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NFS and VMware
by Page, Jeremy 28 Sep '07

28 Sep '07

Are any of the toaster folks using NFS for VMware in a production environment? We have about 150 VMs across 12 servers at the moment sitting on an IBM DS4500, but I just got my budget approved to buy a nice 3040 cluster. For ease of backup/restore/DR I really would like to use NFS instead of FCP/iSCSI but I don't know what the performance impact will be. Any comments/experiences? This message (including any attachments) contains confidential and/or proprietary information intended only for the addressee. Any unauthorized disclosure, copying, distribution or reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited and may constitute a violation of law. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by responding to this e-mail, and delete the message from your system. If you have any questions about this e-mail please notify the sender immediately.

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Re: ONTAP UPGRADE - FEEDBACK REQUEST
by JacekN 27 Sep '07

27 Sep '07

Philip Boyle wrote: > Hi guys, > > > > I'm currently running a number of FAS940 clusters with DATA ONTAP Version > 7.0.4 (Sun Feb 5 00:52:53 PST 2006 ) > > Primarily NFS with some ISCSI. > > > > I'd like to hear back from you re your experiences upgrading to the current > s/w releases available on the NOW Site for the FAS940 > > series system. I have done 7.0.4->7.2.2 on NFS/CIFS FAS270s with Sync SnapMirror (in May) and 7.0.4->7.2.3 on NFS FAS960c. The second one was completely seamless (I had service window so I did not bother myself with NDU). But the first NOT. We have faced two issues, both solved with NetApp support: - After upgrade CPU utilization was significantly higher (even after i2p conversion) than before. The problem applies to FASes with small amount of memory and was solved with some FlexShare settings. - The second one was serious: NTFS file permissions were displayed incorrectly from NFS clients although access rights were enforced properly. Customer's scripts stopped to work so NetApp suggested some setflag workaround. Although it was not in line with manuals and whitepapers NetApp called it feature. Now it is recorded as bug 245785. I have also done several other upgrades on different platforms and from different ONTAP releases including 6.4. No problems at all because all the filers were non-production ones ;-) It was expected behavior basing on Murphy's law ;-) Best regards, Jacek --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 000777-1, 2007-09-26 Tested on: 2007-09-27 23:00:46 avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2007 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com

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Assymetrical ipspace on cluster
by JacekN 27 Sep '07

27 Sep '07

IHAC who is using vfilers in non-default ipspaces on the cluster. Simplified configuration is like this: - node1: vfiler vf1 in ipspace ips1 - node2: ipspace defined but no vfiler uses it In both cases ipspaces includes single mode vif (I am not sure if it is significant in this problem). The configuration does not work during takeover of node1 by node2: there is no interface active for partner takeover (because no vfiler is defined in the ipspace ips1). I reproduced this problem on the simulator and found workaround: to create dummy vfiler on the node2 in the ipspace ips1. Is there any more elegant solution? Is it a bug or a feature? Best regards, Jacek Nogala --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 000776-1, 2007-09-24 Tested on: 2007-09-25 22:33:37 avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2007 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com

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Re: NFS and VMware
by Doucet, Hugo 27 Sep '07

27 Sep '07

Jeremy I suggest you consult this weeks posts on Dave Hitz blog (NetApp founder) and people's comments. The blog can be found via a link right pane on www.netapp.com Hugo (NetApp employee) -----Original Message----- From: Page, Jeremy <jeremy.page(a)gilbarco.com> To: toasters(a)mathworks.com <toasters(a)mathworks.com> Sent: Thu Sep 27 14:26:47 2007 Subject: NFS and VMware Are any of the toaster folks using NFS for VMware in a production environment? We have about 150 VMs across 12 servers at the moment sitting on an IBM DS4500, but I just got my budget approved to buy a nice 3040 cluster. For ease of backup/restore/DR I really would like to use NFS instead of FCP/iSCSI but I don't know what the performance impact will be. Any comments/experiences? This message (including any attachments) contains confidential and/or proprietary information intended only for the addressee. Any unauthorized disclosure, copying, distribution or reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited and may constitute a violation of law. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by responding to this e-mail, and delete the message from your system. If you have any questions about this e-mail please notify the sender immediately.

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Keeping CIFS from autostarting
by Nils Vogels 26 Sep '07

26 Sep '07

Hi! Is there any known way of keeping CIFS from autostarting upon reboot, once CIFS has been configured? Greets, Nils -- Simple guidelines to happiness: Work like you don't need the money, Love like your heart has never been broken and Dance like no one can see you.

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Time issue
by David McWilliams 26 Sep '07

26 Sep '07

I'm have weird stuff going on, it seems like it may be related to the timezone thingy, but I can't think why. We have a FAS250 running 7.0.4. Timed is configured and is pulling the time from the domain controller. The times appear to be in sync (confirmed in the messages file). We cannot mount the shares, it refuses due to the times being more than 5mins apart. The timezone is being reported as EST. When we changed the timezone to US/Michigan and rebooted. It now reports the time as exactly one hour ahead and the timezone is EDT. Right now I have disabled timed and set the time manually - all is well... for now. Does anyone have any ideas? -- Sláinte, David Get a safer, faster, better web browser @ http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/

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RE: ONTAP UPGRADE - FEEDBACK REQUEST
by Borzenkov, Andrey 26 Sep '07

26 Sep '07

As you have clusters, I would recommend first updating to 7.0.6 and then – if required – to 7.2.3 or whatever version is available at this time. Then both of them are NDU. NDU between major releases are supported first starting with 7.2.3 and minimal base release is 7.0.6. Personally I do not see any point jumping through 7.1 additionally. Otherwise update from 7.0.4 directly to 7.2.3 was quite straightforward. С уважением / With best regards / Mit freundlichen Grüβen --- Andrey Borzenkov Senior system engineer ________________________________ From: owner-toasters(a)mathworks.com [mailto:owner-toasters@mathworks.com] On Behalf Of Philip Boyle Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 9:19 PM To: toasters(a)mathworks.com Subject: ONTAP UPGRADE - FEEDBACK REQUEST Hi guys, I’m currently running a number of FAS940 clusters with DATA ONTAP Version 7.0.4 (Sun Feb 5 00:52:53 PST 2006 ) Primarily NFS with some ISCSI. I’d like to hear back from you re your experiences upgrading to the current s/w releases available on the NOW Site for the FAS940 series system. http://now.netapp.com/NOW/cgi-bin/software?product=Data+ONTAP&platform=FAS9…. Our immediate options are to take a small step to 7.0.6, move up a little further to 7.1.2.1 or go for the latest and greatest, 7.2.3. Have you guys seen any issues along the upgrade path to any of the above releases? Looking at the stats there are a decent number of systems running 7.2.3, however the average run-time days per system is quite low. Feedback appreciated. Thanks, Philip

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RE: ONTAP UPGRADE - FEEDBACK REQUEST
by Leeds, Daniel 25 Sep '07

25 Sep '07

we do not utilize CIFS and we have no non production filers to verify/test on :) NDU works for us but yes i agree with you on all points here. -- Daniel Leeds Manager, Storage Operations Edmunds.com -----Original Message----- From: Scott Miller [mailto:Scott.Miller@dreamworks.com] Sent: Tue 9/25/2007 3:24 PM To: Leeds, Daniel Cc: Kennedy, Jeffrey; Borzenkov, Andrey; philip.boyle(a)eircom.net; toasters(a)mathworks.com Subject: Re: ONTAP UPGRADE - FEEDBACK REQUEST I'm with Jeff. A reboot takes less time that failover/failback, and I'd rather have CIFS shares disconnect and re-connenct just once. Rather than NDU, I upgrade both heads and then reboot them at the same time. After having tested the new release on non-critical filer resources, of course ;-) reboots occur during non-peak times or during scheduled maintenance windows, when possible. -skottie Leeds, Daniel wrote: > > NDU is highly valuable when you are running 24x7 environments with live > active data. We have had alot of success with this but still prefer a > scheduled upgrade downtime if possible. Both work great. :) > > > -- > Daniel Leeds > Manager, Storage Operations > Edmunds.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-toasters(a)mathworks.com on behalf of Kennedy, Jeffrey > Sent: Tue 9/25/2007 11:16 AM > To: Borzenkov, Andrey; philip.boyle(a)eircom.net; toasters(a)mathworks.com > Subject: RE: ONTAP UPGRADE - FEEDBACK REQUEST > > NDU really isn't is it? CIFS connections are still severed and NFS > survives both an NDU and a reboot easily enough. > > > > I've never understood the value of NDU honestly but if someone has a > success story I'd be interested to hear it. > > > > Thanks. > > > > Jeff Kennedy > > QCT Engineering Compute > > 858-651-6592 > > > -- Scott.Miller(a)DreamWorks.com

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Number of mailbox disks with a SyncMirrored root volume
by Nicolai E M Plum 25 Sep '07

25 Sep '07

Hi If I have an active/active (non-Metro) filer cluster, and I use SyncMirror to mirror the root volume of one filer, will I end up with mailbox disks in both plexes, or are the mailbox disks only in one plex (leaving me with a problem if that plex goes away completely)? Online documentation on this is not entirely clear. Would someone who has a SyncMirror setup be able to have a look at their system and answer this definitively? Nicolai

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RE: ONTAP UPGRADE - FEEDBACK REQUEST
by Sphar, Mike 24 Sep '07

24 Sep '07

Coincidentally, just this last weekend I upgraded an FAS940 from 6.5.5 to 7.2.2, as well as two FAS3020s from 7.0.5 to 7.2.3. (There wasn't a specific reason for doing 7.2.2 on one and 7.2.3 on the other, it just worked out that way because I talked to two different Netapp support staff about the different servers.) All the updates went completely painlessly and smoothly. I was a little concerned about the big jump from 6.5 but have not as yet discovered any problems or interruptions in service from the update. One thing that I think helped the update go smoothly is this time I contacted Netapp support and requested Upgrade Plans for each server, which I'd never done before. (I've just historically done the upgrades myself without help.) I was especially concerned with the 3020s because there were several firmware updates to apply and I wasn't entirely sure what the correct order should be. Netapp provided me PDFs of fairly detailed instructions for the upgrades. You can also have them provide a Downgrade Plan in the event of problems. I highly recommend taking advantage of that very helpful service, even if you're fairly familiar with he process. (It's also nice to have an official plan already drawn up to file with the Change Control teams.) -- Michael W. Sphar - IS&T - Lead Systems Administrator SMBU Engineering Support Services, BMC Software ________________________________ From: owner-toasters(a)mathworks.com [mailto:owner-toasters@mathworks.com] On Behalf Of Philip Boyle Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 10:19 AM To: toasters(a)mathworks.com Subject: ONTAP UPGRADE - FEEDBACK REQUEST Hi guys, I'm currently running a number of FAS940 clusters with DATA ONTAP Version 7.0.4 (Sun Feb 5 00:52:53 PST 2006 ) Primarily NFS with some ISCSI. I'd like to hear back from you re your experiences upgrading to the current s/w releases available on the NOW Site for the FAS940 series system. http://now.netapp.com/NOW/cgi-bin/software?product=Data+ONTAP&platform=F AS940. Our immediate options are to take a small step to 7.0.6, move up a little further to 7.1.2.1 or go for the latest and greatest, 7.2.3. Have you guys seen any issues along the upgrade path to any of the above releases? Looking at the stats there are a decent number of systems running 7.2.3, however the average run-time days per system is quite low. Feedback appreciated. Thanks, Philip

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RE: ONTAP UPGRADE - FEEDBACK REQUEST
by Glenn Marsh 24 Sep '07

24 Sep '07

Is it just me or are the numbers the same for just about any system? http://now.netapp.com/NOW/cgi-bin/software/?product=Data+ONTAP&platform=FAS… http://now.netapp.com/NOW/cgi-bin/software/?product=Data+ONTAP&platform=FAS… http://now.netapp.com/NOW/cgi-bin/software/?product=Data+ONTAP&platform=FAS… I guess we don't know for sure now what the real stats are. :( ************************************************************************ Glenn Marsh Lattice Semiconductor Corporation Senior Unix Systems Administrator 5555 NE Moore Court CAD Engineering Hillsboro, Oregon 97124 glenn.marsh(a)latticesemi.com 503-268-8000 503-268-8136 phone - 503-268-8459 fax ************************************************************************

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ONTAP UPGRADE - FEEDBACK REQUEST
by Philip Boyle 24 Sep '07

24 Sep '07

Hi guys, I'm currently running a number of FAS940 clusters with DATA ONTAP Version 7.0.4 (Sun Feb 5 00:52:53 PST 2006 ) Primarily NFS with some ISCSI. I'd like to hear back from you re your experiences upgrading to the current s/w releases available on the NOW Site for the FAS940 series system. http://now.netapp.com/NOW/cgi-bin/software?product=Data+ONTAP <http://now.netapp.com/NOW/cgi-bin/software?product=Data+ONTAP&platform=FAS9 40> &platform=FAS940. Our immediate options are to take a small step to 7.0.6, move up a little further to 7.1.2.1 or go for the latest and greatest, 7.2.3. Have you guys seen any issues along the upgrade path to any of the above releases? Looking at the stats there are a decent number of systems running 7.2.3, however the average run-time days per system is quite low. Feedback appreciated. Thanks, Philip

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Re: snapmirror status / lag
by Brett Rabe 21 Sep '07

21 Sep '07

OnTap 7.2.3. -bmr On 09:37 Fri 21 Sep , George, Andrew wrote: > Which OnTap version? > I remember some of the 6.5's had a problem with the snapmirror date > rolling over > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-toasters(a)mathworks.com [mailto:owner-toasters@mathworks.com] > On Behalf Of Kleinbrahm, Robert > Sent: Friday, 21 September 2007 9:18 AM > To: Brett Rabe; toasters(a)mathworks.com > Subject: RE: snapmirror status / lag > > Try turning snapmirror off and then back on. See if next run shows > correct lag time. > > Bob K. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-toasters(a)mathworks.com [mailto:owner-toasters@mathworks.com] > On Behalf Of Brett Rabe > Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 2:03 PM > To: toasters(a)mathworks.com > Subject: snapmirror status / lag > > Howdy. Trivial question for y'all. > > I have two FAS3040 heads (-01 and -02) in an HA configuration. > > I have one FAS3040 head (-03) to which both of these are mirroring their > data (every 5 minutes). The following is the status output on the backup > toaster: > > mpls-toaster-03> snapmirror status > Snapmirror is on. > Source Destination State Lag > Status > mpls-toaster-01-priv:vol1 mpls-toaster-03:vol1 Snapmirrored 00:04:28 > Idle > mpls-toaster-02-priv:vol1 mpls-toaster-03:vol2 Snapmirrored > 17895:54:16 Idle > > It all works just fine. > > I'm curious about the Lag time. What exactly does that mean? > Why is it "17895:54:16"? It appeared that way after I did a failover of > -02 (to -01) for the purposes of replacing a DIMM. > Brought it back, did the giveback, and everything is working fine. > > The mirroring still seems to be working just great ... this is more of a > curiosity question than anything, I guess. > > -bmr > > The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to > which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged > material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or > taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or > entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you > received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the > material from any computer. This message cannot be guaranteed to be > secure or error-free. > > First Republic Bank and its subsidiaries do not take responsibility for, > or accept time-sensitive instructions sent by email including orders, > funds transfer instructions or stop payments on checks. All instructions > of this nature must be handled by direct communication, not email. > > We reserve the right to monitor and review the content of all email > communications sent or received. Emails sent to or from this address may > be stored in accordance with regulatory requirements. > > > > "This e-mail and any attachments to it (the "Communication") is, unless otherwise stated, confidential, may contain copyright material and is for the use only of the intended recipient. If you receive the Communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, delete the Communication and the return e-mail, and do not read, copy, retransmit or otherwise deal with it. Any views expressed in the Communication are those of the individual sender only, unless expressly stated to be those of Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited ABN 11 005 357 522, or any of its related entities including ANZ National Bank Limited (together "ANZ"). ANZ does not accept liability in connection with the integrity of or errors in the Communication, computer virus, data corruption, interference or delay arising from or in respect of the Communication."

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Re: snapmirror status / lag
by Brett Rabe 21 Sep '07

21 Sep '07

Right on the button. I'm not clear on why the date would have been hosed replacing a DIMM, but that appears to be exactly what happened. It got set to 9/5/05 00:00:00 GMT. Wow. I feel a little silly for not even thinking to check that. Thanks for the advice without ", moron" attached at the end. :) -bmr On 15:39 Thu 20 Sep , Dave Barr (????) wrote: > Check the time (clock) on your filers. I bet -02's clock is way off. > > --Dave > > On 9/20/07, Brett Rabe <brett(a)uswest.net> wrote: > > Howdy. Trivial question for y'all. > > > > I have two FAS3040 heads (-01 and -02) in an HA configuration. > > > > I have one FAS3040 head (-03) to which both of these are mirroring > > their data (every 5 minutes). The following is the status output > > on the backup toaster: > > > > mpls-toaster-03> snapmirror status > > Snapmirror is on. > > Source Destination State Lag Status > > mpls-toaster-01-priv:vol1 mpls-toaster-03:vol1 Snapmirrored 00:04:28 Idle > > mpls-toaster-02-priv:vol1 mpls-toaster-03:vol2 Snapmirrored 17895:54:16 Idle > > > > It all works just fine. > > > > I'm curious about the Lag time. What exactly does that mean? > > Why is it "17895:54:16"? It appeared that way after I did a > > failover of -02 (to -01) for the purposes of replacing a DIMM. > > Brought it back, did the giveback, and everything is working > > fine. > > > > The mirroring still seems to be working just great ... this is > > more of a curiosity question than anything, I guess. > > > > -bmr > >

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snapmirror status / lag
by Brett Rabe 20 Sep '07

20 Sep '07

Howdy. Trivial question for y'all. I have two FAS3040 heads (-01 and -02) in an HA configuration. I have one FAS3040 head (-03) to which both of these are mirroring their data (every 5 minutes). The following is the status output on the backup toaster: mpls-toaster-03> snapmirror status Snapmirror is on. Source Destination State Lag Status mpls-toaster-01-priv:vol1 mpls-toaster-03:vol1 Snapmirrored 00:04:28 Idle mpls-toaster-02-priv:vol1 mpls-toaster-03:vol2 Snapmirrored 17895:54:16 Idle It all works just fine. I'm curious about the Lag time. What exactly does that mean? Why is it "17895:54:16"? It appeared that way after I did a failover of -02 (to -01) for the purposes of replacing a DIMM. Brought it back, did the giveback, and everything is working fine. The mirroring still seems to be working just great ... this is more of a curiosity question than anything, I guess. -bmr

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ESX FC Give & Take
by Carl Howell 20 Sep '07

20 Sep '07

I'm troubleshooting an issue we're having with three ESX 3.01 hosts connected to a FAS3050c via Fibre Channel. After a takeover of the filer node that has active VM/LUN's running on it, the following appears in the /var/log/vmkernel file of the ESX host that owns the active VM's: Device vmhba2:0:2 has disappeared but is currently in use and could not be removed. Device vmhba2:0:3 has disappeared but is currently in use and could not be removed. On the other two ESX hosts, this appears in the /var/log/vmkernel file: Device vmhba2:0:2 has disappeared and has been removed. Device vmhba2:0:3 has disappeared and has been removed. Now, the VM's survive the takeover and are still up and running, but if I attempt a giveback, all three hosts lose access to these LUN's and the VM's go down. It appears to me that the ESX host that owns the active VM's has a SCSI reservation to these LUN's and a takeover is not enough to cause it to reset and remove that reservation(even though the paths failover properly). This type of behavior is mentioned in http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?messageID=752442. All of the timeout values have been verified etc. . . Thanks in advance for the help, --Carl

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SCSI LTO3 Drive for NDMP Backup problems
by Ernesto Silvera 20 Sep '07

20 Sep '07

Hi all, We are getting errors while trying to replace with a new HP LTO3 drive, the actual LTO1 drive connected to the scsi adapter X2027A of a FAS920 NetApp Release 7.0.4 (see errors and actual configuration below). NetApp Log # 2475693 I would really appreciate any hints.. Actual Configuration Model Name: FAS920 NetApp Release 7.0.4 LTO1 drive connected to scsi Adapter slot 10: SCSI Host Adapter 10a (Adaptec AIC7902, <ONLINE>) HW Version 0.0 Ultra320 SCSI, Low Voltage Differential I/O base 0xdd00, size 0x100 memory mapped I/O base 0xa04c0000, size 0x2000 I/O base 0xdf00, size 0x100 slot 10: SCSI Host Adapter 10b (Adaptec AIC7902, <ONLINE>) HW Version 0.0 Ultra320 SCSI, Low Voltage Differential 4: Tape: Seagate ULTRIUM06242 1613 I/O base 0xde00, size 0x100 memory mapped I/O base 0xa04c2000, size 0x2000 I/O base 0xdc00, size 0x100 SCSI ERRORS Sat Sep 8 11:04:38 VET [adpch_timeoutd:warning]: adpch_timeoutd: 10a.3(0x0568ede0, 0x12): command timeout, quiescing bus to allow outstanding I/O to complete(ticks = 8). Sat Sep 8 11:04:46 VET [adpch_asyncd:warning]: adpch asyncd: Resetting SCSI 10a target 3 to clear outstanding I/O. Sat Sep 8 11:04:46 VET [adpch_intrd:warning]: adpch_timeoutd: 10a: unquiescing bus Sat Sep 8 11:04:57 VET [adpch_timeoutd:warning]: adpch_timeoutd: 10a.3(0x0568ede0, 0x12): command timeout, quiescing bus to allow outstanding I/O to complete(ticks = 8). Sat Sep 8 11:05:05 VET [adpch_asyncd:warning]: adpch asyncd: Resetting SCSI 10a target 3 to clear outstanding I/O. Sat Sep 8 11:05:05 VET [adpch_intrd:warning]: adpch_timeoutd: 10a: unquiescing bus Sat Sep 8 11:06:10 VET [adpch_intrd:warning]: Unexpected page code: Ultrium 3 serial number not available. Sat Sep 8 11:34:49 VET [rc:info]: relog syslog Sat Sep 8 11:33:24 VET [adpch_asyncd:warning]: adpch asyncd: Resetting SCSI bus 10a to clear outstanding I/O. Sat Sep 8 11:34:56 VET [adpch_asyncd:warning]: adpch asyncd: Resetting SCSI bus 10a to clear outstanding I/O. Sat Sep 8 11:36:28 VET [adpch_asyncd:warning]: adpch asyncd: Resetting SCSI bus 10a to clear outstanding I/O. Sat Sep 8 11:41:17 VET [adpch_asyncd:warning]: adpch asyncd: Resetting SCSI bus 10b to clear outstanding I/O.

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Reconnect to tape drive
by Bryano 19 Sep '07

19 Sep '07

Hi, We had a power failure the other day (dont ask...!) and as a result it looks as though our filer was brought back up before the tape library was started. One of the drives in the library is directly connected to the filer however it is not showing as being available, when I run a sysconfig -t no tape drive is shown. How can I get the filer to see the tape drive without rebooting it again?? Thanks -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Reconnect-to-tape-drive-tf4480451.html#a12775717 Sent from the Network Appliance - Toasters mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Connect to filer via CIFS from MacOS9/Dave
by Josef Radinger 18 Sep '07

18 Sep '07

Hello, We again have troubles connecting to a filer. Connecting via Windows XP,... works great, but some Clients are old MacOS9 systems, which cannot get updated as they hold software for which no OSX version exists (or it is to expensive). We can connect with the help of DAVE http://www.thursby.com/products/dave.html (Software which enables OS9 to connect to windows/samba,...). If we try to copy folders with files, the folders get created, but the data (the actual files) is not copied. The other way (copying from the filer to the Mac) is the same. If we try this with a samba-system everything is ok. Support from DAVE tells us that they had problems with ontap 6 and macos9, but he was not too sure about this as his tests were a long time ago. They tell us, that from there side everything seems to be ok and that it is very unlikely that we could get an updated version of DAVE for OS9. Does someone have the same problem and maybe a solution? ps.: DAVE under OSX works as expected. -- MfG Josef Radinger it-services Medizinische Universitaet Innsbruck

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RE: HBA Cards
by Saxena, Mayank 17 Sep '07

17 Sep '07

hi, please contact NetApp support team, they should be able to help you with supported and recommended configurations. ~Mayank ________________________________ From: Hisham Sanad [mailto:Hisham.sanad@amwaj-it.com] Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 2:08 AM To: toasters(a)mathworks.com Subject: HBA Cards Hi toaster, I have 2 servers with FCA2214 2GB FC HBA which were connected to HP SAN. Now we are going to switch to NetApp FAS2050. How can I know if these HBA cards are be compatible with the new setup. Also will have FC Cisco switch 9124

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HBA Cards
by Hisham Sanad 17 Sep '07

17 Sep '07

Hi toaster, I have 2 servers with FCA2214 2GB FC HBA which were connected to HP SAN. Now we are going to switch to NetApp FAS2050. How can I know if these HBA cards are be compatible with the new setup. Also will have FC Cisco switch 9124

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Re: DFM 3.6 Fails to Start
by Raj Patel 15 Sep '07

15 Sep '07

>I agree with Rohit, dfm should be the only application installed. I guess I'll go down this path - maybe stick it in a VM. However it doesn't strike me as a particularly efficient solution. We're trying to consolidate monitoring not spread it out. Is there a application compatibility list for DFM ? Can I install AV software at least ? How minimalist does the OS install need to be ? Does it play nice with Microsoft MOM ? Or does anyone use the 3rd party NetApp MOM monitoring pack ? Thanks again for the comments. Cheers, Raj.

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DFM 3.6 Fails to Start
by Raj Patel 14 Sep '07

14 Sep '07

Hi, Anyone had issues with DFM 3.6 on Windows 2003 sp1 ? I've done a clean install of DFM and it installs fine but the Apache service fails to start - it can't talk to database (I get an error code 103 which doesn't seem to match anything on the NOW support site). The server is also acting as a domain controller and IBM Director management server. I initially thought maybe Director was hogging port 80 but netstat didn't show this to be the case and I couldn't enable https anyway as the dfm option command wouldn't run because it couldn't talk to the database (the service itself is running and there is no local firewall). The app has never worked so if theres some knack to installing it I'd be grateful for any advice. Cheers, Raj.

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[Fwd: Network Appliance Customer Support Bulletin: Critical Upgrade - AT-FCX FW to v34 (CSB-0708-03)]
by Paul Letta 14 Sep '07

14 Sep '07

Hello, I can't stress the below bulletin enough. Our site experienced a 12+ hour outage on a FAS3040's first day of production due to this bug. On Sunday, I did a migration from 2 FAS940's and 1 F880 to a new FAS3040 with 3 SATA shelves. The first day of production on Monday was great, it took the load with ease and response was great. Level 0 backups were due. So at about 5pm on Monday, I started level 0's of the volumes on the new 3040. At 7pm, it panic'ed and halted. It said it lost 1 disk in the root aggr and was rebuilding, during which time it said it lost 2 more. I wasn't on the phone with L3 tech support more than 5 minutes before they said I was hit with this firmware bug. The shelves came with V33, and I hadn't put them in production before the May 31st email alert about the FW upgrade to V34 came out. So by around 11pm Monday we started the WAFL_check on the root aggr. And it finished about 5am. But there were a lot of lost files and support did not want us to accept the changes by this WAFL_check and do it against a snapshot from before the crash. We elected to accept the lost files and then search the snapshot and copy the lost files back to the live file system ourselves. But the file system was offline until about 11am, 3 hours into a work day for 2200 users -- not good. And then the 3040 was so slow during that day doing a double reconstruction that many services were not responsive at all, our email spool being the most visible. So, If you have shelves with this firmware -- update it as soon as possible ! The firmware upgrade was the first thing I did the night of the crash, and it only took about 15 minutes to do 3 shelves with 2 modules each. The good news is, we got a 4th shelf that was came later than the rest, and it came with V34 firmware. Paul 9 August 2007 Customer Support Bulletin CSB-0708-03 Critical Upgrade – AT-FCX FW to v34 *Summary**:* This Customer Support Bulletin is meant to reinforce and amplify the need to expeditiously upgrade to the AT-FCX v34 Firmware Release that is described in CSB-0705-03 . Customers are required to schedule a maintenance window and upgrade to AT-FCX FW v34 as soon as possible. *What is the potential service impact **if AT-FCX firmware is not upgraded to v34**:* Systems with AT-FCX I/O modules (X/SP-5612A-R5) not upgraded to firmware v34 can experience the following problems (see link above for more details): * WAFL® file system inconsistency * Write-data loss * Extended system outages * The need to run WAFL recovery utilities to restore data integrity * Unexpected reservation conflicts that in turn can cause additional service outages *What are the failure symptoms if AT-FCX firmware is not upgraded to v34?* Systems with AT-FCX I/O modules (X/SP-5612A-R5) not upgraded to firmware v34 would see the following failure symptoms related to pre-v34 firmware:** o Multiple RAID lost-write or checksum errors are seen on multiple drives attached to an AT-FCX shelf running shelf I/O module firmware version 33 or lower. These errors are caused by misdirected writes and/or reads to a disk. In some cases, not only is the location wrong, but the wrong disk is involved. o The AT-FCX I/O module can occasionally panic during shelf firmware downloading. This will result in loss of disk connectivity and storage multi-disk panic. *Additional Benefits* In addition to protection against the above-mentioned problems, the following fixes are included in firmware v34: * Corrective action that recognizes the failure of the first I/O AFTER a cache flush has failed. This I/O is returned with a senseKey/asc/ascq of 9/88/01 error that causes Data ONTAP® to take the drive out of service. The data on the drive will then be reconstructed normally without data loss. * Corrects an issue in which the reservation database is not updated properly, resulting in unexpected reservation conflicts that in turn can cause service outages. * Avoids a known problem in which a controller failover can occur while downloading shelf firmware. *Support* Please contact NetApp Global Services and/or Professional Services for questions or assistance concerning the firmware upgrade of AT-FCX (X/SP-5612A-R5) to v34.** *NOW Self-Service Options* * To register online for NOW access, go to http://now.netapp.com/newuser/ * To unsubscribe from the Customer Product Announcement distribution list, deselect the Field Alerts option in the Subscriptions <https://now.netapp.com/eservice/personal/loadSubscription.do?moduleName=MYP…> area on NOW. <https://now.netapp.com/eservice/personal/loadSubscription.do?moduleName=MYP…> * To review, order, and renew software subscriptions, click Manage Service Contracts on the Service and Support <http://now.netapp.com/Self-Service/Forms/SupportHome.asp> home page on NOW. The purpose of this communication is for NetApp Global Services to notify its installed base end users about urgent and important product information that may affect product performance or reliability. The information contained herein and the distribution list are Network Appliance™ confidential materials that are subject to restrictions on redistribution and that cannot be shared outside of this email distribution list. © 2007 Network Appliance, Inc. All rights reserved. Specifications subject to change without notice. NetApp, the Network Appliance logo, Data ONTAP, and WAFL are registered trademarks and Network Appliance and NOW are trademarks of Network Appliance, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. All other brands or products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders and should be treated as such.

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Migrating data from Trad vol to Flex vol
by Ken Williams 14 Sep '07

14 Sep '07

I have some data still in traditional volumes that I would like to move to flex vols. The problem is I have snapshot data that we are keeping for a few more years. So is QSM my only option or can ndmpcopy work with snapshots? Has anyone had/seen anything similar? Your thoughts are appreciated. Thanks, __________________________________________________________ Ken Williams Storage Administrator, Business Technology Operations Sacramento Municipal Utility District E-Mail: kwillia(a)smud.org Phone: (916) 732-6744 Cell: (916) 240-4213

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