ONTAP recipes: Easily create storage pools
Did you know you can...? Easily create a storage pool Use System Manager to combine SSDs to create a storage pool, or collection of SSDs (cache disks), which enables you to share the SSDs and SSD...
View ArticleONTAP Recipes: Deploy MongoDB replica sets that retain storage efficiency
ONTAP Recipes: Did you know you can…? Deploy MongoDB replica sets that retain storage efficiency Create a flexvol to host the MongoDB primary. Mount the flexvol on the primary host.Take a snapshot on...
View ArticleConnect-NcController using current context
Using the dataontap 4.4 powershell toolkit to try to connect to a cDOT cluster/vserver and I have it working but one question. Is there no way to tell the command to use the currently logged on user...
View ArticleSnapDrive process failure in Linux -- more
The 'SnapDrive process failure in Linux" was closed to add more comments. I had same issue with SDU v5.3.1 and after tried "export LVM_SUPPRESS_FD_WARNINGS=1" under /etc/profile. it did not help me....
View ArticleFAS8060 ontap upgrade from 8.3.1 to 8.3.2P11 queries
Hi, I am performing an upgrade for cdot mentioned above. Yesterday, netapp support as part of the ongoing investigation regarding quotas event issue, had re-initialized the quota. The support personnel...
View ArticleBasic use case; utterly confused
Seems like a basic use case: take periodic backups from primary storage, and "vault" them to secondary, without continuing to consume space on primary. Essentially, replace a tape backup system.The...
View ArticleIs it safe to perform giveback?
On a FAS2240-4 cluster running ontap version 8.1.2 in 7-mode. Status of the nodes: Node 1: node1 has taken over Node2Node 2: waiting for giveback When doing a 'cf giveback', I'm getting the following...
View ArticleFAS8040 SP losing IP address
I have got new FAS8040 to configure,I am accessing sytem console from SP and booting ontap.While doing initial node management configuration my session freezes. It is happening in different steps, once...
View ArticleError deploying from Ontap Edge 'vsa.ipaddr'
HI world We are trying to deploy a netapp server from a Data Ontap Edge, and i ever get the error Invalid/missing configuration property 'vsa.ipaddr'.I have read carefully the documentation and do...
View Articledowntime require to enable options nfs.vstorage.enable on ?????
To enable "options nfs.vstorage.enable" for VAAI do we need any downtime or to follow any prerequisites. Can we enable it on fly, will it impact any thing???? Thanks in advance!!!!!
View ArticleNETAPP and Recent SMB1 Issues
Can anyone point me to any offical NETAPP responses to the SMB1 discussed here: https://whyistheinternetbroken.wordpress.com/2017/02/22/smb1-vuln-ontap/ I am not in a postion today to move to ONTAP 9.2...
View ArticleONTAP SELECT Server moved to new IP Range, How to re-import into deploy server
A Customer needed to move an ESX server running ONTAP Select 9 to another site, which required an IP Address change for both the host interfaces and the SELECT management and data interfaces. Is there...
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ONTAP Recipes: Work around the lack of FTP support in ONTAP with CIFS/SMB or NFS
ONTAP Recipes: Did you know you can? Work around the lack of FTP support in ONTAP with CIFS/SMB or NFS Clustered ONTAP natively does not support FTP access, which means you can't set up an FTP server...
View ArticleONTAP Recipes: Manage storage efficiency policies in ONTAP
ONTAP Recipes: Did you know you can...? Manage storage efficiency policies in ONTAP Background (i.e. Post-process) data deduplication and data compression can be run on a FlexVol volume or Infinite...
View ArticleONTAP Recipes: Use ONTAP Storage Efficiency features to get maximum storage...
ONTAP Recipes: Did you know you can...?Use ONTAP Storage Efficiency features to get maximum storage efficiency for AFF Storage efficiency is the ability to store and manage data while consuming the...
View ArticleHow to check for snapmirror version-flexible mirrors in ONTAP?
I am trying to check for this setting in ONTAP from the CLI and/or SysMgr. Does anyone know how to see this in the system?
View ArticleFlexgroup replication
We are in the process of implementing flexgroups on one of our large volume storage clusters. We have two main data centers and we use SVM DR extensively on our other c-mode clusters, but SVM DR is not...
View ArticleHWU - Nexus 5596 Cluster Switch Support for 40g/4x10g Breakout Cables
HWU only shows that the 3 metre breakout cable (X66120-3) is supported by the Cisco Nexus 5596UP cluster switches. The 5 metre version (X66120-5) is not listed, yet the NetApp CN1610 and Nexus 3132Q...
View ArticleSnaplock Privilegd delete.
Hi All, I am trying the Snaplock feature in Netapp simulator storage. I get the process to create Enterprise WORM folder, Audit Log and privileged delete account. But I have a question...
View ArticleRouting problems with Intercluster LIF
Hello, in a small environment i have a 2 node system and a single node system in a remote office connected via vpn. I make daily snapmirror updates through that vpn. I have now a problem: How to make...
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