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Mixed Mode
by Tracy Russell 25 Apr '06

25 Apr '06

Does anyone know the future of the security mode -- "mixed mode"? Several co-workers returned from NetApp training stating that this particular mode is not encouraged and may be dropped in the not too distant future from NetApp support. Has anyone else heard this or can confirm this to any degree? We are about to set up a new Filer and I'm trying to decide what to do with a volume that is currently configured for mixed mode security on an old Filer. If anyone has experiences changes from mixed mode to either all CIFS or NFS, I'd appreciate their inputs as well. Thanks. Tracy

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Hp storageworks MSL 5000 with GF920
by John Files 24 Apr '06

24 Apr '06

Hi, just wondered if anyone has any experience of setting up an HP storageworks MSL 5000 with a GF920.It's connected via a SCSI card but the tape drive is unusable. I've tried the following and wondered if I've missed anything obvious! we've been given an HP Storageworks MSL 5000 tape library which contains a Compaq SuperDLT1 drive.This is connected to a X2027 Adaptec SCSI card as supplied by netapp. Problem is that the drive is recognised as non-qualified so won't work. I've tried various suggestions from the NOW site but can't get it to work eg should be the same drive as the Quantum SuperDLT1/SDLT220 so I've setup a cloned_tapes file with the following emulation (from solution ntapcs8340). COMPAQ SuperDLT1 EMULATES Quantum SuperDLT1 (also tried SDLT220) enigma>storage show tape supported Quantum SDLT220 so in theory it should work. enigma>mt -f nrst0a status mt: open of tape nrst0a failed enigma>sysconfig -t Tape drive (5a.1) COMPAQ SuperDLT1 (Non-qualified tape drive) enigma> storage show tape error: unable to obtain info for device at id 0 enigma> storage show mc Medium Changer: 5a.0 Description: COMPAQ MSL5000 Series Serial Number: 3G31LBV38DLD World Wide Name: Alias Name(s): mc0 Device State: available If anyone has any ideas it would be much appreciated Regards John -- John Files <jhf(a)dmu.ac.uk>

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Another Newbie Question
by Andrew Clark 31 Mar '06

31 Mar '06

Firstly, thanks for the answers to my questions yesterday. Today's question: Is there a way of scripting the creation of a share plus permissions from a Windows host using Windows APIs rather than the OnTap commands. I usually use wmi for this but am sure this won't work as a method on the Filers. Excuse me if this is a simple one, I have googled and now'ed it but with no luck. I'm trying hard not to give colleagues access to OnTap commands.... Cheers and have a good weekend Andy Clark -- ___________________________________________________ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com/

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Cher Ami
by mrs villaran nenita 31 Mar '06

31 Mar '06

Cher Ami , j'ai bien reçu votre message et je vous avoue que cela me ferait plaisir de lier plus qu'une amitié avec vous. Longtemps, j'ai réfléchi et enfin je me décide. Mais avant, je tiens a me présenter a vous. Je me rejoui que vous avyez enfin pri contact avec moi. Mon nom est madame Villaran Nenita,je suis une citoyenne philippienne a part entiere et la veuve du défunt ministre des finances philippien qui est mort le 15 mai 2002. Mon mari est tombé gravement malade est a donc été conduit en Europe pour des soins intensifs, mais plus tard il est décédé des suites de sa maladie et a été enterré. J’ai donc hérité de mon défunt mari la somme de 12.000.000 de dollars américains (douze millions de dollars américains). Cet argent, je l’ai caché dans une mallette métallique et déposé au sein d’une compagnie de finance et de sécurité ici en Philippine.Cependant, ayant insisté aupres de la compagnie de finance et de sécurité pour que ma mallette soit gardée avec un maximum de sécurité de tel sorte que personne ni meme une organisation gouvernementale philippienne ne puisse prendre connaissance de son existence, jusqu’a ce que je sois prete a la retirer, alors la dite compagnie pour répondre a mon exigence maximum de sécurité a utilisé des moyens diplomatiques pour envoyer ma mallette hors des philippines et précisément a la maison mere de leur compagnie en côte d’ivoire en Afrique de l’ouest ou ma mallette se trouve donc discretement gardée dans le coffre fort de la compagnie. Ce dépôt a été fait et codé dans le cadre d’un arrangement secret selon lequel ma mallette contient uniquement des biens de famille.Cela signifie donc que la compagnie elle meme ne connaît pas le contenu exact de la mallette qui pour plus de sécurité a été envoyée en côte d’ivoire sous une assurance diplomatique et déclarée comme contenant des biens de famille .Aussi,la raison principale pour laquelle je vous envoie ce courrier est qu’aujourd’hui, n’ayant plus confiance en mon entourage ici en philippine et la côte d’ivoire étant un pays en proie a la guerre, je me retrouve dans une impasse et je voudrais que vous m’aidiez discretement a emmener ma mallette d’argent a une adresse beaucoup plus discrete et stable dans votre pays ou je pourrai commencer a investir. Si vous voulez sincerement m’aider, nous discuterons au préalable du pourcentage que je vous donnerai sur la somme totale se trouvant dans la mallette. En fait, depuis la mort de mon mari, ses freres m’ont chassée de la maison familiale et ont essayé a plusieurs reprises de porté atteinte a ma vie pensant qu’a ma mort tous les documents légaux des biens que possédaient mon mari leur reviendraient de plein droit.Grâce a la notoriété et aux relatons influentes que possedent les freres de mon mari, ils ont réussi a m’arracher toutes les propriétés de mon défunt mari ainsi que tous ses biens matériels. Mais ils ne se sont pas arretés la et m’ont obligée a leur révéler tous les comptes bancaires de mon défunt mari en menaçant a nouveau ma vie.Je leur est donc donner ces informations et ils ont confisqués tous les comptes bancaires de feu mon mari.Je leur est tout révéler sauf l’existence de ce dépôt que j’ai fait au sein de la compagnie de finance et de sécurité a Abidjan en côte d’ivoire car ceci représente tout mon secret espoir caché. La famille de mon défunt mari n’est donc pas informé de l’existence de ce dépôt que j’ai fait au sein de la compagnie de sécurité et elle ne le saura jamais. Cependant, j’ai toujours peur des freres de mon mari car ils continuent a m’espionner et vont jusqu’a écouter mes conversations. C’est pourquoi j’ai décidé de chercher quelqu’un de confiance a l’extérieur des philippines qui m’aidera a retirer la mallette de la compagnie de finance et de sécurité et placer discretement l’argent dans son compte a l’étranger pour un investissement futur. Je vous demande de considérer ma situation qui est celle d’une veuve et de venir a mon aide car aujourd’hui a part cette mallette, je n’ai plus d’argent et ma situation financiere est plus que difficile(ma situation financiere est a zéro). Et ma demande d’aide est d’autant plus urgente que je paye 100 dollars par jour a cette compagnie de sécurité comme frais de stockage et de sécurité de ma mallette. Si vous désirez m’aider, je vous ferez parvenir dans mon prochain email, les coordonnées de la compagnie de securité afin que vous les contactiez pour l’envoie immédiat de cette mallette vers vous pour la securiser. Je vous remercie infiniment pour votre coopération et j’attends de vos nouvelles pour la conclusion de cette affaire. Bien a vous MADAME VILLARAN NENITA NB:Que cette année soit pour nous source d'espoir

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GRACE INTERNATIONAL IMPORT & EXPORT COMPANY
by g.graceinternationalss＠virgilio.it 31 Mar '06

31 Mar '06

Your Kind Attention: I am the PRESIDENT OF GRACE INTERNATIONAL, Import and Export Company based in the China. My company exports consumable proceesing raw materials and other goods/services for world trade. What we really require is someone who can represent this company in the US/CANADA and some parts of Europe. We have been having problems with clients in these regions because they are politely refusing to pay for shipments on one excuse or the other so we need a representative that can assist us in clearing our money in their respective countries. Be informed that as our representative, you will receive 10% of whatever amount you receive for the company and the balance will be paid into an account we will avail to you. The second thing required of you would be for you to establish a relationship on behalf of our company with other similar companies in your country so that we can have new ideas and directions. This job is rather easy and does not require a lot of expertise. If you are interested in this business offer, please email me at: shunlao(a)netscape.net Very Respectfully, Shun Lao. President GRACE INTERNATIONAL. Goods for Import / Export & Freight Fwdg. Svcs.

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Individual quota data via snmp?
by Sphar, Mike 31 Mar '06

31 Mar '06

So we're fighting the constant battle here about never enough space, no matter how much we buy, and the complaints we get back are "well, I don't see how we could be using that much space, who is using it?" which in itself is a relatively simply question to answer once by pulling a quota report, but what we're finding the need to do is have some automated process whereby managers can look at say a web page and see the current status of how much space is being used by whom. (We are, however, forbidden from actually enforcing quotas.) I had hoped I might be able to pull individual user and tree quota reports from the filer via snmp, but I'm not having much luck with it, and what little I'm finding about it online is implying that the snmp quota implementation is not complete, but then those comments seem to be several years old. I had some thoughts of actually tracking certain specific problem users with cacti, keeping long term trend graphs of their space usage, but can't seem to actually get individual quota numbers from snmp. So any suggestions out there about tools, scripts, whatever that can do this for us? A nicely formatted html page that anyone can access would be ideal. -- Michael W. Sphar - IS&T - Lead Systems Administrator SMBU Engineering Support Services, BMC Software

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RE: Individual quota data via snmp?
by Sphar, Mike 31 Mar '06

31 Mar '06

That could be enough for what I need, I had some problems with quota data in DFM in the past but I haven't tried with the latest version. The question would be if I can automate generating those reports and posting them somewhere else, as anything that required authentication would be a problem for the audience I want to get this data. Also, I don't recall that DFM stores long-term trend data for individual quotas, so for that I assume I'd need to extract the data regularly and inject it into rrd charts or something. -- Michael W. Sphar - IS&T - Lead Systems Administrator SMBU Engineering Support Services, BMC Software ________________________________ From: Sto Rage(c) [mailto:netbacker@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 8:41 PM To: David Dalby Cc: Sphar, Mike; toasters(a)mathworks.com Subject: Re: Individual quota data via snmp? AFAIK, you don't need the extra SRM license for tracking quotas graphically, just the basic DFM core license is enough to see individual user quotas. -G On 3/30/06, David Dalby <Ddalby(a)asi.com.au> wrote: Hi Mike, Have you had a look at the SRM (Storage Resource Management) module for DFM..... Look at Chapter 7 : http://now.netapp.com/NOW/knowledge/docs/DFM_win/rel33/html/software/adm in/srm.htm This allows you to install host agents on Windows / Unix / Linux systems that access shares & exports. The DFM module communicates with the agents on a regular basis and instructs them to walk shares / exports to gather statistics such as file use by user amongst other things. Rgds Dave -----Original Message----- From: owner-toasters(a)mathworks.com [mailto:owner-toasters@mathworks.com ] On Behalf Of Sphar, Mike Sent: Friday, 31 March 2006 8:34 AM To: toasters(a)mathworks.com Subject: Individual quota data via snmp? So we're fighting the constant battle here about never enough space, no matter how much we buy, and the complaints we get back are "well, I don't see how we could be using that much space, who is using it?" which in itself is a relatively simply question to answer once by pulling a quota report, but what we're finding the need to do is have some automated process whereby managers can look at say a web page and see the current status of how much space is being used by whom. (We are, however, forbidden from actually enforcing quotas.) I had hoped I might be able to pull individual user and tree quota reports from the filer via snmp, but I'm not having much luck with it, and what little I'm finding about it online is implying that the snmp quota implementation is not complete, but then those comments seem to be several years old. I had some thoughts of actually tracking certain specific problem users with cacti, keeping long term trend graphs of their space usage, but can't seem to actually get individual quota numbers from snmp. So any suggestions out there about tools, scripts, whatever that can do this for us? A nicely formatted html page that anyone can access would be ideal. -- Michael W. Sphar - IS&T - Lead Systems Administrator SMBU Engineering Support Services, BMC Software

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RE: Individual quota data via snmp?
by David Dalby 31 Mar '06

31 Mar '06

Hi Mike, Have you had a look at the SRM (Storage Resource Management) module for DFM..... Look at Chapter 7 : http://now.netapp.com/NOW/knowledge/docs/DFM_win/rel33/html/software/adm in/srm.htm This allows you to install host agents on Windows / Unix / Linux systems that access shares & exports. The DFM module communicates with the agents on a regular basis and instructs them to walk shares / exports to gather statistics such as file use by user amongst other things. Rgds Dave -----Original Message----- From: owner-toasters(a)mathworks.com [mailto:owner-toasters@mathworks.com] On Behalf Of Sphar, Mike Sent: Friday, 31 March 2006 8:34 AM To: toasters(a)mathworks.com Subject: Individual quota data via snmp? So we're fighting the constant battle here about never enough space, no matter how much we buy, and the complaints we get back are "well, I don't see how we could be using that much space, who is using it?" which in itself is a relatively simply question to answer once by pulling a quota report, but what we're finding the need to do is have some automated process whereby managers can look at say a web page and see the current status of how much space is being used by whom. (We are, however, forbidden from actually enforcing quotas.) I had hoped I might be able to pull individual user and tree quota reports from the filer via snmp, but I'm not having much luck with it, and what little I'm finding about it online is implying that the snmp quota implementation is not complete, but then those comments seem to be several years old. I had some thoughts of actually tracking certain specific problem users with cacti, keeping long term trend graphs of their space usage, but can't seem to actually get individual quota numbers from snmp. So any suggestions out there about tools, scripts, whatever that can do this for us? A nicely formatted html page that anyone can access would be ideal. -- Michael W. Sphar - IS&T - Lead Systems Administrator SMBU Engineering Support Services, BMC Software

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Syncsort backup express and Hitachi GF920
by John Files 30 Mar '06

30 Mar '06

Hi, Anyone out there using Backup Express successfully? We have a rather strange problem: Copied all user data from our old F740 to the GF920 HDS (used both cp and ndmpcopy in separate tests) I am able to mount from the GF920 via nfs and see all the data.Likewise with a CIFS share. When I use Backup Express to browse the copied data it doesn't see all the files I can see via CIFS/NFS. Various dirs are missing,apparently at random.Therefore it can't perform a valid backup. Anyone got any ideas? John -- John Files <jhf(a)dmu.ac.uk>

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Adding Filers to Win2K3 Domains
by Andrew Clark 30 Mar '06

30 Mar '06

Chaps I am about to finally leave my NT4 domain for the brave new world of Win2K3. I have FAS3020Cs and would like to know of any gotchas I should be aware of. Any GPO settings Local Groups That sort of thing. I have done some research but haven't really thrown up any information. Very many thanks Andy Clark -- ___________________________________________________ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com/

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