toasters December 2000

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solaris netboot from netapp filer
by Rob Windsor 07 Dec '00

07 Dec '00

This is an odd situation, perhaps someone else has run into it.. I've been running jumpstart off of the netapp, Solaris-2.6 and -8. For both versions, and for any network configuration, any time I netboot a system off of the netapp, I must send one ping packet to the system being jumpstarted to get it beyond "configuring devices..." (Sol-2.6) or "Configured interface hme0" (Sol-8, ultrasparc, same effect for sun4m, just s/hme/le/). This ping packet must be directed specifically at the host, not a broadcast ping ("ping a.b.c.255"). Anyone else seen this? Is there a workaround or hack that makes this go, other than what I'm doing already? Rob++ ---------------------------------------- Rob Windsor E-Mail - mailto:rob_windsor@adc.com Senior Unix Systems Administrator Voice - phone:972-680-6919 Computer Services Fax - phone:972-680-0370 Broadband Access and Transport Group __o ADC Telecommunications _`\<,_ Richardson, TX 75082 (_)/ (_)

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cache age
by bbadyk＠xo.com 07 Dec '00

07 Dec '00

Hello everyone, I have been trying to extract the cache age from a couple different filers and can't seem to locate an SNMP OID that will contain that info..The only other option i can think of is extracting it from an rsh sysstat..Has anyone retrieved that using snmp? Thanks!! -B.J. Badyk

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Re: solaris netboot from netapp filer
by Rob Windsor 07 Dec '00

07 Dec '00

My apologies in advance for posting this publically, since you sent it privately. I thought I would use this opportunity to clarify the situation a bit. On Thu, 07 Dec 2000 14:45:19 PST, Chris Wilkes wrote: > Do you haveto do the ping if you have another solaris box be the > jumpstart server? Nup, this problem doesn't exist if I use a solaris server as the boot server. (That's why I posted to the tosters list.) > I would do a tcpdump on the network to see if the client computer even > contacts the filer, and if the filer responds before the ping. Hmm. We're full of switches here. I'll bridge a couple of ports on the 5500 and sniff for that. This problem is independant of what switch is between the two (client and netapp). I've replicated the problem with an Asante' friendlynet 10/100 switch, a 3com "SuperStack III", and the Cisco 5500. It is also independant of Data OnTap version and filer hardware (seen it on F520, F740, F760). It doesn't matter if we are using sun4m or sun4u boxes, (ultra-1, ultra-2, ultra-10, ultra-60). Rob++ ---------------------------------------- Rob Windsor E-Mail - mailto:rob_windsor@adc.com Senior Unix Systems Administrator Voice - phone:972-680-6919 Computer Services Fax - phone:972-680-0370 Broadband Access and Transport Group __o ADC Telecommunications _`\<,_ Richardson, TX 75082 (_)/ (_)

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SYNCSORT BACKUP EXPRESS
by Joe Luchtenberg 07 Dec '00

07 Dec '00

Anybody out there in Toasterland using SyncSort Backup Express? Would appreciate any first-hand insight -- I have a customer asking me to price it out for him, and I'd like to know how it stacks up vs. other products I know better (Veritas, Legato, CommVault, Workstation Solutions, etc.). TIA. Joe Joe Luchtenberg Dataline, Inc. New number and email, please update: 757.858.0600 858.0606 fax joe.luchtenberg(a)data-line.com

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NTFS auditing?
by Brian Tao 07 Dec '00

07 Dec '00

Has anyone heard of "NTFS write auditing"? A group within our company would like that enabled for files in a certain directory so they can track who is modifying files. Is this a feature of NTFS itself, or is this achievable over CIFS to a filer? I'm asking this in the context of a Netapp serving up the data, of course. -- Brian Tao (BT300, taob(a)risc.org) "Though this be madness, yet there is method in't"

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Chicago Area Network Appliance
by Knight, Jason 06 Dec '00

06 Dec '00

I am interested in starting a Netapp Users Group in the Chicago Area, I know there are a lot of customers in the suburbs and downtown. I want to gauge the interest before reserving a conference room or making any grand plans. I would like to arrange the meetings close to the majority depending on where the interest is heaviest (assuming enough interest, of course). Please let me know if you are interested and where in ChicagoLand you are located by responding to jasonk(a)wfg.com <mailto:jasonk@wfg.com> . The toasters will probably appreciate NOT being copied on the responses. Thanks, Jason Knight MSCE, Network Appliance CA

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Strange problem...
by mitch＠netline.com 06 Dec '00

06 Dec '00

We just ran across a strange happening on our F760 filer. One of our folks did a "du -s" on an RCS directory to see how much space it was using: => du -s RCS du: RCS/ParseNVP.pm,v: Value too large for defined data type And got a strange error. In fact, pretty much anything that would do a stat(2) call on this file in this directory would generate the same error message. There were no errors logged on the filer and all weekly messages seem to indicate that all is well, but it still puzzles me. I ran off for the requisite caffine boost and came back and am now unable to reproduce the problem. I asked the user if they perhaps did something such as recreating the RCS directory from another source... they hadn't. The file which was complained about is a mere 3422 bytes, and all timestamps indicate that the file has not changed recently. Has anybody else seen this problem or have any ideas on how/why this may have occurred? For what it's worth, the NFS client accessing the files is running Solaris 5.7. I unfortunately didn't pop over to one of my BSD boxes before the problem worked itself out. ~mitch

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RE: Backup solution for 2x F840, 2xF630
by Premanshu Jain 05 Dec '00

05 Dec '00

Hello everybody, I am scheduled to get one P-3000 shortly. If you wish to see my evaluation results, you may wait.. prem -----Original Message----- From: Collie, Michael [mailto:Michael.Collie@netapp.com] Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 5:40 PM To: 'Manny Kaiser'; 'Oliver Ho'; 'PrJain(a)shastanets.com' Cc: toasters(a)mathworks.com Subject: RE: Backup solution for 2x F840, 2xF630 Hello, Manny's response addressed some key questions that an administrator must answer when designing a backup solution. Further, one of the benefits of FC is that it provides backup access to storage that is not directly attached to the source data. Therefore, the question of performance on the F630 should not be the only consideration when making you decision. I do not entirely agree with Prem on the recommended approach for 'keeping things simple'. In fact direct attached SCSI can be more expensive and more complicated to manage. ATL is scheduled to ship a P3000 library this month that supports NDMP. This library supports GbE interface for each of its 16 DLT drives. Each DLT drive within the library is independent (own IP address & NDMP server) which almost eliminates the possibility of a complete library disaster. GbE is a proven technology that is considered mature. My recommendation is to centralize you backup using a Library with enough capacity for future scaling. I do not have enough information on your total infrastructure, i.e. FC, SCSI, Ethernet to make a recommendation on what interface this library should use. This information is necessary to calculate you total cost of ownership for a selected solution. Regards, Michael. -----Original Message----- From: Manny Kaiser [mailto:mkaiser@mmcnet.com] Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 3:42 PM To: 'Oliver Ho' Cc: toasters(a)mathworks.com Subject: Re: Backup solution for 2x F840, 2xF630 Hi, I would go on and comment, that it is good practice to distant your filers from your backup system, thus a fibre solution is preferred. Today management overhead of one large or several small libraries is not too big when using Veritas, thus I don't think this should be a major consideration. An additional consideration is making sure that the fibre at both ends are compatible. I definitely agree that with snapshots, the biggest concern of a backup system is disaster recovery, thus recovery time is an essential consideration - how long can your business be down until you recover a volume, a filer, or all your filers. The number of drives, the speed that they can actually restore data and of course your volume sizes are key factors in determining a backup system. Manny "Traitel, Eyal" wrote: > Personally, I'd go for the large library because of the price, easier > management for you, better scalability and more features probably... > You will have more flexibility as well... > > On number of drives - consider restore times as well... > Eyal. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > eTraitel - I'm the new eBuzzword around !!! > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Eyal Traitel - Filer Escalation Engineer > CNA, MCSE, CSA, NACA > > Network Appliance BV > Holland Office Center > Kruisweg 799b > 2132 NG, Hoofddorp > The Netherlands > Office: +31 23 567 9685 > Cellular: +31 6 5497 2568 > Email: eyal(a)netapp.com > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Get answers NOW! - NetApp On the Web - http://now.netapp.com > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -----Original Message----- > From: Oliver Ho [mailto:oliver@interq.or.jp] > Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 10:22 AM > To: toasters(a)mathworks.com > Subject: Backup solution for 2x F840, 2xF630 > > Dear all, > > I have been given a task of designing a Netapps backup solution for my > network. > > We have > 2x F840 > 2x F630 > and various unix servers. > > Approx 1TB of data for the netapps. > > Various Vendors have informed me that the F630 are too slow for > FibreChannel. > > Solution 1 > One VERY HUGE Library with 2x FC for F840 and 2x SCSI for F630 card > mixture for the netapps > 4 Tape drives > FC Switch for F840s > > Solution 2 > Library with 2x FC for F840, two tape drives > FC Switch for F840s > Library with 2x SCSI for F630, two tape drives > > Solution 3 > Three small library with SCSI for each F630 > One Library with 2x FC with two tape drives > FC Switch for F840s. > > The funny thing is Solution 1 is the cheapest, then 2,3. I guess its > because it mean more hardware. > > Can someone give me some pointers. These are all very expensive solutions. > I have heard that some ppl have used Gigabit ethernet and dumped via NDMP. > > We are thinking of using Veritas Netbackup for backups. > I have heard that you can get some kind of SCSI->FC conversion, so I can > connect to whatever FC connected library I may have. > > What would you do in my case? > > TIA > > Regards > Oliver Ho.

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RE: Setting up FTP in NT40 environment
by Benn, Paul 05 Dec '00

05 Dec '00

Hello Paul, Using NT4 and IIS4, you can use a filer on the back end by way of a UNC path but you'll need to configure it for anonymous access. If you want authenticated access, you can do this with IIS5/Win2K and Data ONTAP 5.3.7. The instructions (actually an update to our existing white paper on IIS) aren't yet posted on the web. They should be on the web soon, however. Check this page in a week or so to see the updated information: http://www.netapp.com/tech_library/3078.html <http://www.netapp.com/tech_library/3078.html> Regards, Paul Benn Network Appliance -----Original Message----- From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:PMAGLINGER@scvl.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2000 8:43 AM To: 'NetApps list server' Subject: Setting up FTP in NT40 environment We have a F740 running 5.3.6R2 in a WindowsNT environment. We are wanting to FTP to the filer from NT without setting up UIDs and GIDs (basically without anything to do with UNIX). Anyone have any experience with this? Have a prosperous and profitable day! _____ Paul Maglinger, A+, CA, CET, MCP PC Specialist Shoe Carnival Inc. (812)867-4674 pmaglinger(a)scvl.com <mailto:pmaglinger@scvl.com> _____

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Setting up FTP in NT40 environment
by Maglinger, Paul 05 Dec '00

05 Dec '00

We have a F740 running 5.3.6R2 in a WindowsNT environment. We are wanting to FTP to the filer from NT without setting up UIDs and GIDs (basically without anything to do with UNIX). Anyone have any experience with this? Have a prosperous and profitable day! _____ Paul Maglinger, A+, CA, CET, MCP PC Specialist Shoe Carnival Inc. (812)867-4674 pmaglinger(a)scvl.com <mailto:pmaglinger@scvl.com> _____

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