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RE: NetBackup 4.5 ,NDMP backup failing for root volume
by manish.a.kinnerkar＠jpmorgan.com 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

Thanks all for responding so fast, Timothy and Stephen were the one's harping on resolving the issue to be either at filer end or Veritas end. And this approach proved correct. As soon they asked me to check dump for root volume ... i remembered that i hadn't checked this for root, but done a dump for other volumes , just to ascertain whether the SCSI channel was the issue . I checked the same today, and bingo > dump 0uf nrst0a /vol/vol0 DUMP: creating "/vol/vol0/../snapshot_for_backup.26" snapshot. DUMP: could not create "backup" snapshot : No more snapshots available. Please delete one or more snapshots before trying backup again. DUMP: Dump failed to initialize. DUMP: DUMP IS ABORTED As any backup on our NAS is a Snapshot and backup, so if number of snapshots exceeds the limit allowed by OS , then we cant take any backup on that volume. My problem was some old snapshots lying around, and so the limit of 31 in 6.3.3D11 was reached. I have deleted the snapshots not required, and now all's well. Thanks & regards, Manish A Kinnerkar. stephen.j.darragh(a)baesystems.com 12/17/2003 11:00 PM To: manish.a.kinnerkar(a)jpmorgan.com cc: Subject: RE: NetBackup 4.5 ,NDMP backup failing for root volume Hi, I would try to do a netapp dump of /vol/vol0 and get Veritas out of the picture. If it fails, it's a problem with the tape or drive. If that works, then I would go to the filer and there are options ndmpd debug 50 and ndmpd debug screen (toggle to turn off all the messages to the screen) ndmpd debug by itself will let you check the values. This will create debug files in the etc directory of the filer. Also, create /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/ndmp so the backup attempt will get logged. Now try a backup with Veritas and you should have some data that you can post or log to either netapp or veritas. Good luck, the error 99s are generic and hard to track down. Stephen Darragh -----Original Message----- From: manish.a.kinnerkar(a)jpmorgan.com [mailto:manish.a.kinnerkar@jpmorgan.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 2:56 AM To: toasters(a)mathworks.com Subject: NetBackup 4.5 ,NDMP backup failing for root volume Hi All, We are having a setup of 2 filers with locally attached Tape drives - part of a Multihost Tape librbary . The scheduling & backup control is via a Netbackup 4.5 server via NDMP. The filers as well as the Backup server are a part of a Win2k domain . On one filer, the backup of /vol/vol0 fails specefically after initiation of the ndmp session with the filer. All other volumes can be backed up properly without any such issues. The ndmp session report on the filer is initiated , tape is opened and then it is displays as halted . In netbackup the error code is 99 , which asks you to check the backup file list for invalid entries. The other filer's backup goes well for all volumes including root. I have checked by trying /vol/vol0 or /etc or / as the paths , with no effect.All options seem same on both filers. Can someone suggest what would specefically need to checked in this case. regards, Manish This communication is for informational purposes only. It is not intended as an offer or solicitation for the purchase or sale of any financial instrument or as an official confirmation of any transaction. All market prices, data and other information are not warranted as to completeness or accuracy and are subject to change without notice. Any comments or statements made herein do not necessarily reflect those of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., its subsidiaries and affiliates. This communication is for informational purposes only. It is not intended as an offer or solicitation for the purchase or sale of any financial instrument or as an official confirmation of any transaction. All market prices, data and other information are not warranted as to completeness or accuracy and are subject to change without notice. Any comments or statements made herein do not necessarily reflect those of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., its subsidiaries and affiliates.

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RE: backup question (Summary)
by Geoff Hardin 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

First, let me say thanks to everyone who responded. Second, it appears that there are no stand alone FC drives on the market now. There are a couple of drives that have native FC support (LTO-2 and STK 9xxx), but they are available only as a part of a library configuration. So in our situation, it looks like we'll just attach the tape drives to the Sun server and back everything up via NFS (hope they don't want CIFS data on the filer!), or they'll have to open the pocket book a bit wider and buy a small autoloader or library. Thanks again for all the responses! Geoff Hardin geoff.hardin(a)dalsemi.com If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried. > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-toasters(a)mathworks.com [mailto:owner-toasters@mathworks.com] > On Behalf Of Geoff Hardin > Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 3:39 PM > To: toasters > Subject: backup question > > > I am getting a FAS270c for a small project. The users are concerned > > about the data security and do not want the data to cross the wire to > our current backup solution. So, we're limited to a couple of direct > attached tape drives on the FAS270 because the amount of data does not > justify a small library. Is there anyone else out there doing this? > What did you use? I can't find any stand alone FC (optical) tape > drives. > > Thanks for the help! > > Geoff Hardin > geoff.hardin(a)dalsemi.com > If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.

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NetBackup 4.5 ,NDMP backup failing for root volume
by manish.a.kinnerkar＠jpmorgan.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Hi All, We are having a setup of 2 filers with locally attached Tape drives - part of a Multihost Tape librbary . The scheduling & backup control is via a Netbackup 4.5 server via NDMP. The filers as well as the Backup server are a part of a Win2k domain . On one filer, the backup of /vol/vol0 fails specefically after initiation of the ndmp session with the filer. All other volumes can be backed up properly without any such issues. The ndmp session report on the filer is initiated , tape is opened and then it is displays as halted . In netbackup the error code is 99 , which asks you to check the backup file list for invalid entries. The other filer's backup goes well for all volumes including root. I have checked by trying /vol/vol0 or /etc or / as the paths , with no effect.All options seem same on both filers. Can someone suggest what would specefically need to checked in this case. regards, Manish This communication is for informational purposes only. It is not intended as an offer or solicitation for the purchase or sale of any financial instrument or as an official confirmation of any transaction. All market prices, data and other information are not warranted as to completeness or accuracy and are subject to change without notice. Any comments or statements made herein do not necessarily reflect those of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., its subsidiaries and affiliates.

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RE: Clearcase on Netapps
by Kumar, Rahul 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

No..Its Full Clearcase -----Original Message----- From: owner-toasters(a)mathworks.com [mailto:owner-toasters@mathworks.com] On Behalf Of Bob Borowicz Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 9:46 AM To: toasters Subject: Re: Clearcase on Netapps Yes... Is it Clearcase LT or Full Clearcase? Clearcase LT does NOT support VOBS on NetApp.... -Rob Kumar, Rahul wrote: > Hi, > > We have our clearcase vobs on Netapps.. > > When a windows users tries to checkin a file, the windows explorer > crashes often.... Any ideas... > > F740- Ontap6.4.1 (clnt Windows 2000+sp3 with CC 4.2) > > Regards > Rahul >

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Clearcase on Netapps
by Kumar, Rahul 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Hi, We have our clearcase vobs on Netapps.. When a windows users tries to checkin a file, the windows explorer crashes often.... Any ideas... F740- Ontap6.4.1 (clnt Windows 2000+sp3 with CC 4.2) Regards Rahul

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RE: Virus Protection ideas
by Uren, Jim 16 Dec '03

16 Dec '03

A clarification to Michel's excellent information. "...files are always written to disk, whenever they contain a virus or not." The filer will request a scan for viruses when there is a file extension match and the client request is one of: a) file open b) file rename c) file close (but only if the file was modified) When a file is created there is no scan. When the newly created file is written to, there is no scan. Scanning after each write would kill performance. However, when the file is closed, a scan will occur. As long as the anti-virus server has been set to clean/quarantine/delete if viruses are detected, any infection will be taken care of right then, not when a second client subsequently opens the file. -----Original Message----- From: Michel GELDENHUYS [mailto:michel.geldenhuys@danone.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 8:48 AM To: Toasters(a)mathworks.com Subject: Re: Virus Protection ideas Hi Jon, I think you have two options: - the first one is to forget about virus scanning on your Filer and rely on antivirus software installed on your workstations and servers ;-) - the second one is to go with the virus protection for CIFS way implemented in Data Ontap. Extract from DPG: "CIFS virus protection is a Data ONTAP feature that allows a virus-scanning PC client running Network Appliance-compliant antivirus applications to provide on-access virus scanning of files on a filer. On-access virus scanning means that a file is scanned before a CIFS client is allowed to open it." So files are always written to disk, whenever they contain a virus or not. This is to keep the blasting performance of our Filers at the top. But when an "open file" request is issued, Data Ontap interacts with the antivirus server so that the second scans the file and eventually prevent access to it in case it's infected. You'll find all the story in DOT's Data Protection Guide (see following URL, requires NOW access: http://now.netapp.com/NOW/knowledge/docs/ontap/rel642p6/html/ontap/dpg/vsca…) For compliant antivirus software, Symantec and Trend have one: Symantec: http://enterprisesecurity.symantec.com/products/products.cfm?ProductID=145 Trend Micro: http://www.trendmicro.com/en/products/file-server/sp-netapp/evaluate/overvi… Kind regards, Michel Geldenhuys Danone Belgium SA/NV +32 2 776 68 23 michel.geldenhuys(a)danone.com "Jon Kroff" <JKroff(a)hollandhart.com> Sent by: owner-toasters(a)mathworks.com 16/12/2003 17:14 To: <Toasters(a)mathworks.com> cc: Subject: Virus Protection ideas I am about to consolidate all data storage on to a FAS940 using iSCSI LUNs and CIFS. I was wondering what kind of virus protection companies are using on their appliances for their simple CIF shares. We currently own the Trend Micro suite as well as Symantec suite, if either of those would work. Any input is greatly appreciated. Jon Kroff Network Engineer Holland & Hart LLP 555 17th Street, Suite 3200 Denver, CO 80202 Phone: 303.295.8308 E-mail: jkroff(a)hollandhart.com CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This message is confidential and may be privileged. If you believe that this email has been sent to you in error, please reply to the sender that you received the message in error; then please delete this e-mail. Thank you.

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RE: Virus protection
by Hill, Aaron 16 Dec '03

16 Dec '03

We use Trendmicro Server Protect for Network Appliance across multiple filers for a few thousand users. - fairly straightforward setup - easy to administer and monitor. Incidents and outbreaks are well reported - Pattern updates and notification is solid - Our vendor support has been excellent Definitely worth considering against any of the other major vendors. Aaron -----Original Message----- From: Jon Kroff [mailto:JKroff@hollandhart.com] Sent: Wednesday, 17 December 2003 2:41 AM To: Toasters(a)mathworks.com Subject: Virus protection I am about to consolidate all data storage on to a FAS940 using iSCSI LUNs and CIFS. I was wondering what kind of virus protection companies are using on their appliances for their simple CIF shares. We currently own the Trend Micro suite as well as Symantec suite, if either of those would work. Any input is greatly appreciated. Jon Kroff Network Engineer Holland & Hart LLP 555 17th Street, Suite 3200 Denver, CO 80202 Phone: 303.295.8308 E-mail: jkroff(a)hollandhart.com <http://www.hollandhart.com/> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This message is confidential and may be privileged. If you believe that this email has been sent to you in error, please reply to the sender that you received the message in error; then please delete this e-mail. Thank you. ************** IMPORTANT MESSAGE ************** This e-mail message is intended only for the addressee(s) and contains information which may be confidential. If you are not the intended recipient please advise the sender by return email, do not use or disclose the contents, and delete the message and any attachments from your system. Unless specifically indicated, this email does not constitute formal advice or commitment by the sender or the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ABN 48 123 123 124) or its subsidiaries. **************************************************

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RE: backup question
by Kenley, Martin 16 Dec '03

16 Dec '03

Geoff -- Sony AIT-3 comes as a stand alone, so do most other tape formats: SDLT, Exabyte, LTO, LTO2, etc. Get in touch with a good vendor and they can point you in the right direction for example http://www.storagebysony.com/products/productmain.asp?id=142 Martin -----Original Message----- From: Geoff Hardin [mailto:geoff.hardin@dalsemi.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 1:39 PM To: toasters Subject: backup question I am getting a FAS270c for a small project. The users are concerned about the data security and do not want the data to cross the wire to our current backup solution. So, we're limited to a couple of direct attached tape drives on the FAS270 because the amount of data does not justify a small library. Is there anyone else out there doing this? What did you use? I can't find any stand alone FC (optical) tape drives. Thanks for the help! Geoff Hardin geoff.hardin(a)dalsemi.com If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.

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backup question
by Geoff Hardin 16 Dec '03

16 Dec '03

I am getting a FAS270c for a small project. The users are concerned about the data security and do not want the data to cross the wire to our current backup solution. So, we're limited to a couple of direct attached tape drives on the FAS270 because the amount of data does not justify a small library. Is there anyone else out there doing this? What did you use? I can't find any stand alone FC (optical) tape drives. Thanks for the help! Geoff Hardin geoff.hardin(a)dalsemi.com If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.

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Tape Backups
by Dan Nowak 16 Dec '03

16 Dec '03

All, As I am fairly new to Network Appliances, I would like your opinions on the best method for backing up a larger system. I am using a spectralogic 245 tape jukebox in stacker mode. I am trying to backup two separate volumes in utilizing a no-rewind device. As we are only in the testing mode, there is currently not that much data to back up, however when in full production, we fully expect a 1000+ users with a disk quota of 1 gig. We are not using any third party application such as Veritas or Legato Networker and are only using the dump and restore commands and the options associated with them. The NetApp documentation really is not that informative and I thought maybe some of the more experienced users out there may have some helpful suggestions. Thank you in advance for any advice, Dan

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Re: Virus Protection ideas
by Michel GELDENHUYS 16 Dec '03

16 Dec '03

Hi Jon, I think you have two options: - the first one is to forget about virus scanning on your Filer and rely on antivirus software installed on your workstations and servers ;-) - the second one is to go with the virus protection for CIFS way implemented in Data Ontap. Extract from DPG: "CIFS virus protection is a Data ONTAP feature that allows a virus-scanning PC client running Network Appliance-compliant antivirus applications to provide on-access virus scanning of files on a filer. On-access virus scanning means that a file is scanned before a CIFS client is allowed to open it." So files are always written to disk, whenever they contain a virus or not. This is to keep the blasting performance of our Filers at the top. But when an "open file" request is issued, Data Ontap interacts with the antivirus server so that the second scans the file and eventually prevent access to it in case it's infected. You'll find all the story in DOT's Data Protection Guide (see following URL, requires NOW access: http://now.netapp.com/NOW/knowledge/docs/ontap/rel642p6/html/ontap/dpg/vsca…) For compliant antivirus software, Symantec and Trend have one: Symantec: http://enterprisesecurity.symantec.com/products/products.cfm?ProductID=145 Trend Micro: http://www.trendmicro.com/en/products/file-server/sp-netapp/evaluate/overvi… Kind regards, Michel Geldenhuys Danone Belgium SA/NV +32 2 776 68 23 michel.geldenhuys(a)danone.com "Jon Kroff" <JKroff(a)hollandhart.com> Sent by: owner-toasters(a)mathworks.com 16/12/2003 17:14 To: <Toasters(a)mathworks.com> cc: Subject: Virus Protection ideas I am about to consolidate all data storage on to a FAS940 using iSCSI LUNs and CIFS. I was wondering what kind of virus protection companies are using on their appliances for their simple CIF shares. We currently own the Trend Micro suite as well as Symantec suite, if either of those would work. Any input is greatly appreciated. Jon Kroff Network Engineer Holland & Hart LLP 555 17th Street, Suite 3200 Denver, CO 80202 Phone: 303.295.8308 E-mail: jkroff(a)hollandhart.com CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This message is confidential and may be privileged. If you believe that this email has been sent to you in error, please reply to the sender that you received the message in error; then please delete this e-mail. Thank you.

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Virus Protection ideas
by Jon Kroff 16 Dec '03

16 Dec '03

I am about to consolidate all data storage on to a FAS940 using iSCSI LUNs and CIFS. I was wondering what kind of virus protection companies are using on their appliances for their simple CIF shares. We currently own the Trend Micro suite as well as Symantec suite, if either of those would work. Any input is greatly appreciated. Jon Kroff Network Engineer Holland & Hart LLP 555 17th Street, Suite 3200 Denver, CO 80202 Phone: 303.295.8308 E-mail: jkroff(a)hollandhart.com CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This message is confidential and may be privileged. If you believe that this email has been sent to you in error, please reply to the sender that you received the message in error; then please delete this e-mail. Thank you.

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investment proposal
by cathrine 16 Dec '03

16 Dec '03

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Virus protection
by Jon Kroff 16 Dec '03

16 Dec '03

I am about to consolidate all data storage on to a FAS940 using iSCSI LUNs and CIFS. I was wondering what kind of virus protection companies are using on their appliances for their simple CIF shares. We currently own the Trend Micro suite as well as Symantec suite, if either of those would work. Any input is greatly appreciated. Jon Kroff Network Engineer Holland & Hart LLP 555 17th Street, Suite 3200 Denver, CO 80202 Phone: 303.295.8308 E-mail: jkroff(a)hollandhart.com <http://www.hollandhart.com/> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This message is confidential and may be privileged. If you believe that this email has been sent to you in error, please reply to the sender that you received the message in error; then please delete this e-mail. Thank you.

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RE: Tape Backups
by James Beal 16 Dec '03

16 Dec '03

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RE: Default units for quotas in 6.4.2P6
by Ehrhart, Rick 16 Dec '03

16 Dec '03

It is reported as burt 106031. The workaround is to explicity specify 'K'. - Rick - > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Thompson [mailto:cet1@cus.cam.ac.uk] > Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 6:17 AM > To: toasters(a)mathworks.com > Subject: Default units for quotas in 6.4.2P6 > > > We have just upgraded from 6.3.3 to 6.4.2P6 (now it is "GA") and > suffered a nasty consequence. If an entry in /etc/quotas doesn't > specify any of "K", "M" or "G" for the limit, e.g. > > 261 user@/home 81920 4000 > > then the units are taken to be bytes rather than (as before, since > time immemorial) kilobytes. In the example the limit becomes 80 KB > rather than 80 MB. > > We have a daily useradmin job that runs overnight, and among other > things builds a new /etc/quotas from another data source and then > does a "quota resize". Our users weren't too happy to have all > their quotas divided by 1024 in one swell foop... I have added > an explicit "K" now, of course. > > All the documentation I can find still claims that "The default > for the disk limits and warning threshold is kilobytes", so maybe > this is a bug. Or maybe it will be reclassified as a feature when > NetApp get around to updating the documentation. Anyway, it's > something anyone upgrading ought to beware of. > > Chris Thompson > Email: cet1(a)cam.ac.uk >

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Re: Tape Backups
by Dan Nowak 16 Dec '03

16 Dec '03

Thank you for your quick response. I appreciate the reply and advice. However, I am under certain restraints in that there is no wish or desire to purchase any new software and the only stated purpose for the tape backups is for disaster recovery purposes. I was hoping to find out what would be the most efficient way to do multiple volume backups so that I could determine the most efficient way in which to label and record the contents of the tapes. Thanks!!! Dan At 10:04 AM 12/16/2003, Andrew Siegel wrote: >You will grow old fast waiting for restores done from raw >NetApp dumps. The entire tape must be scanned. This can take >hours, or even days for multi-volume dumps. Most modern backup >utilities can directly position the tape to the point where >the data occurs. > >We use Reliaty Backup (formerly Workstation Solutions Quick Restore, >soon to be Oracle Backup) and we couldn't be happier. We barely >survived two years of Veritas Netbackup, and we evaluated a few >other products before finding Reliaty. > >They were acquired by Oracle recently, and they are in flux. >The current web site is: http://otn.oracle.com/deploy/availability/Reliaty > >-- >Andrew Siegel >Head of Systems >Blue Sky Studios, Inc. >44 South Broadway, 17th floor >White Plains, NY 10601 >914-259-6336 direct >914-259-6500 main >914-259-6499 fax >abs(a)blueskystudios.com > > >Dan Nowak wrote: > >>All, >>As I am fairly new to Network Appliances, I would like your opinions on >>the best method for backing up a larger system. I am using a spectralogic >>245 tape jukebox in stacker mode. I am trying to backup two separate >>volumes in utilizing a no-rewind device. As we are only in the testing >>mode, there is currently not that much data to back up, however when in >>full production, we fully expect a 1000+ users with a disk quota of 1 >>gig. We are not using any third party application such as Veritas or >>Legato Networker and are only using the dump and restore commands and the >>options associated with them. The NetApp documentation really is not that >>informative and I thought maybe some of the more experienced users out >>there may have some helpful suggestions. >>Thank you in advance for any advice, >>Dan >> >

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Unusual Disk Activity
by Blake Folgner 16 Dec '03

16 Dec '03

Hello fellow Toaster Users, Last night I notice that our F760 got a bit sluggish for the very first time. We are running 6.2.1R1D5. Around 1:00 when the scrub started the disk utilization went up to around 9600bB/s and no more than 300NFS ops and practically no network traffic. After the scrub completed it found no errors or problems with any of the disks. Here is a out put of a sysstat CPU NFS CIFS HTTP Net kB/s Disk kB/s Tape kB/s Cache in out read write read write age 12% 52 0 0 13 12 1938 418 0 0 0s 14% 55 0 0 13 11 2705 327 0 0 0s 13% 34 0 0 8 8 2915 194 0 0 0s 18% 55 0 0 11 9 3612 161 0 0 0s 10% 18 0 0 4 3 2400 102 0 0 0s 17% 80 0 0 17 14 3371 189 0 0 0s 15% 106 0 0 24 22 2459 538 0 0 0s 14% 39 0 0 11 16 1787 569 0 0 0s 17% 65 0 0 15 22 2680 448 0 0 0s 13% 54 0 0 14 16 1740 544 0 0 0s 16% 54 0 0 11 15 2521 430 0 0 0s 17% 90 0 0 19 22 2178 627 0 0 0s 15% 62 0 0 18 27 1984 697 0 0 0s 13% 50 0 0 12 15 1990 397 0 0 0s As you can see there is practically no network traffic and very low ops. Something that dose have me a bit confused is the Cache Age... there is none? This system has been online for 400 days, 11:40 2000225709 NFS ops and I think it might just be time for a reboot. But before I reboot the system I wanted to check with fellow users to see if this is an DOT bug or just a common netapp twitch. Thanks for your help and advice. Best regards, Blake Folgner

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12 Dec '03

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MATTER OF URGENCY (DR.BANKOLE)
by bankole adekanmi 12 Dec '03

12 Dec '03

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multipathing with a Solaris client
by Kerry Herschel 11 Dec '03

11 Dec '03

Hi, We connected a FAS940 to a SAN fabric. We have a Solaris client that has 2 HBAs connected to the SAN switch. I would like to setup multipathing to the FAS940. It appears from the documentation and from our NetApp rep that multipathing requires Veritas DMS (dynamic multipathing software). Has anyone setup multipathing on a Solaris client to a NetApp device without Veritas? We've tried mpxio and it doesn't seem to work. Has anyone tried Disk Suite or any other solution? Thanks for any input, Kerry Herschel ================================================================ Margaret.K.Herschel(a)jpl.nasa.gov ICIS Jet Propulsion Laboratory Phone 818.354.1111 DISCLAIMER: The personal and professional opinions presented herein are my own and do not, in any way, represent the opinion or policy of JPL.

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Snapshot reserve management
by Brian Tao 11 Dec '03

11 Dec '03

I think most any Netapp admin has been in this situation: you set aside a chunk of disk space for your snapshot reserve. After a week goes by, you see that the reserve is at 150% of allocation. You manually delete some snapshots until it falls back under 100%, and adjust the snap schedule. A few months go by, new applications are rolled in and old ones retire. Snapshot usage has also increased, but you are at a loss to pinpoint the exact cause of the higher data turnover rate. What do people do to shed more light on this kind of situation? I'd love to be able to conclude "It is the files in /vol/vol0/myapp/data that are chewing up the most snapshot space" or "It is the write activity coming from NFS client myhost1 that is causing the most block turnover". I think I asked this question about five years ago and did not discover an adequate solution back then. I'm hoping someone might be able to share their expertise on this problem now. ;-) -- Brian Tao (BT300, taob(a)risc.org) "Though this be madness, yet there is method in't"

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FW: YOUR CHANCE TO WIN A POOL
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10 Dec '03

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RE: Snapshot reserve management
by Hill, Aaron 10 Dec '03

10 Dec '03

At on stage, I ran into this frequently with large databases & batch processing areas combined with snapmirror across an inadequate WAN pipe. Expert internal advice and intimate knowledge of the database rebuild & batch scheduling matrix still only provided partial knowledge of which block changes were coming from where. Various nfsstat scripting/logging helped identify which servers were committing the most nfs ops, but there was not much we could do about it even with that information. Management involved the snapshot deletion method, some late nights, temporary bandwidth upgrades and ultimately some disk purchases. None of it could be honestly described as prevention. This has changed in my current environment. We currently use 2 tools; DataFabric Manager - our "project" areas a split into hundreds of qtrees that can be monitored individually. Any large usage increases/decreases in a particular area can be pinpointed. Intermine Filecensus - With this we can quantify file/folders that have been created/modified/accessed. Filecensus can even be configured to scan snapshot areas if you want to compare between snapshot and current content. I must note that we do not really have the same snapshot problem in the current environment. But I can see how DFM and Filecensus output could be produced to help track down "paths" that are making the largest contributions to filesystem change. Hope I have added more answers than questions! Aaron -----Original Message----- From: Brian Tao [mailto:taob@risc.org] Sent: Wednesday, 10 December 2003 2:10 PM To: toasters(a)mathworks.com Subject: Snapshot reserve management I think most any Netapp admin has been in this situation: you set aside a chunk of disk space for your snapshot reserve. After a week goes by, you see that the reserve is at 150% of allocation. You manually delete some snapshots until it falls back under 100%, and adjust the snap schedule. A few months go by, new applications are rolled in and old ones retire. Snapshot usage has also increased, but you are at a loss to pinpoint the exact cause of the higher data turnover rate. What do people do to shed more light on this kind of situation? I'd love to be able to conclude "It is the files in /vol/vol0/myapp/data that are chewing up the most snapshot space" or "It is the write activity coming from NFS client myhost1 that is causing the most block turnover". I think I asked this question about five years ago and did not discover an adequate solution back then. I'm hoping someone might be able to share their expertise on this problem now. ;-) -- Brian Tao (BT300, taob(a)risc.org) "Though this be madness, yet there is method in't" ************** IMPORTANT MESSAGE ************** This e-mail message is intended only for the addressee(s) and contains information which may be confidential. If you are not the intended recipient please advise the sender by return email, do not use or disclose the contents, and delete the message and any attachments from your system. Unless specifically indicated, this email does not constitute formal advice or commitment by the sender or the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ABN 48 123 123 124) or its subsidiaries. **************************************************

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Netapp F760
by mikka makka 10 Dec '03

10 Dec '03

Hi all, I've inherited a Netapp F760, with two FC9 shelves (7x36 GB FC disks). I noticed some discussion earlier on this list about Netapp having a "hobbyist" program, whereby home users could get software updates and license keys for unsupported machines. (Mine is working fine, but only has NFS licensed -- I'd like to experiment with CIFS, HTTP, etc.) Does anyone have any more details about this? I searched the Net but was unable to find any specific information, other than that various people seem to have successfully gotten hobbyist license keys from their Netapp reps. (I don't have a Netapp rep, since I am only a home user). Also, my unit has two broken disks -- one was bad when I got it, and another failed (urk) shortly thereafter. I am curious whether I can simply take a new, empty Seagate ST136403FC disk -- this is the same model number as those in the system now, remove the failed disk from the drive carrier, and swap in the new one? That is, is there anything special about a NetApp-spec disk (special firmware maybe, or something prewritten on the disk, or whatever) that differentiates it from a generic Seagate disk, and would therefore prevent me from using it in the system? If so, is there any workaround? Thanks a lot for any info, Mikkamakka _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

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