ALUA and C-mode
We are using mutl-path with C-Mode filers. May of our servers are using round robin. Should we be using ALUA instead?
View ArticleONTAP Cluster Switch CN1610 SSH (arcfour)
Hi All The CN1610 (software version 1.2.0.7) is failing Nessus TCP/IP security scans due to arcfour cipher being present. I have fixed this via a hack; > enable# linuxshvi...
View Articleadvanced disk partition with syncmirror
Hi, Could syncmirror support in advanced disk partition as below? OnTap 9.1 12 disks assign in pool0 setup with ADP with aggr1 add new 12 disks and assin in pool1 syncmirror aggr1 to new 12 disks...
View ArticleUnable to delete snapmirror policy
- I'm trying to get rid of an old SVM. There are no volumes or mirrors associated with it anymore that I can see.- When I try to delete it I get the error that there is still a snapmirror policy...
View ArticleCIFS and Ontap upgrade to 9.1
What is the recommended procedure for terminating SMB connections prior to performing an OnTap upgrade. I have tried to perform "cifs session close -node * session * to close all active sessions but...
View ArticleONTAP cluster create in progress: [Node add Job failed: Unable to discover 3...
Hi,I'm trying to create an ONTAP Select cluster and it fails at this step, post which the VMs are deleted and cluster deleted. Any idea how can I resolve this or troubleshoot it? The VMs are there for...
View Articleunable to see snapshots in Windows Explorer - Previous Versions
Hi all, We`ve migrated our CIFS Environment from 7-Mode to cDOT.Now we have the Problem that Snapshots are not visible in Windows Explorer / Proberties / Previous Versions.I can see all Snapshot when...
View ArticleSnapvault lag question
Dear members, Could you please help me with one questions, we had the lag of 54 days for one snapvault relation due to slow network speed, after changing the line to faster one, the snapvault was...
View Article"snapmirror list-destinations" does not show recently created SnapVault...
I am working with a customer that has three sites. Two are Snapmirrored hot/cold (A/B) and the third is a Snapvault destination (C). They want to be able to failover from A to B, reverse the...
View ArticleSRM Agent
Hi All, Would like to know whether Netapp cluster mode supports SRM, We are using cluster mode with 4 nodes configured running on 8.3.2P7 version. If you help me know whether SRM still supports cluster...
View ArticleNetApp secure configuration - Tenable? DISA? Bueller?
Hello, This is sort of an open-ended question - more seeing what folks out there are doing in this particular space than necessarily looking for the "right" answer. Anyway, we've dabbled with various...
View ArticleOntap 9 Filehandle preservation
I read that SVM-DR relations can preserve volume MSIDs which allows NFS file handles to remain valid in a disaster recovery scenario without the need to re-mount. I tested this with a AFFA300 running...
View ArticleFinding scheduled jobs in cluster ontap
In Linux we have cron tab to list all jobs/ task which are scheduled. Based on this schedule we can plan which one to run at what time. Do we have the same thing in ONtap too. I am not able to get this...
View ArticleAny open-source implementation of file based flex-cloning?
Brief search does not come with anything - is there any open-source project with the same functionality as file based flex cloning?
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Metrocluster testing
Hello all, We are doing 7 mode fabric metrocluster tests on a customer. In almost all the tests we did unti now , have no problem, but in the scenario below, we see that the VMs in the ESXi hosts...
View Articlehow to verify if configured for NDU of shelf firmware on 8.3.2P2 CDOT
good morning, I am preparing for an upgrade. I know the instructions from NetApp says that IOM6 and IOM3 upgrades non-disruptively. In 7-Mode you can verify this in the options. How do I verify in CDOT...
View ArticleSnapmirror as source for both dest and source
We had cascading snaomirror relationship from Nodes A-B-C We have broken A-B and resynced from A-C which worked till yesterday. Now when I check it today I can see the destination and source state a...
View Articlesnapmirror quiesce *
hello, I am preparing for an upgrade of CDOT from 8.3.2 to 8.3.2P9. I want to quiesce all SM relationships. Is it simply by running snapmirror quiesce * and then snapmirror resume * What did you guys...
View ArticleIs there a way to disable showing nested junction points in a volume's snapshot?
Right now I have two volumes, 'vol_test' and 'vol_nested'. 'vol_test' is mounted at /vol_test, and 'vol_nested' is mounted at /vol_test/vol_nested. If I create a snapshot for 'vol_test', say 'snap-1',...
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Lun and volume free space difference
Dear all, My system is FAS 2552 in c-mode 8.3.2For my vSphere cluster I have 4 1TB LUNs in VMFS. Each LUN is in one think provisionning volume of 1.2TB. Deduplication is enable I don't understand why I...
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