New TR Released: TR-4695: Database Storage Tiering with NetApp FabricPool
IntroductionNetApp FabricPool is an automated storage tiering feature in which active data resides on local high- performance solid-state drives (SSDs), and inactive data is tiered to low-cost object...
View ArticleDefault Snapmirror destination aggregate
Hi, When creating a new Snapmirror relationship, there is no option to choose which aggregate the destination volume will be placed on. Destination volumes are therefore being created on our...
View ArticleHow to configure flash cache cards to work on a flash pool aggregate
Hi, I would like to know what is the best practices and your expirience on setting and how to configure (NVMe) flash cache card to work on a fabric pool aggregate. Some facts about the platform:Ontap...
View Articlemroot aggregate disk utilization peak
Hi, I have wierd performnce issue.I see a peak of latency on one controller.In drill down I notice that the mroot agrregate have a high disk utilization in that peak time. I attached two screenshot...
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OnTap 9.3 Splash Page???
Just curious.....(and this is probably more suited for Reddit threads) What's with the racks on the new OnTap 9.3 and OCUM 7.2 splash pages? Are those disks with rainbow ribbon cables? OR are...
View ArticleOnTap Efficiencies & Microsoft bitlocker best practices
Hi All, if a customer is using MS Bitlocker on virtual machines to encrypt data at rest as well as in transit, what would be OnTap best practices regarding dedupe / compression / compaction, as well as...
View ArticleVMFS DataStore - Access Netapp backed DS over multiple protocols
Guys, our ESXi 6.5 estate with VMFS 5 datastores are backed by C-Mode Volumes/Luns i.e. shared access amongst multiple ESXi hosts. Is it possible for some ESXi servers to access a given DS over FC...
View ArticleDumb Question RE pktt
We needed to do a packet capture (Data On Tap 8.x 7 Mode) and the Netapp guy is out on vacation, the firmware is also not the newest. The backup did these packet captures without specifying the dir to...
View ArticleOne data LIF per node, per SVM?
"One data LIF per node, per SVM" this is suggested by multiple articles. My question is what if I need to have multiple VLAN connections, then I have to create multipel corresponding LIF's per node and...
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View ArticleFAS2220 8.1.4P10 NFS retain permission when files create in Windows File...
Hi, We just created a volume with UNIX style permission. Under it, we create 2 qtrees with UNIX permission as well.These 2 qtrees we are using primary for NFS mounted on Linux machine. (1) We migrate...
View ArticleData ONTAP 8.x 7-Mode CIFS --forcegroup
We tried to user the --forcegroup options when trying to create a CIFS shared.The /vol/DataLog_NFS_vol volume and qtree are create with UNIX style and shared to other linux workstation. cifs shares...
View ArticleDifferent Uptime/ Node Shell vs Cluster Shell
Hello, Why there are a discrepancy when i check the uptime for a specific node ? For ex: system node show -uptime >10 20 dayssystem node run -node nodename -command uptime 520days Thank you
View ArticleUpgrading OnTAP to 8.2.5 - Is Invoke-NaSsh Issue Resolved?
I have been following with great interest the following thread which disucsses a bug after upgrading to 8.2.5:...
View ArticleDisappointing Storage Efficiency
I have a new AFF-A200. I believe I've enabled compression...at least is says that it is enabled. However I'm only getting a compression ratio of 1.3:1. From what I've read and using the NetApp...
View ArticleConfigbackup with PowerShell
Hi guys, is NetApp PowerShell able to copy the recent backup file to a remote UNC path or at least http/ftp destination?If so, could you kindly share the commands? Thanks!
View ArticleFiler and vfiler syslog
Hello, I would like to use syslog to send all logs ( system and file access) from filler to remote host. 1) Will this configuration allow me to achive that? # $Id:...
View ArticleNew TR Released: TR-4400: Applying VMware vSphere Virtual Volumes on NetApp...
This document describes best practices for deploying VMware vSphere 6.0 on NetApp® clustered Data ONTAP® 8.3 storage by using VMware vSphere Virtual Volumes. For more info, please click here
View ArticleNew TR Released: TR-4684_ Implementing and Configuring Modern SANs with NVMe
This document describes the industry-first NVMe/FC implementation in NetApp® ONTAP®, includes guidelines for SAN design and implementation, and provides links to testing and qualification...
View ArticleFlexClone export-policy with Snapmanager for Oracle
Hello to the community,we have the following environment:Ontap 9.1P13SnapDrive 5.3P4SnapManager for Oracle (linux) 3.4P4It seems when we create a clone, export-policies of the clone volume are...
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