How to authenticate Netapp Ontap XML api with SAML authentication
Hello, Currently I've been using the Netapp Ontap < 9.x XML api by making simple HTTP Post requests with basic authentication to the servlet: /servlets/netapp.servlets.admin.XMLrequest like many of...
View ArticleMetrocluster - Replace Cisco switches with Brocade switches
Dear all, We need to replace Cisco switches with Brocade switches.I have some steps in mind, anyway... does anyone of you have already performed this operation ? We are talking about back end switches...
View Articlecan the snapshot policy be created on 9.8 system manager?
I couldn't find the place to create snapshot policy on system manager on version 9.8. It was there on traditional version. A lot of selections for a policy, it is much easier to do it on console. Not...
View Articlestatistics lun show microsecond not millisecond
Hello guys, in the storage with ontap 9.7p3 the statistics lun show are shown in microsecond(µs), and I have a problem because the Storage is added in the Oncommand unified Manager an the latency is...
View ArticleHow to retireve licenses on formatted Controllers
Hi On my FAS2240, I cleared all existing ONTAP licenses during initialization. Is there a way I can get the licensed features back on the nodes from netapp support site? I was not the one who...
View ArticleOntap Select
Hi, we are thinking of using ontap select for VDI workloads rather than traditional FAS.Does anyone do this already? Or, perhaps tried and would not recommend it. thanks Rob
View Articlecan snapvault snapshots be visible on source for clients?
We have SVM and volume snapmirrors in place, in case in need, we can restore data back from destination to source with "snapmirror restore" command. Will be the snapvault snapshots also visible on...
View ArticleActive IQ Unify Manager: Can polling interval be set to < 5 mins?
By default, 5 minutes would be the polling interval, and can be adjusted to 10 mins or more. Can I set it to be any values less than 5 minutes? What is the minimum of the value? Thanks !
View ArticleHow to connect NetApp DS2246 with Cisco Catalyst 2960?
Hello, I have bought a used NetApp DS2246 and a switch: Cisco Catalyst 2960 Series PoE-48.I am new to the data storage area and just want to set up a simple NAS.I have watched many tutorials and tried...
View ArticleAccessing ONTAP 9 Evaluation Simulator
I'm trying to access the ONTAP simulator on this page: https://mysupport.netapp.com/NOW/download/special/evaluation.cgi However, when clicking through the pages are blank with the popup that this is...
View ArticleHow to destroy the filesystem of a disk
Hi, I am cleaning up an old netapp FAS3250. When I connect one of the shelfs to the controller, one of the disks seems to be a filesystem disk. See below.The disk was part of an aggregate, but now it...
View ArticleONTAP 9 File Systems Analytics with Splunk or OCI
Hi everyone,I've been trying to figure out how to pull the File System Analytics in ONTAP 9 and ingest, pull export the data into Splunk. My customer approached me with this question "Can we...
View ArticleGet volume mapped CIFS shares with ONTAPI
I'm using ONTAPI version 1.3 and I'm trying to collect cifs share information. In the response XML I'm only seeing the volume name, I wish to get the volume UUID as well.I'm using cifs-share-get-iter...
View Articletimeout attaching a pvc to pod
Hi, I created a pvc using trident and storage classes . The pvc got created successfully but when attaching a pvc to a pod , its giving a timeout .Below are a versions used:oc version Client Version:...
View ArticleMoving OnTAP Deploy Functionality to a New VM
I need to move OnTAP Deploy functionality to a new VM with a new IP address. This instance of Deploy manages a single two node OnTAP Select cluster. I've created the new VM and began the procedure...
View ArticleCreate Aggregate - Storage Recommendation
Hello I have a problem with the create aggregate only show me Manually Create Aggregate and not show Storage Recommendation. Also in the moment of create Raid-Tec with Disk FSAS, select the FSAS disk...
View ArticleQOS on FlexGroup as a VMware Datastore
Hey,I read somewhere that with FlexGroup as a vmware datastore you can achieve QOS in a vm granular-level.how can it be done? Just by setting QOS policies on the folders that represent each vm with all...
View ArticleBrowse a CIFS Server Using Local Admin Account
How do you browse a CIFS Server using the local administrator account? We have a CIFS Server that's going to be disconnected from the domain, and our admins then need to access it afterwards to copy...
View ArticleDedupe Running extremely slow
Have a problem where dedupe on a aggregate is running extremely slow. Some operations have been running for 2 weeks or more on volumes it you take minutes to run. We are running Ontap 9.7 P3. The...
View ArticleEnable CIFS auditing - GiveBack delay Event Message
I am testing enabling CIFS auditing. After the 'vserver audit create' command, I noticed the following event messages logged. wafl.vol.create.clusterVolOnCFOaggr: Creating volume...
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