedicated URL /cluster/metrics doesn't work instead under the /cluster when explicit input of field parameter is provided it returns the data...
View ArticleEnable ADP
Hello Guys I have a storage with Ontap 9.7 p9 and I need to enable ADP. The Storage is already configured, only with Management, it does not have any configuration yet, and I have read that to enable...
View Articleabout snapvault
a few questions about snapvault.1. if we have snapmirror in place replicated snapshots to destination. now we want to add snapvault, what should we do, add snapvault relationship with policy and...
View ArticleMetroCluster for NAS workloads competition
Are there still no competitive platforms that can do what our Active/Active MetroCluster solution provides for NAS workloads?
View ArticleUnable to delete read only LUNs
Hi there, I'm trying to delete a LUN from Ontap 9.7. It throws an error as "ONTAP API Failed: Read-only file system". I tried from CLI with "-f" flag. Still getting the same error. Any idea how I can...
View ArticleFailover Monitor: unable to transit - giveback process is hung...
Hello, We have a system still on 8.1.4 which we have replaced the motherboard for (Process all followed) however when we try to do the giveback we get the below message: Panic string: Failover Monitor:...
View ArticleCIFS Servers and MAC Users
Years ago, MAC users experienced performance issues when connecting to NetApp CIFS Servers. We mitigated this by giving them a Windows file server instead which worked fine. Does anyone have insight...
View ArticleCreating multiple qtrees
Hello,I'd like to create multiple qtrees on a cifs volume. I found the article about creating a file that consists of multiple commands for qtree creation, saving it to the root dir on the said volume...
View ArticleEntering FM state
Hello, Customer node1 display "Waiting for giveback...(Press Ctrl-C to abort wait)" and "Entering FM state:5 because mbFound:0 local in headswap:0", node2 storage failover show display "Kernel loaded"....
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