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NetApp/Budtool - poor backup performance
by Rainchik, Aleksandr (MED, Non GE) 18 Sep '00

18 Sep '00

Hello, We have F720 NetApp that holds about 100Gb of data and we are backing it up trough the network, not with directly connected tape. Why? F720 comes with differential port for tape connection and our nice tape library is all single-ended. We are using Budtool to do that and it's all done via NDMP. And what we have is 1024 K/sec backup speed. So it takes about a 24 hours to finish Level 0 on filer. There is a Sun E450 on the same subnet, plugged to the same switch, both at 100 full-duplex, going to the same media server. And backups are 3 times faster there. Is there something I can tweak on filer? Like change priority of ndmpd process, something to speed up backups? Can you let me know what is your backup speed in NetApp/Budtool configuration? Thank you. P.S. We are thinking about getting differential to single-ended SCSI converters. Any experience with such converters?

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Optimal volume size
by Moshe Linzer 18 Sep '00

18 Sep '00

We are moving from a 630 with a single 350GB volume (51x9GB SCSI) to a new 760 with 14 36GB disks. Our Netapp support recommends creating a 14-disk raid group, with a single raid group per volume (giving us a maximum volume size of around 400GB). I understand why 14 disks is a good number for a raid group (balance chances of disk failure vs efficient use of disks), but what is the reasoning behind keeping volume size down to around 400GB? Is it just dependant on restore time from tape? In which case, as faster tapes become available (LTO?), this number should increase. Does it also lessen chances of file system corruption on the volume, or is it just a warm fuzzy feeling that all your eggs (so to speak) are not sitting in one 1.2 terabyte volume? If my max volume size will remain the single raid group, I would like to divide my data into 2 smaller volumes from the start, so I don't start off with a maxed-out volume. This means using a time-consuming ndmpcopy or rsync process to move the data, instead of the faster volcopy or snapmirror. Thanks for your insights. Moshe

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Re: Media Allocation problem
by Steve Kappel 18 Sep '00

18 Sep '00

Oye Akintan wrote: >Does anyone know a work around Error code 96: unable to allocate new >media for backup, storage unit has none available? The problem is that >we have a Quantum DLT4700 with 6 slots. I've used it to run successful >backups twice. The problem now is that I can't use the configured media >anymore because Media manager doesn't recognize the volumes as new >tapes. It still believes the tapes are the first tapes used. It only try >to access two of the tapes and when it does, it fails and freezes the >tapes. I've tried unfreezing the tapes using bpmedia command running the >backup again but it still fails. Also I've add the following to my >bp.conf file: >ALLOW_MULTIPLE_RETENTION_PER_MEDIA >ALLOW_MEDIA_OVERWRITE = CPIO >ALLOW_MEDIA_OVERWRITE = TAR >ALLOW_MEDIA_OVERWRITE = ANSI >ALLOW_MEDIA_OVERWRITE = AOS/VS >ALLOW_MEDIA_OVERWRITE = DBR > >Any help will be greatly appreciated. Please contact VERITAS support. http://support.veritas.com/ Numbers can be found at http://support.veritas.com/phonesup/phonesup_ddProduct_NETBACKUPDC.htm __________________________________________________________________________ Steve Kappel steve.kappel(a)veritas.com VERITAS Software steve.kappel(a)iname.com (Personal)

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RE: alternative to ApplianceWatch
by Geiss, Glen 18 Sep '00

18 Sep '00

ciao, you might be interested in looking at MRTG ( http://now.netapp.com/NOW/tools/ ). The description from NOW: This package uses the MRTG (Multi Router Traffic Grapher) to provide web-based monitoring for Filers. It provides a current and historical view (the last day, week, month, and year) of statistics for network traffic, CPU load, disk usage, and NFS and CIFS operations. This package includes some Pearl scripts and binaries for Solaris (sparc), Linux (x86), HP-UX, and FreeBSD (x86). thanks, glen -----Original Message----- From: Bui, Marcus [mailto:Marcus_Bui@aimfunds.com] Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2000 10:39 AM To: Toasters (E-mail) Subject: alternative to ApplianceWatch Importance: Low I am in search of a application to monitor two F760s. ApplianceWatch can monitor the filers but it runs on HP OpenView. However, I don't have a test environment with OpenView at the moment. Is there other alternative that is comparable to ApplicianceWatch? cheers, Marcus Bui Aim Management Group IT Services phone: 713-986-9061 fax: 713-986-9100 email: marcus_bui(a)aimfunds.com

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Media Allocation problem
by Oye Akintan 18 Sep '00

18 Sep '00

Does anyone know a work around Error code 96: unable to allocate new media for backup, storage unit has none available? The problem is that we have a Quantum DLT4700 with 6 slots. I've used it to run successful backups twice. The problem now is that I can't use the configured media anymore because Media manager doesn't recognize the volumes as new tapes. It still believes the tapes are the first tapes used. It only try to access two of the tapes and when it does, it fails and freezes the tapes. I've tried unfreezing the tapes using bpmedia command running the backup again but it still fails. Also I've add the following to my bp.conf file: ALLOW_MULTIPLE_RETENTION_PER_MEDIA ALLOW_MEDIA_OVERWRITE = CPIO ALLOW_MEDIA_OVERWRITE = TAR ALLOW_MEDIA_OVERWRITE = ANSI ALLOW_MEDIA_OVERWRITE = AOS/VS ALLOW_MEDIA_OVERWRITE = DBR Any help will be greatly appreciated.

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solved: creating a share with vba on a filer
by Ulrich Neumann 18 Sep '00

18 Sep '00

hi anybody, we solved the problem (tnx to jim! and his coworker!) the filesystem up to 6.0 is case-sensitive! we changed the prog to reflect the structure on the filer and - it works! ulrich -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Uren, Jim [mailto:jim.uren@netapp.com] Gesendet: Montag, 11. September 2000 19:47 An: 'Ulrich Neumann' Betreff: RE: creating a share with vba on a filer My co-worker suggests that case-sensitivity could also be something to check. In the NetApp release 6.0, CIFS path lookups are case-insensitive but except for that release they are sensitive to upper/lower case. This has caused frequent problems. Good luck--Jim Uren > -----Original Message----- > From: Uren, Jim > Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 10:03 AM > To: 'Ulrich Neumann'; toasters(a)mathworks.com > Subject: RE: creating a share with vba on a filer > > > Hi Ulrich, > from a DOS prompt, typing > net helpmsg 2116 > reveals this-- > The device or directory does not exist. > EXPLANATION > You specified an unknown device or directory. > ACTION > Check the spelling of the device or directory name. > > so checking the pathname as suggested below seems > like a good idea. as I recall, if you wish to use > the "vol" form of the filename, you will want to > put C$ in the pathname, such as: > \\filer\c$\vol\vol0\sharename\directory > but the > \\filer\share\directory > format should work just fine. check to see if > c:\> dir \\cobfile01\users$ > succeeds or not for example. > Jim U > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Hawley, Rob [mailto:rob.hawley@netapp.com] > > Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 7:31 AM > > To: 'Ulrich Neumann'; toasters(a)mathworks.com > > Subject: RE: creating a share with vba on a filer > > > > > > Your program looks correct. We do support using level 502 to > > add a share. > > Please confirm a couple of points that could be the source of > > the problem: > > > > 1. The user running the script is a member of either the > > filer's Administrators > > group or is a member of Power Users. That is required for NT > > compatible > > security. > > 2. That the path vol\nt01\users is the correct physical path > > to where the user's > > directory should be created. That is there are no other > > directories in the path. > > > > If neither of these resolve your problem, then please contact > > NetApp customer > > support. They will need a packet trace of this exchange and a > > cifs sessions -s > > of the user attempting to execute the script. CS can help you > > if you are > > unfamiliar with how to get a packet trace. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > mailto: hawleyr(a)netapp.com US Mail: Network > Appliance Inc. > > Windows Networking Engineering 495 E Java Dr > > Phone/pager: 408-822-6661 Sunnyvale, CA 94089 > > http://www.netapp.com > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ulrich Neumann [mailto:ulrich.neumann@brose.de] > > Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 2:01 AM > > To: toasters(a)mathworks.com > > Subject: creating a share with vba on a filer > > > > << File: ShareErr2116Filer.txt >> we just turned our > > user-home-shares from a > > nt-server to a filer. > > for creating new user-shares, we use a selfmade program in vb. > > unfortunately this program woun't work now with the filer. > > > > neither "c:\vol\nt01\users\username" nor > "\\cobfile01\users$\username" is > working. > there's always the error 2116.(see sub makeshare in attached code) > > is there anybody out there who has a good idea to solve this problem? > > > greetings from > > brose GmbH & Co KG > Client-Server-Technologien > > Ulrich Neumann >

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RE: RFE: Network boot capavility in NetApp firmware
by Reidenbach, Edward 17 Sep '00

17 Sep '00

Thanks for the feedback on this functionality. We will review the functionality requested and the implementation efforts. Ed Ed Reidenbach Manager, Data ONTAP, Multiprotocol and High Availability Network Appliance Phone: 408-822-6167 Email: edr(a)netapp.com -----Original Message----- From: Manny Kaiser [mailto:mkaiser@mmcnet.com] Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2000 1:11 AM To: Jeffrey Krueger Cc: toasters(a)mathworks.com Subject: Re: RFE: Network boot capavility in NetApp firmware Hi, I have offically raised this request with Netapp about a year ago. Anyone from Netapp wish to comment? Jeffrey Krueger wrote: > I'd like to propose an RFE and see what everyone else things about it. If > everyone would just add their comments on, that would be great. I suppose > this is an RFC for an RFE. =) > > Once we all feel comfortable with the RFE, it would be great if we could > all forward it up our sales/support channels. Something tells me we aren't > the only customer who would like to see this feature. =) > > -- Jeff > > ***************************************************************************** > RFE: Network boot capability in NetApp firmware > > WHAT: > ===== > Add the ability to boot the OS from the network using a command such > as "boot net" from the filer firmware "ok>" prompt. > > WHY: > ==== > Current booting options are from floppy disk or from SCSI/FC-AL primary > storage. Adding the ability to do this over the network from a BOOTP/TFTP > server would allow: > > 1) Quicker/easier ONTAP upgrades and repairs > 2) Ease of use in a lab environment > > Quicker/easier ONTAP upgrades and repairs: > ------------------------------------------ > Currently, upgrading between some major OS releases requires booting at > least once from floppies. Considering that with ONTAP 6.0 three floppies > are necessary, it is extremely difficult for one person to simultaneously > upgrade many machines in one physical location and impossible to upgrade > machines in different physical locations. Additionally, when a NetApp has > a non-bootable root volume due to corruption or less than n-1 disks > visible, the only option is to boot with a floppy. This means downtime > until someone can build the correct boot disks to resolve the problem and > physically reach the machine with those floppies. Even in a single > building this process can take several minutes. On a large campus, a trip > to the filer could take up to an hour, and for remote sites it could be > days. > > With network booting, the new OS image could be put into place and several > machines in any location can be upgraded in lockstep simply by accessing > the serial console and executing "boot net" on each one. NetApp advertises > 5 minute downtime for upgrades which is true in the single-filer > environment. Any customer with 30+ filers in more than one location knows > that a full production upgrade can take much longer. Repairing a machine > would be much easier with Network boot since disks would not have to be > built, yet the filer could be booted from any image necessary without > anyone physically traveling to the machine. Network booting also removes > the risk of having built a bad floppy which occurs frequently. > > Ease of use in a lab environment: > --------------------------------- > Our lab environment is also difficult to manage with the current set of > boot options. We run several variants of ONTAP in the lab including one or > two versions that are currently in production for testing new hardware and > configuration changes and many new versions for testing new hardware and > new features. To manage this, we do a boot from floppy and menu choice #4, > initialize all disks, to two NetApp hard drives for each OS. This approach > has many disadvantages including a massive consumption of hard drives in > our lab, the tedious and time consuming process of initialize and setting > up a new filer, and the maintenance of configuration across several > different OS's on the same machine. > > With network booting we would not have to waste a pair of disks ONTAP for > each new ONTAP version we test - a single pair will do. The disk > initialization process would only have to be executed once instead of once > per ONTAP version. Finally, we could manage one set of configuration files > for all different versions. > > Granted, some major OS versions have incompatible WAFL formats and > configuration files; however, maintaining a different set of disks between > major releases is much easier than doing it between each release, no matter > how minor. > > HOW: > ==== > We'll leave the implementation up to Network Appliance; however, we suggest > that they use standards based ways of doing this. Filer IP resolution > could be done using RARP/BOOTP and/or DHCP. The former are probably easier > and are fairly standard for "in-firmware" address resolution. DHCP is > probably more code to write, but might be necessary for NT-only customers. > For boot-file transmition, TFTP would work just fine and servers are > available for both UNIX and NT.

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RFE: Network boot capavility in NetApp firmware
by Jeffrey Krueger 16 Sep '00

16 Sep '00

I'd like to propose an RFE and see what everyone else things about it. If everyone would just add their comments on, that would be great. I suppose this is an RFC for an RFE. =) Once we all feel comfortable with the RFE, it would be great if we could all forward it up our sales/support channels. Something tells me we aren't the only customer who would like to see this feature. =) -- Jeff ***************************************************************************** RFE: Network boot capability in NetApp firmware WHAT: ===== Add the ability to boot the OS from the network using a command such as "boot net" from the filer firmware "ok>" prompt. WHY: ==== Current booting options are from floppy disk or from SCSI/FC-AL primary storage. Adding the ability to do this over the network from a BOOTP/TFTP server would allow: 1) Quicker/easier ONTAP upgrades and repairs 2) Ease of use in a lab environment Quicker/easier ONTAP upgrades and repairs: ------------------------------------------ Currently, upgrading between some major OS releases requires booting at least once from floppies. Considering that with ONTAP 6.0 three floppies are necessary, it is extremely difficult for one person to simultaneously upgrade many machines in one physical location and impossible to upgrade machines in different physical locations. Additionally, when a NetApp has a non-bootable root volume due to corruption or less than n-1 disks visible, the only option is to boot with a floppy. This means downtime until someone can build the correct boot disks to resolve the problem and physically reach the machine with those floppies. Even in a single building this process can take several minutes. On a large campus, a trip to the filer could take up to an hour, and for remote sites it could be days. With network booting, the new OS image could be put into place and several machines in any location can be upgraded in lockstep simply by accessing the serial console and executing "boot net" on each one. NetApp advertises 5 minute downtime for upgrades which is true in the single-filer environment. Any customer with 30+ filers in more than one location knows that a full production upgrade can take much longer. Repairing a machine would be much easier with Network boot since disks would not have to be built, yet the filer could be booted from any image necessary without anyone physically traveling to the machine. Network booting also removes the risk of having built a bad floppy which occurs frequently. Ease of use in a lab environment: --------------------------------- Our lab environment is also difficult to manage with the current set of boot options. We run several variants of ONTAP in the lab including one or two versions that are currently in production for testing new hardware and configuration changes and many new versions for testing new hardware and new features. To manage this, we do a boot from floppy and menu choice #4, initialize all disks, to two NetApp hard drives for each OS. This approach has many disadvantages including a massive consumption of hard drives in our lab, the tedious and time consuming process of initialize and setting up a new filer, and the maintenance of configuration across several different OS's on the same machine. With network booting we would not have to waste a pair of disks ONTAP for each new ONTAP version we test - a single pair will do. The disk initialization process would only have to be executed once instead of once per ONTAP version. Finally, we could manage one set of configuration files for all different versions. Granted, some major OS versions have incompatible WAFL formats and configuration files; however, maintaining a different set of disks between major releases is much easier than doing it between each release, no matter how minor. HOW: ==== We'll leave the implementation up to Network Appliance; however, we suggest that they use standards based ways of doing this. Filer IP resolution could be done using RARP/BOOTP and/or DHCP. The former are probably easier and are fairly standard for "in-firmware" address resolution. DHCP is probably more code to write, but might be necessary for NT-only customers. For boot-file transmition, TFTP would work just fine and servers are available for both UNIX and NT.

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RE: RFE: Network boot capavility in NetApp firmware
by Mike Sphar 16 Sep '00

16 Sep '00

Not that I don't think having the option of booting from network is a good idea, but are people really booting from their floppies that often? Of the three filers I have in production, the only time I've ever had to boot them from floppies was during initial install and for firmware upgrades. I haven't booted off floppy for an OnTap upgrade in a long time, in fact I can't remember ever doing it, though I may have with much earlier versions. One of the things I love most about the filers is being able to do a live OS upgrade, with only a very few minutes of downtime for the reboot afterwards. -- Mike Sphar - Sr Systems Administrator - Engineering Support Services, BOFH, GWP, MCP, MCP+I, MCSE, BFD -----Original Message----- From: Hal Siegel [mailto:hal.siegel@amd.com] Sent: Friday, September 15, 2000 7:25 AM To: Jeffrey Krueger Cc: toasters(a)mathworks.com Subject: Re: RFE: Network boot capavility in NetApp firmware On Thu, 14 Sep 2000, Jeffrey Krueger wrote: > RFE: Network boot capability in NetApp firmware > > WHAT: > ===== > Add the ability to boot the OS from the network using a command such > as "boot net" from the filer firmware "ok>" prompt. I'll agree with you on that concept. I've also been trying to convince Netapp that they need to change "boot from floppy" to "boot from CD" ever since the boot disk became two disks. (heck, I still have some floppies floating around somewhere from the days that the entire OnTap OS fit on a 3.5" ...) Perhaps we should be requesting both network *and* CD boot capabilities. Hal Siegel _---_ / Senior Systems Engineer(ing) YY()))))\ /| Texas Microprocessor Division (@@) )))))/ Advanced Micro Devices /_/\__/__/ hal(a)beast.amd.com mm mm

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RE: After branching ONTAP/VB can you ...
by Yee, Steven 15 Sep '00

15 Sep '00

Sorry about that folks, d*mn outlook address book. steve. > -----Original Message----- > From: Yee, Steven > Sent: Friday, September 15, 2000 12:12 PM > To: Ghouse, Mujtaba > Cc: Yee, Steven; Klinkner, Steve; Toasters (E-mail) > Subject: RE: After branching ONTAP/VB can you ... > > everything is correct (the same) EXCEPT ... > can you sync to the current change 78761 (that was our last checkin > on filerview/main) > > thanks, > > steve. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ghouse, Mujtaba > Sent: Friday, September 15, 2000 12:05 PM > To: Yee, Steven > Cc: Klinkner, Steve; Thompson, Tim > Subject: RE: After branching ONTAP/VB can you ... > > Before I branch the new filerview, could you confirm (or deny): > > the name of the codeline: filerview:Rvb > the owner of the codeline: sdy > is this codeline frozen or open? [open] > the parent branch: [filerview:main] > change level or time at which you wish the branch to be sync'd: same as > Rvb ? > > thanks, > > -Mujtaba > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Yee, Steven > Sent: Friday, September 15, 2000 9:40 AM > To: Ghouse, Mujtaba > Cc: Yee, Steven; Klinkner, Steve; Thompson, Tim > Subject: After branching ONTAP/VB can you ... > > also branch the filerview tree for VB too ?? > > thanks, > > steve. >

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