Questions tagged [netapp]
Netapp makes storage: primarily, their Data ONTAP series which does network attached and block storage. Since they acquired Engenio, they also sell block-only devices.
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Which SAS JBOD module for NetApp DS4243?
Does anyone know what the SAS JBOD module is called (model number perhaps) that works for NetApp's DS4243 disk array?
I can find controllers on ebay, but not a single SAS JBOD module.
Afterwards it ...
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Windows Server 2012 won't backup to Netapp Filer
So I've been having a bit of an issue here, and I'm having a lot of trouble determining what it is; I'm trying to configure backups for one of our servers, and whenever I attempt to do one of said ...
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NetApp .Snapshots wont delete
I am working in VMware Vspere client, I am an sys administrator taking over for an Admin who has left. Many users were complaining about space in our Mounted Linux shared drive. So I did some ...
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How to connect a Juniper EX4500 to netapp X1107A
What is the best and not expensive way to connect a Juniper EX4500 to a X1107A Chelsio PCI Netapp card?
Will these do (10GBASE-SR) for both end? and then connect with fiber cable?
How important is it ...
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linux + how to know the time details from df command
is it possible to know when partition was mounted from storage volume?
for example latly we know about that netapp19:/volume/orsdcp_nfs was mounted on /oraT
but how to know when? ( regarding that ...
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NFS mount in Windows - can't copy files with 600 permissions
I have a Netapp with some NFS exports for VMware storage. I want to mount the snapshots on a Windows 2012 R2 server in order to copy all of the virtual machine files to tape. I can mount the share ...
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NetApp reconfigure aggregate
I have one second-hand NetApp FAS2020, ONTAP 7.3.6, with 12 disks.
There is created 1 aggregate (aggr0) and all 12 disks are in this single aggregate (10 data, 1 parity, 1 dparity), no spare disks.
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FCOE on CentOS 6.5. port state offline
I am a network engg, and this is the first time I am trying to get FCOE working.
Here is my setup:
Centos server --------- transit switch ---- FC gateway ---- FC switch --- Netapp
I believe the ...
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Exchange 2010 New database on a SAN - best practice
We currently have a single database (on it's own Netapp Volume and LUN) and a separate Volume and LUN for the transaction logs.
So, to map it out as the server sees it:
C:\ Server Install
D:\ ...
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Do I need btrfs scrub if a lower layer also scrubs?
I have a multi-TB btrfs made up of virtual disk images that live on NetApp NFS filers. The data are redundant at the NetApp level, so the btrfs is RAID-0.
In addition to providing redundancy, the ...
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Cannot access network share from only one PC
It's a strange problem. I'm very confused. In my Test Lab, I have configured NetApp virtual storage appliance and configured shares. This NetApp appliance is connected to domain and any domain user ...
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NETAPP - Enable on-box DNS load balancing in an Active Directory environment
I have a NetApp Data Ontap 8.3 SP1 with 4 LIF.
LIF1 - 192.168.0.1
LIF2 - 192.168.0.2
LIF3 - 192.168.0.3
LIF3 - 192.168.0.4
There is a SVM, configured as NAPP0 and joined to an Active Directory domain(...
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How do I create NFS exports on virtualised NetApp from CLI?
How do I list the NFS exports from clustered NepApp from command line?
While I was able to create volumes and to configure an export policy I am unable to find which are the exports that
I should be ...
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How to add ssh publickey to Clustered NetApp for Active Directory user?
I am trying to load my ssh public key on a netapp instace but it seems that it does not allow me to add my key.
lcy2-dosvm01::security login publickey> load-from-uri -uri http://pastebin.com/raw....
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How to delete files on NetApp ONTAP 7 by using CLI
As a volume containing a LUN filled up to 100% on a NetApp FAS running ONTAP 7.x, the LUN went offline automatically, stopping the VMs.
Now we need to delete snapshots or files on the volume to ...
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iSCSI to NetApp FAS: high latency for write load
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A Linux iSCSI initiator is seeing high service times when writing to a NetApp FAS target exposing a bunch of LUNs. Where to look for the cause and how to resolve this?
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NetApp NFS Exports with all_squash
We've got a NetApp filer (v8.1.4) with a UNIX-style qtree sharing a volume to a number of different machines (web content for a cluster of front-end and application servers) over NFS. We're trying to ...
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NetApp Performance Archiver failed to close file
I have a newly configured (not by me) NetApp FAS-2040 running OnTAP 8.0.2. It's spewing a log message every 15 seconds:
[perf.archive.file.close.fail:warning]: Performance archiver failed to close ...
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NetApp Backup Strategy - Snapshots to SnapMirrors to Tape?
In a previous question we discussed the pros and cons of relying exclusively on NetApp snapshots for backups. I now find myself in this situation as our aging legacy Symantec BackupExec tape server ...
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NetApp API to fetch 'df' output
I'm currently fiddling with a project using the ONTAPI (perf stats monitoring sort of thing).
What I'm wanting to do is reproduce the information from 'df' and 'df -s'.
Doing well so far, because ...
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List shadowcopy timestamps of netapp
Is there a way (powershell, commandline, api, snmp) to list the snapshot timestamps of a file on a network location.
So i'm searching for an automation of what windows is doing, when you click ...
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NetApp - Snapshot Full
I am seeing a bunch of Snapshot Full warning events being generated recently from various volumes on our filers:
A Warning event at 22 Jun 10:03 Alaskan Daylight Time on Snapshot
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7-Mode snapmirror status post link change
In a Netapp with a snapmirror relationship to another Netapp in 7-mode, what are my options of checking replication performance through Data Ontap? We upgraded the link and want to know how snapmirror ...
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NetApp - Copy volume data to LUN on same filer
I'm trying to copy a volume /vol/Archive_chi to a LUN (LUN volume = /vol/ArchiveLUN_chi ; LUN = ArchiveLUN ; LUN PATH = /vol/ArchiveLUN_chi/ArchiveLUN).
I tried ndmpcopy /vol/Archive_chi /vol/...
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Verify that a NetApp is no longer in use
I'm working on retiring a failing NetApp cluster. It offers iCSCI, NFS, and CIFS volumes to the network. For CIFS, we're fairly under control there. It's a limited set of shares, and there's recent "...
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NetApp cluster fail to start
I have a big problem with my FAS2020 (configured as iScsi storage for 2 esxi 4 server).
I couldn't ping the 2 ip address of the FAS so I connect by the serial port with putty for monitoring the boot ...
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ESXI 5.5 NFS to NFS copy is slow
i'm running esxi 5.5u2 standalone with 3 datastores , (local , netapp (nfs) and synology (nfs )
There are two Gigabit network adapters configured. One per vswitch.
One for storage and the other for ...
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When it makes sense not to setup quota on NetApp volumes?
As I got a NetApp that was configured by somebody else I observed that all volumes do have quotas on them and due to this it seems that very often we end-up with problems because someone forgets to ...
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Get NetApp disk shelf serial number using 7-mode CLI
Is it possible to get the serial number of attached disk shelves from the controller CLI?
I have 3 DS4246's attached to a FAS8020 7-mode HA pair controller. Maybe I'm staring right at it in the ...
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Netapp RSH Failing
I have two NetApp Filers that are part of a cluster (Version 7.1.3).
I'm able to connect to one of the filers via RSH fine, but the second filer is failing with this error:
[rshd_0:info]: couldn't ...
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vSphere Datastore for specific datatypes: NFS or iSCSI
I am looking into improving performance in my vSphere environment.
We are using a NetApp appliance with all VMs stored in Datastores that are mounted via NFS.
It was suggested to me that, for some ...
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Migration to Cisco Nexus 3064-T
In my environment I have 9 ESXi servers (ProLiant DL360 G7 & DL360p Gen8) and NetApp FAS2240 that is used for storage (NFS datastores).
Currently, we have 1Gbps network with multiple VLANs (...
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Max SAS throughput of a disk stack?
I've been trying to figure out something.
I have a stack of SAS shelves (attached to a NetApp if that's relevant). Each devices within the shelf is 6G SAS. According to the vendor, the sustained ...
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How can I query the NetAPP ONTAP API without using the SDK?
I have a bunch of NetApp filers, which I've been accessing via ssh with public-private key pairs.
I would like to extend what I'm doing - we're repeatedly hitting limitations where e.g. ssh is ...
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NetApp OnTap: Reference by IP or Cluster Name?
I have a new NetApp Ontap cluster, and I'm trying to figure out how to document procedures for using it within my organization. It has a cluster name (netapp-cm, creative, I know), and I've allocated ...
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How do I configure a CIFS only NetApp filer for ssh public-private key access?
I've a NetApp filer that's running exclusively CIFS. (/vol/vol0 is CIFS exported)
Account logins via ssh are possible as DOMAIN\username, but we're having difficulty with configuring ssh public-...
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Show IO on Netapp
I think I might be hitting the IO limits of what my Netapp can deliver, as I have been adding more servers to my cluster and iowait has gone up on each server.
However, how do I quantify this? How ...
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default NTFS permissions on NetApp CIFS share
Basic premise is that I've created a share and permissioned it up and I can't then change permissions, or even create a folder in it.
Volume:
/vol/ProjectData
Share
/vol/ProjectData as \...
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NetApp filer - lots of 'low water mark' CPs triggering on idle filer
I've 4 NetApp 2240-4 filer heads. They're single chassis 'cluster in a box' so two separate units.
Over the last few days, at about the same time - all of them started logging a LOT of Low water ...
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Kerberized root user on RHEL 5/6
I'm currently involved with getting NFSv4 and Kerberos. We've decided to bite the bullet and try and make the transition.
Our environment is:
Windows AD
LDAP auth on Linux against said AD.
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Does a NetApp NAS provide features with VMware compared to a ZFS based NAS?
Are there feature advantages from a VMware point of view to use a NetApp nas instead of a ZFS based NAS running e.g. OmniOS?
Another way to formulate the question: Are there features unlocked when ...
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Premature SMB/CIFS Session Close (System error 1312) with Password on SMBv2
In attempting to issue a "net use" to a NetApp share, I'm experiencing a very unique situation.
A particular user is required to issue scans across a CIFS, however that user (which has full read/...
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Unable to ping between ESXi host and Netapp storage on the same switch
I am unable to ping between ESXi host and Netapp controller that are both connected on the same switch and configured for private IP addresses. Yet I CAN ping between 2 Esxi hosts and between 2 ...
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NetApp RAID DP - and disk space of parity drives
I've been reading:
http://community.netapp.com/t5/Tech-OnTap-Articles/Back-to-Basics-RAID-DP/ta-p/86123
That basically describes RAID-DP as diagonal parity raid.
But there's one thing that's ...
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Joining a NetApp to a domain on a Read Only Domain Controller
I have an isolated network, into which I've built a vfiler. The point of this network is that it's a non routed 'test' network.
However, there's a need for LDAP/Kerberos and CIFS access to the filer,...
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Management for Netapp filers and vFilers
How can I manage the system files on a filer or vFiler in Netapp? There are a couple of really important system files in every filer that it's really only feasible to manage by hand. While there are ...
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How can I test my DR on Netapp without stopping replication?
I have two Netapp filers running ONTAP 7-mode with some volumes on the main one replicated to the secondary one on another site. I need to regularly test my DR, but I can't break the replication ...
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What could prevent autocompletion from working on Exchange 2010/Outlook 2010?
I am working with a user in my organization who recently had her mailbox contents restored and now is unable to add entries to her autocompletion list.
We are all using Exchange 2010 and Outlook 2010 ...
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NetApp ipspace with common vol0 exports
I've got a requirement to use vfilers and ipspaces to segregate network traffic to a NetApp filer in a multi-tenancy environment.
Unfortunately, most of it has already been implemented and designed, ...
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NetApp FAS 3020c, volume is full
We've noticed a problem with one of our volumes on netapp filer. It seems that volume is full, NetApp informs, that volume is using or reserving 100% of space (0% of inodes) - this is shown as the ...