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7-mode upgrade mismatch
by Carl Howell 04 Feb '21

04 Feb '21

I have a 3240 cluster with node A running 8.2.5P5 and node B running 8.1.4P9. Node A was upgraded to 8.2.5P5 and giveback was performed from node B. Takeover of node B by node A was performed, and both nodes are now running on node A. But, node B was not upgraded to 8.2.5P5 before the takeover and now when we attempt to giveback to node B so that it can be upgraded, it panics. So, node A running 8.2.5P5 in takeover mode. Node B running 8.1.4P9 has been taken over by A. How can we get B upgraded to 8.2.5P5? Thanks, --Carl

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Is XCP still maintained?
by Davis, Kevin 20 Jan '21

20 Jan '21

I can no longer find the executable. Searches only deliver support requests or documentation links. Links such as: https://mysupport.netapp.com/products/p/xcp.html, redirect to https://mysupport.netapp.com/site/downloads, where it's nowhere to be found. Yes, I could renew my license. But while searching just to see if the installation files for SMB or the tarball was current, I came up empty. Am I missing something obvious? -- Kevin Davis Systems Administration | Sr. Storage Engineer | Information Services UMass Memorial Healthcare | 100 Front St. Fl 1, Worcester, MA 01608 W: 508-334-4192 | mailto:kevin.davis@umassmemorial.org 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, transmission, re-transmission, 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.

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XCP
by Scott Eno 07 Jan '21

07 Jan '21

Hi, Quick question, can the "-match" switch in XCP be used to exclude the ~snapshot folder when copying from one netapp share to another netapp share? Or, do I need to hide it before copying? Thanks!

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Re: Runaway FlexGroup constituent
by Scott Eno 18 Dec '20

18 Dec '20

Hi Tim, Thanks for the link! It looks as if this bug wasn’t fixed until 9.7 so it very well could be what I’m hitting. On December 18, 2020, Timothy Naple <tnaple(a)berkcom.com> wrote: > Scott, > > > > It is hard to say because this does not specifically mention 9.6P5 but > I wonder if you might be running into this bug: > > > > <https://mysupport.netapp.com/site/bugs- > online/product/ONTAP/BURT/1262593> > > > > I am using FlexGroups quite a bit (mostly nfs, but some cifs) and I > have not seen this sort of imbalance. I also wonder if something > temporary is happening on the filesystem like some sort of large > backup file being written. In theory elastic sizing would cover for > it as long as autogrow is off, but I am not sure I would want to get > to 99% capacity on that one member to test that theory! > > > > Thank you, > Tim > > > > From: Scott Eno <cse(a)hey.com> > Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2020 5:21 PM > To: Toasters <toasters(a)teaparty.net> > Subject: Runaway FlexGroup constituent > > > > Hi, > > I have a troublesome volume in a FlexGroup that continues to fill > faster than the other constituents. > > 6.25TB 4.22TB 32% > 6.25TB 4.19TB 32% > 6.25TB 328.9GB 94% > 6.25TB 4.24TB 32% > 6.25TB 4.20TB 32% > 6.25TB 4.20TB 32% > 6.25TB 4.23TB 32% > 6.25TB 4.24TB 32% > > With autogrow disabled, from what I understand after reading Mr. > Parisi's document, elastic sizing will make sure writes will happen. > This FlexGroup is a CIFS share for a document management system, so > it's millions of little files. > > Am I safe to leave the FlexGroup like this until the other > constituents catch up, or is there a need to grow the entire > FlexGroup? > > Cluster is 9.6P5. >

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Runaway FlexGroup constituent
by Scott Eno 18 Dec '20

18 Dec '20

Hi, I have a troublesome volume in a FlexGroup that continues to fill faster than the other constituents. 6.25TB 4.22TB 32% 6.25TB 4.19TB 32% 6.25TB 328.9GB 94% 6.25TB 4.24TB 32% 6.25TB 4.20TB 32% 6.25TB 4.20TB 32% 6.25TB 4.23TB 32% 6.25TB 4.24TB 32% With autogrow disabled, from what I understand after reading Mr. Parisi's document, elastic sizing will make sure writes will happen. This FlexGroup is a CIFS share for a document management system, so it's millions of little files. Am I safe to leave the FlexGroup like this until the other constituents catch up, or is there a need to grow the entire FlexGroup? Cluster is 9.6P5.

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3party NetApp NAS auditing software?
by Sami Kapanen 09 Dec '20

09 Dec '20

Hi, There seems to be many 3rd party solutions available for NetApp NAS auditing. Anyone using those? Any pros and cons? br, sk

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Security Roles...
by Heino Walther 01 Dec '20

01 Dec '20

Hi I’m trying to create a local user role that allows login via the web GUI, and update the snapmirror relations, but not be able to delete them or any volumes for that matter… I thought this was a walk in the park, but somehow I run into the same issue… I start by creating a simple role: security login role ad -role ro -cmddirname DEFAULT -access all security login role create -role ro -cmddirname volume -access readonly I create a new user and assign the role: security login create -user-or-group-name rotest -application http -authentication-method password -role ro When trying to login, it fails like the password is wrong…. But why? I even tried to create a role identical to the admin role (basically just the first of the two lines above), and even twith that, it is not possible to login to the web GUI… I’m beginning to fear that you need to have the admin role in order to login to the web GUI… Can someone please confirm that this is true… I almost cannot believe it 😉 /Heino

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Performance maxing out at 70k IOPs
by Heino Walther 25 Nov '20

25 Nov '20

Hi there We have a system that needs 100k+ IOPS but for some strange reason we cannot get past about 70k IOPS. The server is Windows VM on ESXi with two FC HBAs running 8G. (we have adjusted queue depth etc.) The server is connected to the NetApp via two Brocade 6510 switches. The clusters we have tested up against are an A300 with 24 x 7TB SSD. And an A700 with a mixed setup of shelfs (two disk loops with quad cabling). But even up against the A700 we cannot seem to get past the 70k IOPS. Now we have read about the concurrency on a NetApp system, where each volume is assigned a CPU core, which might be our problem.. https://kb.netapp.com/Advice_and_Troubleshooting/Data_Storage_Software/ONTA… Our storage setup is a volume with a LUN which is presented to the host, which then creates a VMFS as a datastore… We have tried to create two LUNs on separate volumes, and we can pull out 70k on each, at the same time… which seems to point towards the concurrency… But is there a way around this? We would rather not have multiple LUNs, but rather one LUN. Any input would be helpful 😊 /Heino

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Converting HA into MC ?
by Heino Walther 19 Nov '20

19 Nov '20

Hi there Can anyone please tell me if it is possible to convert a normal AFF8080HA into an AFF8080SMC? (there is only one disk shelf attached) I can imagine I would need the following: * 2 x FCVI Cards * 1 x Empty AFF8080 chassis * 4 x QSFP to LC cables * 1 x disk shelf identical to current shelf First job is to install the FCVI cards, which can be done with a few failovers. Then we need to do a failover and pull out the downed controller and install it into the new chassis, and attach the two systems. We then need to change the chassis setup from the maint.-console. Configure the FCVI cards and do a giveback. .. … As you maybe can tell, this is just of the top of my head 😉 Has anyone tried this? The plan was to convert a running system without any downtime… then mirror up the aggregates, move the SVMs, and then convert back to a normal HA setup again… But won’t start this if there is a gotcha somewhere… and there is a somewhat high risk of that? 😊 /Heino

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any free training options at all?
by Rue, Randy 18 Nov '20

18 Nov '20

Hello All, We're about to receive a new AFF-220 to replace our aged FAS and it occurs to me that my team could use an update in our general NetApp knowledge. But we have zero dollars available for training. Are there any free online training resources? Barring that, any good dirt-cheap ones? Thanks in advance, Randy (he/him) in Seattle

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