Data ONTAP API Failed
Hello, One of our NetApp's have this error: Data ONTAP API Failed: Internal error. Cannot retrieve information for LIFs with role "cluster-mgmt" while vifmgr is offline. Wait a few minutes, then try...
View ArticleSnapdrive Compatibility
Hi there,Longshot but does anyone have a working config with Win2016 \ Win2019 using Snapdrive for windows version 7.1.x in production? The LUNs are to be connected to a Netapp 2554 running 8.2.5...
View Articlewould it be possible to mount a NAS vol to the host without ethernet switch ?
As it says in the title, I want to explore to mount a NAS vol without the switch in between. Would there be some concerns involving risks too, doing so ? Best,
View Articlesnaplock retention setting to 2050
Customers create files in their applications and store data in the snaplock volume by applying retention to each file using the NetApp SDK (v9.7).How to set up next. 1. Previously, There are files with...
View ArticleVolume LUN
I want to create 1TB LUN (thin provisioning) so If I create flex volume of size 1.2 TB is it fine ?How much space gap is recommended between volume & LUN ?
View ArticleIs it possible to exclude User from LastAccessDate?
My Company has written a software that scans all files on the Netapp in the background. Unfortunately as the software reads all the files on Netapp, the LastAccessTime is overwritten. So my Question is...
View ArticleAbout the fault LED on one of the HDD and controller
Yesterday, FAS2750 one of the HDD fault LDE was on. I was check all the disk status was nothing to find, status was normal, no broken disk, environment was healthy. Today i check again, LED light was...
View ArticleUnderstanding Storage Size Values
My environment:VMWare vCenter 7.0.3EXSi host 6.7Ontap 9.8p5 I have a lun that is 2TB in size as reported by Ontap.ESXi sees it as 2TB that has 507GB of unused space.Ontap sees it as 2TB that is 100%...
View Articlevserver cifs-server OU shows wrong OU
When running the following command:vserver cifs show -fields cifs-server,ouThe OU on 1 of our vservers is reported wrong. We tried moving the AD Object to the OU it thought it was in, then back to the...
View ArticleSetting the 'rdloaddriver=scsi_dh_alua' parameter with host utilities
Hi. I came across one of the steps installing and configuring host utilities for linux OS's. As on the doc of the link (https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/ontap-sanhost/hu_centos_67.html#san-booting),...
View ArticleNFS mount showing incorrect capacity - tree quota set on qtree - snapshot...
NFS mount showing incorrect capacity - tree quota set on qtree - snapshot configured on the volume.We have configured a volume with 250 GB capacity. Qtree is configured using the volume and hard tree...
View Article3 MetroClusters require 3 mediators? Or 1 for all3?
3 MetroClusters require 3 mediators? Or 1 for all3?
View ArticleFlexGroup Volume: half of constituant are full
Hi,One of my customer called me the other day because he was having problems with a recently created FlexGroup on his A250 (12 x 3.8TB drives, OnTap 9.9.1P3). The customer tried to do a first pass copy...
View ArticleEULA for 5.4 nmsdk
Hi,I'm looking for the EULA for 5.4 nmsdk. Would someone be able to share the pdf?
View ArticleHow to migrate a SnapMirror/Vault source volume to a different cluster
Hi, I am looking for instructions to move a source volume from one cluster to a another cluster while maintaining the relationship. So no new baseline is necessary . Thanks
View ArticleError while installing SSL certificate - Certificate with CA .. and...
Hello,we want to import a new Certificate Authority (CA) signed certificate in our FAS2552 (ONTAP 9.8). After install with "security certificate install -vserver NAME -type -server-ca" and so on, all...
View ArticleEFSS on top of ONTAP CIFS
Hi,what would be best choice for EFSS for adding on tope of ONTAP CIFS file shares which are AD integrated?Thanks.
View ArticlePowerShell - user 'ReadOnly' does not have write access to this resource
We have a number of PowerShell scripts using the NetApp PowerShell toolkit modules that run against our AFF's. We are using an ID that is assigned the readonly role yet every time it runs a get command...
View ArticleMisconfigured Broadcast Domain
Hi all, I am faced with a problem that seems simple but I can not solve. Version NetApp 9.8p54 Node (2 node AFF + 2 node FAS)Event logs report this error continuously:vifmgr.reach.miscfg: Network port...
View ArticleDoes NetApp Powershell Toolkit 9.7 support ONTAP 9.10.1?
Hello, Does NetApp Powershell Toolkit 9.7 support ONTAP 9.10.1? When we upgrade ONTAP 9.7 to 9.10.1, is it necessary to upgrade NetApp Powershell Toolkit at the same time as ONTAP? Regards,
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