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NDMP, Veritas and Netapp---slow restores?
by MikeBall＠datalink.com 08 May '01

08 May '01

Below is our environment ------------------------- Veritas DataCenter 3.4GA Patch J0850482 on Sun e250 2 400M procs and 512M ram ATL3000 Tape Library with DLT-7000 drives NetApp 760 Filer running OnTap 5.3.6R1 2 tape drives directly attached to the onboard SCSI port on Netapp Netapp is attached to LAN by gigabit ethernet Scenario ------------ We are backing up the nightly snapshots. We have a Netapp backup class. I have had to give each class the NEW_STREAM directive in order to get multiple jobs started, but unlike the other Veritas jobs, they line up in a queue and execute one at a time. Restores are quite slow, and while I can pick individual files out of a catalog, neither Veritas nor OnTap has any idea where they are on the tape. I have used the OnTap utilities to check status on the drive and seen it searching serially thru the tape for the file. The Veritas messages are very sparse. The first time I tried a restore, I had a 168Gb volume in one stream. It eventually took 5.5 hours to restore, and that was after I killed the job because I had no feedback from Veritas, having to reset the tape drives because they were downed by the kill. By splitting up the streams, I got this down to about an hour, but it is still slow enough to be an issue. Does anyone have any idea what I may be doing wrong or is this just a issue with Veritas NDMP? Does anyone no if Veritas is planning on fixing this slow restore performance via NDMP? Will upgrading to Data Ontap 6.02 help any? Thank you for your help, Mike

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na_macstream utility from Network Appliance
by Allen, Pat 08 May '01

08 May '01

Hi all, Does anybody have any experience running the na_macstream utility that is supposed to convert all the DAVE Macintosh Client resource.frk files after upgrading to 6.0.1R3? I upgraded this morning and immediately ran the utility as instructed. Whenever it finds the resource.frk file, it gives me an error message that says that it can't delete the files under that directory name. A couple of questions: 1. Is this error message common? (I'm running in verbose mode.) 2. Are the resource.frk directories necessary after running the na_macstream utility? Thanks! --- Pat Allen (pat(a)mbari.org) Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) 7700 Sandholdt Rd, Moss Landing, CA 95039 (voice) 831-775-1724; (fax) 831-775-1620

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RE: Quota Notifier
by Nail, Larry 08 May '01

08 May '01

Michael, Perl runs on Win32 as well... check out ActiveState.com. I've taken many Perl scripts & ported them over without any significant difficulties. The resource kits for NT/W2K are your valuable friends in these efforts as well. -----Original Message----- From: Honeycutt, Michael [mailto:MichaelHoneycutt@NC.SLR.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 7:43 AM To: 'toasters(a)mathworks.com' Subject: Quota Notifier Does anyone know of a program or tool that I could use to report to my users when they are close to their quota limit? These are NT clients, so I need something that will run from a windows platform. I have seen the perl scripts on the NOW site, but I am not familiar enough with Sun to make those scripts run correctly. Thanks. Michael Honeycutt MCSE/A+ NT/Exchange Engineer IBM Global Services

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Quota Notifier
by Honeycutt, Michael 08 May '01

08 May '01

Does anyone know of a program or tool that I could use to report to my users when they are close to their quota limit? These are NT clients, so I need something that will run from a windows platform. I have seen the perl scripts on the NOW site, but I am not familiar enough with Sun to make those scripts run correctly. Thanks. Michael Honeycutt MCSE/A+ NT/Exchange Engineer IBM Global Services

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RE: Maximum volume size
by Wedge, Cliff 07 May '01

07 May '01

What docs are you reading? Thanks, Cliff Cliff Wedge Technical Publications Manager Hardware Group Network Appliance 408.822.6839 cliff.wedge(a)netapp.com -----Original Message----- From: Leigh David Heyman [mailto:leigh@ai.mit.edu] Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 1:56 PM To: toasters(a)mathworks.com Subject: Maximum volume size So, I've been through some docs, and they seem to say that the maximum "recommended" size of a single volume is 250G. With 36G drives this equates to basically 1 volume per shelf???!?! Is this correct, or has the documentation in this regard not been updated? Does anyon know what this "recommendation" is based on? It doesn't seem very efficient. -Leigh ----------------------------- A nasty looking dwarf throws a knife at you.

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Backup trouble - "Compression page" support
by Jered Heeschen 07 May '01

07 May '01

I connected a Magstar 3590 tape drive to the external SCSI port on an F760 running DataONTAP 6.02, and have been having trouble getting the filer to do more than recogize the tape's existence. The drive is recognized when I execute "mt -f nrst0a status", and shows up as I'd expect in "sysconfig -t", but any other tape operation fails. When I execute any "mt" command (including "status") I get the follownig error on the console: " [...:tape_admin:error]: tape 0.0: doesn't support compression page". I've tried mt with rewind and offline, and both fail. Attempting a dump yields a message that the tape is not writeable or is broken, and requests a new one. I've tried this with two different 3590 drives, two different SCSI cables, and three different tapes. I've also cycled through the different tape deivces (rst0a, urst0h, nrst0l, etc.) with no change. Anyone have an idea of what else I could try to get the tape drive and the F760 to get along? Jered Heeschen heeschen(a)us.ibm.com

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Re: HSM with filers?
by SteveRoche＠datalink.com 07 May '01

07 May '01

Tom, This was sent to me some time ago from Darleen Cormier from Netapp. -steve Hi Steve, The reason that neither Veritas Storage Replicator or other HSM packages currently support HSM migration of data to and from NetApp filers is because DataONTAP does NOT support DMAPI protocol. DMAPI means Data Management Application Programming Interface and this along with the X/Open Data Storage Management (XDSM) standard allow HSM functionality across a wide range of operating environments without sacrificing system reliability. Without this, the HSM software has no idea of file attributes or location. This reason I'm giving you all this exciting info (YAWN) is that most, if not all, HSM packages use these protocols. Until NetApp is able to support these protocols, or the 3rd party companies are able to come up with some other way of doing HSM, we will not be able to offer an HSM solution to our customers. Now, Good news/ Bad News. The good news is we are receiving more and more requests for this functionality, and I do know that engineering is looking at possibly adding support for the DMAPI protocol. The bad news is that no date has been set for beginning to implement this. Sorry we can't tell you anything better. Steve Roche Senior Account Executive DataLink - Information Means The World http://www.datalink.com "Tom \"Mad Dog\" Yergeau" To: "'toasters(a)mathworks.com'" <toasters(a)mathworks.com> <MadDog(a)fool.com> cc: Sent by: Subject: HSM with filers? owner-toasters@mat hworks.com 05/04/01 01:47 AM I just took the NetApp backup survey that they sent out and one of the questions was about using hierarchical storage management with filers. Does anyone know of any HSM products out there that currently work with filers? Thanks, Tom

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CIFS plaintext vs encrypted
by Frank Cusack 07 May '01

07 May '01

From http://www.netapp.com/tech_library/3020.html: The NetApp filer requires plaintext password authentication from the client if the /etc/passwd file or NIS is used to provide CIFS client authentication on the filer. If the filer is configured to provide Pass-Through Authentication then any password entry in the /etc/passwd is ignored for NT authenticated CIFS clients. How do I know how my filer is configured? Also, what about NetLogon authentication? cifs testdc does find my domain controller, but does that mean it is in the domain? Also, cifsconfig.cfg: cifs setup -w x.x.x.x -security unix -cp 437 Oooh, I'll bet that means plaintext (against local /etc/passwd). Hope not. I realize my question may be incomplete. :\ thx /fc

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dump/restore inode question
by Avi Freedman 05 May '01

05 May '01

Perhaps a stupid question, but if I restore a dump from a tape/file to a volume on a netapp, and there are inode number conflicts (because the existing volume has a bunch o' files), will the files with duplicate inode numbers be blown away? Thanks, Avi

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NNTP question
by Avi Freedman 05 May '01

05 May '01

For people running netcaches with NNTP support, I was wondering about how many simultaenous users worth of activity you've been able to support on 600/700-series netcaches. Thanks, Avi

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Large volume performance
by Tom McDonald 05 May '01

05 May '01

Hello, We have a need to create a very large volume (800+ GB) on one of our F760 Filers for NFS only use. I plan on creating a volume with 5 RAID groups, each with 14 18-GB disks, that will span across two fibre channel adapters. RAID groups will not span across adaptors. I am wondering what kind of performance should expect as a result of having such a large volume across two adapters. Any thoughts? Thanks, Tom

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Networker Unsuccessful Save Sets
by Nicholas Chua 04 May '01

04 May '01

I have been getting the following error lately on Networker, any clues on where to start looking for the cause? ############################################################################ #### NetWorker Savegroup: (alert) NetApp completed, 1 client(s) (netapp1 Failed) Start time: Wed May 2 21:00:00 2001 End time: Wed May 2 21:04:15 2001 --- Unsuccessful Save Sets --- * netapp1:/vol/vol0/etc 1 retry attempted * netapp1:/vol/vol0/etc save not found. Type '?' for a list of commands * netapp1:/vol/vol0/pdmdb 1 retry attempted * netapp1:/vol/vol0/pdmdb save not found. Type '?' for a list of commands * netapp1:/vol/vol0/audio_pdm 1 retry attempted * netapp1:/vol/vol0/audio_pdm save not found. Type '?' for a list of commands --- Successful Save Sets --- server1: /nsr/index/netapp1 level=9, 185 KB 00:04:06 5 files ############################################################################ #### The following error shows up on the Failed Saved Sets under Group Control Details netapp1 /vol/vol0 unexpectedly exited:incr:save netapp1:/vol/vol0/etc level=incr, pool=Default, save as of Tue May 1 23:53:59 GMT+0800 2001 Thanks in advanced for your help. Regards, Nic

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RE: HSM with filers?
by Cormier, Darleen 04 May '01

04 May '01

What you are saying is true, Joe. A customer does not buy Veritas' Storage Migrator and then buy Enigma Data. Enigma Data has Veritas Storage Migrator already integrated into their "stuff". Veritas' package, by itself, is not compatible with filers. -----Original Message----- From: Joe Luchtenberg [mailto:joe.luchtenberg@data-line.com] Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 8:59 AM To: 'Cormier, Darleen'; 'Tom "Mad Dog" Yergeau'; 'toasters(a)mathworks.com' Subject: RE: HSM with filers? Darleen, Would you please elaborate? A cursory look at Enigma Data's website reveals that the HSM part of their solution is Veritas Storage Migrator, which is not interoperable with NetApp filers (unless I am completely misinformed). Am I missing something here, or are the customers to which you refer concurrently using NetApp and Enigma/Veritas storage solutions but not integrating them? Joe Joe Luchtenberg Dataline, Inc. 757.858.0600 757.285.1223 (cell) 757.858.0606 (fax) joe.luchtenberg(a)data-line.com www.data-line.com -----Original Message----- From: Cormier, Darleen [mailto:Darleen.Cormier@netapp.com] Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 10:57 AM To: 'Tom "Mad Dog" Yergeau'; 'toasters(a)mathworks.com' Subject: RE: HSM with filers? Hi Tom, Just to let you know, we do have some NetApp customers both using and evaluating a package called Enigma Data. www.enigmadata.com You might want to talk to them and see if their package will meet your needs. -----Original Message----- From: Tom "Mad Dog" Yergeau [mailto:MadDog@fool.com] Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 10:48 PM To: 'toasters(a)mathworks.com' Subject: HSM with filers? I just took the NetApp backup survey that they sent out and one of the questions was about using hierarchical storage management with filers. Does anyone know of any HSM products out there that currently work with filers? Thanks, Tom

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Re: JNDMP Copy
by Mike Smith 04 May '01

04 May '01

In addition to the suggestion to make sure ndmpd is on on the filer ("ndmpd on" will do it) try the transfer using paths that look like this: jndmpcopy gvl-netapp1:/vol/vol1/~snapshot/SnapSQL/gvl-triv-sql01/DATA/LOG gvl-netapp1:/vol/vol1/gvl-triv-sql01/TEST Note: All I did was remove the "c:" from the path. Mike Smith Escalations Jerk. -------------------------------------------------------- > > -----Original Message----- > From: Morgan, Joshua [mailto:JMorgan@Trivergent.com] > Sent: Fri, May 04, 2001 15:59 > To: 'toasters(a)mathworks.com' > Subject: JNDMP Copy > > > > Has any one used this and if so can you give me a sample path to copy we keep getting an error (see below) > > jndmpcopy gvl-netapp1:/c:/vol/vol1/~snapshot/SnapSQL/gvl-triv-sql01/DAT > A/LOG gvl-netapp1:/c:/vol/vol1/gvl-triv-sql01/TEST > May 04 09:16:57 [ndmpd:0]: Error opening socket to gvl-netapp1 at port 10000 java.lang.ThreadDeath > at java/lang/Thread.stop0 > at java/lang/Thread.stop > at java/lang/Thread.stop > at jndmpcopy/JNdmpcopy.abort > at jndmpcopy/JNdmpcopy.main > > ERROR: java.lang.ThreadDeath > > > > > > > > Thanks > Joshua > > > > > Joshua Morgan > NuVox Communications > OSS/Network Engineer > PH: (864) 331-7939 > Fax: (864) 271-7810 > jmorgan(a)trivergent.com > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > =================== > > "Life is overwhelming > Heavy is the head that wears the crown > I'd love to be the one to disappoint you when I don't fall down "-------Fred Durst-------

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RE: HSM with filers?
by Joe Luchtenberg 04 May '01

04 May '01

Darleen, Would you please elaborate? A cursory look at Enigma Data's website reveals that the HSM part of their solution is Veritas Storage Migrator, which is not interoperable with NetApp filers (unless I am completely misinformed). Am I missing something here, or are the customers to which you refer concurrently using NetApp and Enigma/Veritas storage solutions but not integrating them? Joe Joe Luchtenberg Dataline, Inc. 757.858.0600 757.285.1223 (cell) 757.858.0606 (fax) joe.luchtenberg(a)data-line.com www.data-line.com -----Original Message----- From: Cormier, Darleen [mailto:Darleen.Cormier@netapp.com] Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 10:57 AM To: 'Tom "Mad Dog" Yergeau'; 'toasters(a)mathworks.com' Subject: RE: HSM with filers? Hi Tom, Just to let you know, we do have some NetApp customers both using and evaluating a package called Enigma Data. www.enigmadata.com You might want to talk to them and see if their package will meet your needs. -----Original Message----- From: Tom "Mad Dog" Yergeau [mailto:MadDog@fool.com] Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 10:48 PM To: 'toasters(a)mathworks.com' Subject: HSM with filers? I just took the NetApp backup survey that they sent out and one of the questions was about using hierarchical storage management with filers. Does anyone know of any HSM products out there that currently work with filers? Thanks, Tom

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RE: Help With Dump of a Filer 760
by Cormier, Darleen 04 May '01

04 May '01

Hi Irene, Please let me try and answer your question about sequential mode. The NetApp dump and restore utility has no way to control the robotics in a library. We do not have commands which tell the robot arm go to slot 3 and move the tape to drive 2, etc. Normally those types of commands are handled by the backup software packages. When a library is setup to respond to those types of commands, it is called "Random Access Mode". Most libraries by default are set that way. However, many, not all, libraries can also be set in "sequential or stacker mode". This means that the library simply moves from slot one to the next sequential slot. It can't "jump around", it just goes from the top to the bottom. Our dump utility will start at tape one, fill it up, eject the tape, insert next tape, fill it up, etc. When the library is set in sequential mode, we can control those basic functions. That is why it was suggested you set your library in that mode, however, I suggest you check with STK t! o see if your library has that option. Hope this helps. -----Original Message----- From: Reed, Irene [mailto:IReed@tea.state.tx.us] Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 3:19 PM To: 'toasters(a)mathworks.com' Subject: Help With Dump of a Filer 760 We currently own a Filer 760 running ONTAP 6.0.1.R3. Currently we are backing up Unix files via nfs mounts. Soon we plan to put a lot of NT data on the filer that needs to be backed up. Our agency backup software is Legato 6.01 running on AIX 4.3.3. This version of Legato is non NDMP aware so we cannot use it to backup the filer. I am considering buying a StorageTek L20 (10 slots with 1 DLT7000 drive) and attaching it directly to the filer via the onboard scsi adapter. I would like to use dump and restore to carry out the backups so that I do not have to buy another backup software solution. Netapp says this will work if I can put the L20 in sequential mode. Does anyone know what this means? Is anyone backing up a filer in this manner? If yes I would love to hear from you. Also any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Irene Reed Texas Education Agency

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RE: HSM with filers?
by Cormier, Darleen 04 May '01

04 May '01

Hi Neil, That is true in the "standard" HSM world. Normally HSM requires several protocols which we do not support, however Enigma Data is doing something a little different. They have a software layer which is bundled together with Vertias' HSM module, and also an Oracle Database portion to keep track of everything. With this combination they are able to move off groups of files which they call projects to tape, optical or other disks and also bring them back if requested. They have some product descriptions on their web site which can give you more detail. It doesn't have all the HSM features, but that's why I suggested to Tom that he check them out to see if the had the features he needed. We have several large oil and gas customers using the package sucessfully and a couple of other customers doing evaluations. -----Original Message----- From: neil lehrer [mailto:nlehrer@ibb.gov] Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 8:19 AM To: Cormier, Darleen Cc: "'Tom \"Mad Dog\" Yergeau'"; 'toasters(a)mathworks.com' Subject: Re: HSM with filers? i thought netapp would have to include an hsm api in ontap before this would work? "Cormier, Darleen" wrote: > > Hi Tom, Just to let you know, we do have some NetApp customers both using and evaluating a package called Enigma Data. www.enigmadata.com You might want to talk to them and see if their package will meet your needs. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom "Mad Dog" Yergeau [mailto:MadDog@fool.com] > Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 10:48 PM > To: 'toasters(a)mathworks.com' > Subject: HSM with filers? > > I just took the NetApp backup survey that they sent out and one of the > questions was about using hierarchical storage management with filers. > > Does anyone know of any HSM products out there that currently work with > filers? > > Thanks, > Tom

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RE: HSM with filers?
by Cormier, Darleen 04 May '01

04 May '01

Hi Tom, Just to let you know, we do have some NetApp customers both using and evaluating a package called Enigma Data. www.enigmadata.com You might want to talk to them and see if their package will meet your needs. -----Original Message----- From: Tom "Mad Dog" Yergeau [mailto:MadDog@fool.com] Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 10:48 PM To: 'toasters(a)mathworks.com' Subject: HSM with filers? I just took the NetApp backup survey that they sent out and one of the questions was about using hierarchical storage management with filers. Does anyone know of any HSM products out there that currently work with filers? Thanks, Tom

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RE: JNDMP Copy
by Traitel, Eyal 04 May '01

04 May '01

Is ndmpd on on this filer ? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- eTraitel - I'm the new eBuzzword around !!! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Eyal Traitel - Filer Escalation Engineer CNA, MCSE, CSA, LCA, NetApp CA Network Appliance BV Holland Office Center Kruisweg 799b 2132 NG, Hoofddorp The Netherlands Office: +31 23 567 9685 Cellular: +31 6 5497 2568 Email: eyal(a)netapp.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Get answers NOW! - NetApp On the Web - http://now.netapp.com <http://now.netapp.com/> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Morgan, Joshua [mailto:JMorgan@Trivergent.com] Sent: Fri, May 04, 2001 15:59 To: 'toasters(a)mathworks.com' Subject: JNDMP Copy Has any one used this and if so can you give me a sample path to copy we keep getting an error (see below) jndmpcopy gvl-netapp1:/c:/vol/vol1/~snapshot/SnapSQL/gvl-triv-sql01/DAT A/LOG gvl-netapp1:/c:/vol/vol1/gvl-triv-sql01/TEST May 04 09:16:57 [ndmpd:0]: Error opening socket to gvl-netapp1 at port 10000 java.lang.ThreadDeath at java/lang/Thread.stop0 at java/lang/Thread.stop at java/lang/Thread.stop at jndmpcopy/JNdmpcopy.abort at jndmpcopy/JNdmpcopy.main ERROR: java.lang.ThreadDeath Thanks Joshua Joshua Morgan NuVox Communications OSS/Network Engineer PH: (864) 331-7939 Fax: (864) 271-7810 jmorgan(a)trivergent.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ =================== "Life is overwhelming Heavy is the head that wears the crown I'd love to be the one to disappoint you when I don't fall down "-------Fred Durst-------

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JNDMP Copy
by Morgan, Joshua 04 May '01

04 May '01

Has any one used this and if so can you give me a sample path to copy we keep getting an error (see below) jndmpcopy gvl-netapp1:/c:/vol/vol1/~snapshot/SnapSQL/gvl-triv-sql01/DAT A/LOG gvl-netapp1:/c:/vol/vol1/gvl-triv-sql01/TEST May 04 09:16:57 [ndmpd:0]: Error opening socket to gvl-netapp1 at port 10000 java.lang.ThreadDeath at java/lang/Thread.stop0 at java/lang/Thread.stop at java/lang/Thread.stop at jndmpcopy/JNdmpcopy.abort at jndmpcopy/JNdmpcopy.main ERROR: java.lang.ThreadDeath Thanks Joshua Joshua Morgan NuVox Communications OSS/Network Engineer PH: (864) 331-7939 Fax: (864) 271-7810 jmorgan(a)trivergent.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ =================== "Life is overwhelming Heavy is the head that wears the crown I'd love to be the one to disappoint you when I don't fall down "-------Fred Durst-------

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RE: F85
by Ljungberg, Anders 04 May '01

04 May '01

Ask your EMC rep what happened with the IP4700 at "Vattenfall", one of the larger energy producers in Sweden. Redundant hardware or solid sw.... Anders Ljungberg Professional Services Consultant, Netapp UK -----Original Message----- From: Whitfield, Charlie [mailto:charliew@netapp.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 9:28 AM To: 'Barry Lustig'; Toasters Subject: RE: F85 While I don't disagree with Tom, he doesn't mention that F85 can do many of the tricks that currently reside in the wish lists of others. For example: SnapRestore: near-instant full volume restore (the trad option is lengthy tape restore) without affecting other volumes on the same filer. No point having snaps if you can't get the data back. SnapMirror: asynch mirroring over any distance. This is done volume-volume so you can mirror a bunch of geo-dispersed F85s to something larger at HQ. Etc, etc, etc. The key to F85 is that, with the main exception of Cluster Failover, it can perform just about all the tricks of it's larger data centre siblings. I believe that NetApp are unique in offering this downward scalability (i.e. that a smaller solution shouldn't be penalised in the functionality department). Naturally, if your environment grows, you don't have to re-engineer your processes, just plug in a bigger filer. If you want head-redundancy, think F740C which, like the IP4700, won't fit under your desk. :-) Cheers, CAW Charlie Whitfield NetApp UK FBI voice: +44 20 8756 6762 mobile: +44 7718 160954 email: caw(a)netapp.com Repel the bozo invasion! -----Original Message----- From: Tom "Mad Dog" Yergeau [mailto:MadDog@fool.com] Sent: 30 April 2001 19:45 To: 'Barry Lustig'; Toasters Subject: RE: F85 The F85 and the IP4700 are NOT in the same class of equipment. F85 is for a small office, IP4700 is for a decent sized department (couple hundred users). If the F85 is what you need, the IP4700 is a total overkill. If the IP4700 is in the class you need, you should be looking at an F740 or F760 cluster, not an F85. MD -----Original Message----- From: Barry Lustig [mailto:barry@lustig.com] Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 1:44 PM To: Toasters Subject: F85 Has anybody had any experience with the F85? I'm most interested in the hardware. As a continuation of my last message, EMC is pushing hard with an IP4700 against an F85. They've been touting the reliability of their box and that it has no single point of failure (2 processors, etc). I'd like to know if anyone on the list has deployed the F85 and can give a reference on them. Also, does anyone know what type of failover the IP4700 is actually providing between their 2 storage processors. It doesn't look at first glance that the surviving processor takes over the MAC address of the dead processor. It just starts arping for the IP address of its partner. barry

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HSM with filers?
by Tom "Mad Dog" Yergeau 04 May '01

04 May '01

I just took the NetApp backup survey that they sent out and one of the questions was about using hierarchical storage management with filers. Does anyone know of any HSM products out there that currently work with filers? Thanks, Tom

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RE: Trend Virus Wall for NetApp
by Tony Qin (PM-US) 03 May '01

03 May '01

Dear Craig, Thanks for your interest in Trend Micro's solution to virus protection of Network Appliance filers. The controlled version of ServerProtect for Network Appliance Filer 5.3 is available now and is compatible with Network Appliance filers that have a Network Appliance proprietary OS Data ONTAP 6.1 or above. You can download the program files and the relevant materials at the FTP site: ftp.trendmicro.com Username: us-web/customer password: tmcustomer Folder: /customer/netapp Files: SP53RC.ZIP -- program files WP_SPFiler.doc -- the white paper DS_SPNAF53.pdf -- the datasheet file Readme.txt Quick_Start_Guide.pdf SP_AdminGuide.pdf -- the ServerProtect Administrator's Guide With regards, Tony Qin, M.S., Ph.D. Product Manager Trend Micro, Inc. www.antivirus.com Direct: 408-863-6411 Fax: 408-863-6399 -----Original Message----- From: Craig Slack [mailto:Craig_Slack@pmc-sierra.com] Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 5:56 PM To: Tony Qin (PM-US) Subject: RE: Trend Virus Wall for NetApp Thank you Tony. I look forward to your update. Craig Slack Leader, NT Services PMC-Sierra Inc., Computer Services Dept. (604) 415-6813 -----Original Message----- From: Tony Qin (PM-US) [mailto:Tony_Qin@trendmicro.com] Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 5:30 PM To: Craig Slack Cc: 'toasters(a)mathworks.com' Subject: RE: Trend Virus Wall for NetApp Dear Craig, Thanks for your interest in Trend Micro's ServerProtect for Network Appliance Filer 5.3. The product is being under external beta test, and is expected to release on 4/30/01 if the test is fine. I'll keep you informed of our progress. With regards, Tony Qin, M.S., Ph.D. Product Manager Trend Micro, Inc. www.antivirus.com Direct: 408-863-6411 Fax: 408-863-6399 -----Original Message----- From: Uren, Jim [mailto:jim.uren@netapp.com] Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 1:52 PM To: Tony Qin (PM-US) Subject: FW: Trend Virus Wall for NetApp Hi Tony, I am not sure if it is appropriate for me as a NetApp employee to forward you a msg which includes customer names, so please handle this in a discreet way. I did want to let you know that 1) at least one person has good things to say about your product 2) another person would like to see more info on your company's web site. If you know the right person to contact, perhaps you could get the Trend website updated with more info? But perhaps you will not be putting info on the website until the beta test is complete? I am glad to see interest in your product and I hope it is very successful! Jim Uren -----Original Message----- From: Craig Slack [mailto:Craig_Slack@pmc-sierra.com] Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 1:03 PM To: 'Gifford, Josh'; 'Manny Kaiser' Cc: 'toasters(a)mathworks.com' Subject: RE: Trend Virus Wall for NetApp This looks very promising. Is anyone aware of when Trend is planning to release further products for virus scanning on NetApp filers (not the NetCache boxes). According to the PDF doc at the link below, NetApp has partnered with Trend and Symantec to provide these solutions, but I haven't found anything on Trend's site about it yet. Any ideas? http://www.netapp.com/tech_library/ftp/3107.pdf Craig Slack Leader, NT Services PMC-Sierra Inc., Computer Services Dept. (604) 415-6813 -----Original Message----- From: Gifford, Josh [mailto:Josh.Gifford@ptd.siemens.com] Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 11:34 AM To: 'Manny Kaiser' Cc: 'toasters(a)mathworks.com' Subject: RE: Trend Virus Wall for NetApp Here is the press release: http://www.antivirus.com/corporate/media/2001/pr032601.htm -Josh Gifford -----Original Message----- From: Manny Kaiser [mailto:mkaiser@mmcnet.com] Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 3:39 PM To: Gifford, Josh Subject: Re: Trend Virus Wall for NetApp can you send a pointer that talks about this? thanks Manny "Gifford, Josh" wrote: > Hello fellow filer fans, > Just thought I'd let everyone know that I've been running a beta of > the Trend Virus Wall for NetApp (Data ONTAP 6.1) for a few weeks now and it > seems to be working fine so far. It runs on a separate server and scans > each file coming and going. I'm not sure when it is to be released to the > public, but if you have any questions about how it's set up or what kind of > problems we have run in to (none so far), feel free to contact me. > > Best Regards, > > Josh J Gifford MCP > Senior NT Administrator > Siemens Power Transmission & Distribution > 7000 Siemens Rd > Wendell, NC 27591 > Phone: (919) 365-2806; Fax: (919) 365-1080 > Email: josh.gifford(a)ptd.siemens.com

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520 filer, CPU pegs...
by parker＠redback.com 03 May '01

03 May '01

Hi all, I have a 520 filer running 5.3.7R2 (firmware 2.1_a) with what I perceive to be a problem - I need someone to tell me if this is normal or not. Essentially, when I transfer a single big file (100 MB is my test file) to it over NFS, the CPU pegs at between 98% and 100% for the duration of the transfer (about 24 seconds). This causes some wierd things to happen... I've discovered that if I use NFS version 3 (either TCP or UDP), doing a transfer as above AND trying anything else on the filer (as simple as an 'ls -l') will cause the data transfer to break, i.e. the 'cp' will exit with an error "write: Resource temporarily unavailable". In actual fact, the transfer does not STOP, it continues in the background, however the copy returns an error code and the above message. Using NFS version 2, either TCP or UDP, the cp completes properly. Because the CPU is pegged, the aforementioned 'ls' can take 10 or more seconds in a directory with perhaps 10 files in it... not too good. I find this to be bizarre behaviour... both the CPU getting pegged while transferring a single file, and the copy breaking... has anyone else seen this? Cheers, Ross -- Ross Parker | | "Lisp has all the visual appeal of Diagnostic Engineer | oatmeal with fingernail clippings Redback Networks Inc. | mixed in" - Larry Wall parker(a)redback.com |

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ndmp restore process
by neil lehrer 03 May '01

03 May '01

hi, we got legato to do a backup and now we are trying a restore. i deleted a directory from the filer and selected it for restore. we are ontap 5.36r2, so no direct access restore. watching the filer from an nt machine, we immediately saw the file names come back, with 0 bytes and no attributes. much later the file sizes came back and the attributes, but legato keeps reading the tape and every 5 minutes we see the "we have read so many bytes" messages. i would think once the files are back the restore would complete, will it go to the end of the tape? --

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