toasters January 2004

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RE: exports
by markallen＠micron.com 08 Jan '04

08 Jan '04

Tom, Does this apply to sharing out to netgroups and IP ranges as well? -Mark -----Original Message----- From: owner-toasters(a)mathworks.com [mailto:owner-toasters@mathworks.com] On Behalf Of Haynes, Tom Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 9:48 AM To: Jerry Cc: toasters(a)mathworks.com Subject: Re: exports What happens if someone reuses the host name after a month? Say you have an export: /vol/payroll -access=george:harry:arnold:fred,rw=harry:arnold:george,root=arnold:geor ge And you retire arnold. You never change the export or there is a new admin who doesn't know to look at the export lists. Several times since the old arnold was retired, "exportfs -a" was run. Warning messages were printed to the console about no arnold being available. We don't let arnold have rw or root permissions, but due to the nature of -access, we have to leave the string "arnold" in that list, meaning that the client arnold would still have read/only access. Someone brings up a general purpose server on the network and being a huge fan of TV pigs, goes immediately for the available host name of arnold. The new arnold is immediatley able to get read permissions on /vol/payroll and several salaries get shared. A new volume gets created on the filer and someone reruns "exportfs -a". Now arnold is able to write as root to the payroll volume. In retrospect, a warning would have been nicer, wild security example aside, but at the time we were trying to patch the exports code and not redesign it to a new specification. We redesigned the exports code in 6.5 and as we no longer preload host IPs for -rw= and -root=, we do not detect that a host is no longer being resolved to IP. As a result, we do not throw away the entire export rule. The flip side is that arnold can still run amuck through your payroll, so check your export lists when you retire a secure server name. ;> > Has anyone seen where exporting a filesystem after a > reboot fails because exports has the name of a host > that no longer exists? > > My co-worker had this problem and support said this is > by design. This proved to be problematic for us when > we had a filer reboot and it failed to export some > filesystems because some host had been removed a long > time ago. Considering the reliability of the filer, > it's reasonable that some hosts in the export list > might disappear, I'd rather see this as a warning than > something that breaks the filer's ability to serve > volumes. After all, nothing a client does should > break a server, general rule. > > Jerry > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes > http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus > -- Tom Haynes, ex-cfb thomas(a)netapp.com

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by Justice Mugato 07 Jan '04

07 Jan '04

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RE: Legato Networker 7.1 and NDMP backups
by Garavito, Donald, CTR, OSD-ATL 07 Jan '04

07 Jan '04

We ran into this problem with Syncsort Backup Express. Starting with 6.3 Data ONTAP supports NDMP v4 and sets this as the default. Applications are supposed to negotiate down to the appropriate level for communications, but most backup software packages do not. Use command line "ndmpd version 3" to set the ndmp max version level to 3 (which is what most backup software now support) and your problem should be solved. The main reason for failure is that the filer (ndmp v4) and backup server (ndmp v3)cannot properly communicate and when the first tape is full, filer waits for backup server to perform media controller (picker) commands to change tape. Unfortunately, the backup server is waiting for filer to report that the tape drive is full, needs to be unloaded and new tape mounted. The vicious circle, one waiting for the other until filer finally gives up and times out with tape failure. See NetApp Solution ID:ntapcs8507 Don -----Original Message----- From: Gavin Kelman [mailto:gavin@metahusky.net] Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 6:13 AM To: toasters(a)mathworks.com Subject: Legato Networker 7.1 and NDMP backups We upgraded to Legato Networker 7.1 in November last year and since then our NDMP backups have had a problem whereby only one saveset can fit onto a backup tape and then Legato gets an IO error, thinks the tape is full and starts the next one. This only happens with our NDMP backups of the netapp and I was wondering if anyone here had the same problem? We've been working with our Legato support for months and haven't been able to rectify the problem, so I'm going to downgrade to version 6.1.4 as that used to work fine. Bit of a last resort option, but we've not had reliable backups for months and we're at our wits end. Any suggestions before I do this? We're running OnTap 6.4.3 on a F825 with a Quantum M1500 jukebox with SDLT drives in it attached to the back. Cheers, Gavin -- Gavin Kelman gavin(a)metahusky.net

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Legato Networker 7.1 and NDMP backups
by Gavin Kelman 07 Jan '04

07 Jan '04

We upgraded to Legato Networker 7.1 in November last year and since then our NDMP backups have had a problem whereby only one saveset can fit onto a backup tape and then Legato gets an IO error, thinks the tape is full and starts the next one. This only happens with our NDMP backups of the netapp and I was wondering if anyone here had the same problem? We've been working with our Legato support for months and haven't been able to rectify the problem, so I'm going to downgrade to version 6.1.4 as that used to work fine. Bit of a last resort option, but we've not had reliable backups for months and we're at our wits end. Any suggestions before I do this? We're running OnTap 6.4.3 on a F825 with a Quantum M1500 jukebox with SDLT drives in it attached to the back. Cheers, Gavin -- Gavin Kelman gavin(a)metahusky.net

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RE: ntp time synchronization is not working
by Jason Truong 06 Jan '04

06 Jan '04

Sorry folks for posting this up. I was able to sync my netapp by pointing it directly to an outside official time server. That is fine with me. It is confusing how everything can sync to my linux time server except the netapp. Anyway sorry for the spam. jason -----Original Message----- From: Jason Truong Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 11:06 AM To: toasters(a)mathworks.com Subject: ntp time synchronization is not working I have ntp running on my of my linux servers which acts as the time server for my network. I want to have my netapp sync to this server using ntp. However I keep getting error messages like: Tue Jan 6 10:52:19 PST [Java Thread:ALERT]: TimeDaemon: Time server 10.1.88.44 is not responding to time synchronization requests Solaris, linux and windows can sync to this server except for my netapp. (Running NetApp Release 6.2.1R1) Does anyone experience the same problem ... and if so, how did you fix this? Thank you. Here is my ntp.conf file: #################################################### restrict 127.0.0.1 # syncing with mule server 192.168.1.3 restrict 192.168.1.3 mask 255.255.255.255 nomodify notrap noquery # ntp-cup.external.hp.com in Cupertino, CA server ntp-cup.external.hp.com # ip address 192.6.38.127 # clock.isc.org in Palo Alto, CA server clock.isc.org # ip address 192.5.5.250 # Use local system time if time servers are not available server 127.127.1.0 # local clock fudge 127.127.1.0 stratum 10 driftfile /etc/ntp/drift broadcastdelay 0.008 authenticate yes keys /etc/ntp/keys ############################################# Jason Truong Plumtree Software (415) 399-7006

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RE: exports
by John Clear 06 Jan '04

06 Jan '04

> Atleast if there was a vi like editor on the box, i could use > that to make > the changes... rdfile to read a file, and wrfile to write a file. No fancy editing, but you can read the file with rdfile and the cut-n-paste the corrected version with wrfile. wrfile is very much like the unix `cat` command, except ^C is exit instead of ^D. ^D logs you out of the filer, but doesn't save the file. rdfile and wrfile are advanced mode commands, so use at your own risk, etc. John

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exports
by Jerry 06 Jan '04

06 Jan '04

Has anyone seen where exporting a filesystem after a reboot fails because exports has the name of a host that no longer exists? My co-worker had this problem and support said this is by design. This proved to be problematic for us when we had a filer reboot and it failed to export some filesystems because some host had been removed a long time ago. Considering the reliability of the filer, it's reasonable that some hosts in the export list might disappear, I'd rather see this as a warning than something that breaks the filer's ability to serve volumes. After all, nothing a client does should break a server, general rule. Jerry __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus

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change time/date of disk scrub
by Dan OBrien 06 Jan '04

06 Jan '04

How do I change the time/date of diskscrub on my NetApp Release 5.3.6R2 filer? Regards, Dan O'Brien, dmobrien(a)lcsi.net Cell: 614-783-4859 Work: 614-476-8473

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exportfs on NetApp Release 6.4.2P6
by George Kahler 06 Jan '04

06 Jan '04

Hi, I just upgraded from 6.2.2 to 6.4.2P6 and noticed that after creating a new qtree to be exported to a database client the 'exportfs -va' command produces a different behavior. It appears that it unexports and then does a re-export. Before, on 6.2.2, it just did a re-export. Needles to say doing an unexport on a live mounted filesystem is not to nice. Has anyone seen this as well ? unexported /vol/auto2/its-adsprod759 re-exported /vol/auto2/its-adsprod759 unexported /vol/auto2/its-adsqa759 re-exported /vol/auto2/its-adsqa759 unexported /vol/auto2/its-hrtrn83 re-exported /vol/auto2/its-hrtrn83 unexported /vol/no2/cns-pbat-rec2 re-exported /vol/no2/cns-pbat-rec2 unexported /vol/no2/cns-pceo-rec2 re-exported /vol/no2/cns-pceo-rec2 unexported /vol/no2/cns-pdev-rec2 re-exported /vol/no2/cns-pdev-rec2 unexported /vol/no2/cns-pitsm-rec2 unexported /vol/dqa1/cns-test-dbf re-exported /vol/dqa1/cns-test-dbf unexported /vol/dqa1/its-ADSQA-dbf re-exported /vol/dqa1/its-ADSQA-dbf unexported /vol/dqa1/its-FIN70AU-dbf re-exported /vol/dqa1/its-FIN70AU-dbf Thanks, George ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- George Kahler e-mail: george(a)yorku.ca Sr. Systems Administrator humans: (416) 736-2100 x.22699 Computing and Network Services machines: (416) 736-5830 Ontario, Canada, M3J-1P3

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Good day
by Dipreye John Wilcox 06 Jan '04

06 Jan '04

Dear Sir/Madam I am John Wilcox the vault officer of a financial firm, I am writing this letter to solicit for support and assistance from you to carry out a business of mutual benefit and concern. I know you would be wondering why I am writing you with a request such as these but I only urge you to read on. Pending in our vault is a numbered time fixed deposit of belonging to Mr Robert Chapman Valued presently at $4.34 Million dollars, Mr. Chapman lost his life in a fire disaster in his personal home. His time deposit has been re-run twice and inline with the contractual agreement entered with him, we cannot re-run it again, efforts has since been exhaustively made to source out his kin but to no avail. Information reached me that the firm wants to return the account as dormant thereby paving way for the fund to be remitted into the governments confine for arms purchase, at this juncture I had to stampede that possibility by writing to fraustrate all efforts for the government to seize the funds, hence I am asking you to stand in as the next of Kin to Mr. Chapman and the funds shall be transmitted to you, we shall share the funds in the ratio of 50-40, while 10% will be for unprecedented expenses incurred by both parties in the course of this transfer. If you accept to help me in this transaction kindly send your response via email, I anticipate to have a wonderful working relationship with you. Respectfully, John D. Wilcox _______________________________________________________________________ Brought to you by i2828.com :: The best interactive online community

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