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Re: (resolved summary) 7.0.6 to 7.2.5.1 upgrade
by Jerry 16 Aug '08

16 Aug '08

I talked with a professional services guy who does this regularly. He said always do the disk fw first the night before or some amount of time before. This was evident by his knowledge up front that it takes 2.5 seconds per drive. In fact, the full upgrade guide mentions it specifically: 7.2 upgrade guide, page 84 3. Verify whether you need to update disk or disk shelf firmware. Note: You should ensure that any required disk firmware and disk shelf firmware updates have completed before beginning a nondisruptive upgrade. In particular, you should upgrade disk firmware at least one day before beginning a nondisruptive Data ONTAP upgrade, because automatic background disk firmware updates can take a long time in large-capacity systems. --- On Sat, 8/16/08, Eric Grancher <eric(a)grancher.fr> wrote: > From: Eric Grancher <eric(a)grancher.fr> > Subject: Re: (resolved summary) 7.0.6 to 7.2.5.1 upgrade > To: juanino(a)yahoo.com > Cc: "list toasters" <toasters(a)mathworks.com>, "Strickland, Michael" <Michael.Strickland(a)netapp.com>, "Lawler, Steve" <Steve.Lawler(a)netapp.com> > Date: Saturday, August 16, 2008, 3:02 AM > thank you for sharing the solution. > Did you get this as a general statement from NetApp, > "you should > always do the disk fw upgrades before a non-disruptive > upgrade", > or is this specific version/case special? > > regards, > eric > > 2008/8/16 Jerry <juanino(a)yahoo.com>: > > Thanks Steve (and others who responded). My update > for my 3050c went great! > > > > The root of my problem was the disk fw update running > while performing the takeover. Note to others, do your disk > fw before, it takes about 2.5 seconds per disk in my setup. > > > > If you happen to be offlining a disk during the > takeover you'll get this: > > raid.assim.tree.noRootVol:error]: No usable partner > root volume found!

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7.0.6 to 7.2.5.1 upgrade
by Jerry 16 Aug '08

16 Aug '08

Has anyone experienced an issue going from 7.0.6 to 7.2.5.1. I did an upgrade on my 940 cluster and when I attempted takeover the takeover never succeeded. The first head decided to reboot (without me running halt) but the second head never completed the takeover. After that it complained about version mismatch.

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CIFS UNC share authentication delay
by J. Greg Mackinnon 15 Aug '08

15 Aug '08

We are experiencing a vexing delay when users on non-domain-joined Windows workstations attempt to connect to shares on our filers using a UNC share path. For example, if a user goes to start->run on Windows XP and enters the path "\\fileserver\sharename", they will see a delay ranging from two to ten minutes before they get an authentication prompt. Once authenticated to the server, there are no performance problems. If connecting using named credentials (either using the GUI "map network drive", or a command line "net use" command), this delay does not occur. We did an awful lot of troubleshooting. Eventually we turned on cifs login tracing (options cifs.trace_login on) and found the following revealing entry in our logs: toast: auth.trace.authenticateUser.loginTraceMsg:info]: AUTH: Delaying the response by 5 seconds due to continuous failed login attempts by user administrator of domain <WORKSTATION> from client machine <IP Address>. It appears that the Windows client is generating more login attempts than the filer thinks should be allowed! However, I have no ability to change the behavior of unmanaged Windows workstations, so I need to tune this from the server side. Does anyone know how to change the number of consecutive login failures allowed by the filer? What about changing duration of the delay? I have a case open with NetApp on this one, but they have not been able to provide answers so far. -Greg Mackinnon University of Vermont

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Re: How to correctly transfer disk between cluster heads withoutinitiating autosupport/RMA?
by tmacmd＠gmail.com 13 Aug '08

13 Aug '08

options autosupport.support.enable off Turns off netapp asup. Just remember to turn it on when you are done. --tmac ------Original Message------ From: Borzenkov, Andrey Sender: owner-toasters(a)mathworks.com To: NetApp Toasters List Subject: How to correctly transfer disk between cluster heads withoutinitiating autosupport/RMA? Sent: Aug 13, 2008 9:18 AM Hi, We have FAS920c DOT 7.0.6 with software based ownership and need to rearrange disks between heads. This works, but every time I remove disk ownership it complaints about lost spare which in turn sends autosupport and NetApp starts RMA to replace "broken" disk :) Tue Aug 12 16:30:07 MSD [xxx: diskown.changingOwner:info]: changing ownersh ip for disk 8a.16 (S/N 3HW1K6A8000074230VKD) from xxx (ID xxx) to unowned (ID -1) Tue Aug 12 16:30:07 MSD [xxx: raid.config.spare.disk.missing:info]: Spare Disk 8a.16 Shelf 1 Bay 0 [NETAPP X273_S15K3073F15 NA08] S/N [3HW1K6A8000074230VKD] is missing. Tue Aug 12 16:30:57 MSD [xxx: asup.smtp.sent:notice]: Cluster Notification mail sent: Cluster Notification from xxx (SPARE DISK MISSING) WARNING kb12834 actually shows the same warning, so I presume it is normal? Any workaround short of disabling autosupport during this work? Thank you! С уважением / With best regards / Mit freundlichen Grüβen --- Andrey Borzenkov Senior system engineer Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

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flexvol disk stats
by George Kahler 13 Aug '08

13 Aug '08

Hi, I need to find disk statistics for an environment that uses flexvols. I used to run "pvstats" written by Ben Swartzlander <bswartz(a)netapp.com>but that does not work in an flexvol environment. I need something similar to that for be able to tell management where we stand. I would appreciate to hear from you if you have something similar or if you perhaps modified Ben's code to work in an flexvol environment and you're willing to share. Thanks, George George Kahler email: george(a)yorku.ca Sr. Systems Administrator work: (416) 736-2100 x.22699 Computing and Network Services fax: (416) 736-5830 Ontario, Canada, M3J-1P3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and benchmarks - Mark Twain

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How to correctly transfer disk between cluster heads without initiating autosupport/RMA?
by Borzenkov, Andrey 13 Aug '08

13 Aug '08

Hi, We have FAS920c DOT 7.0.6 with software based ownership and need to rearrange disks between heads. This works, but every time I remove disk ownership it complaints about lost spare which in turn sends autosupport and NetApp starts RMA to replace "broken" disk :) Tue Aug 12 16:30:07 MSD [xxx: diskown.changingOwner:info]: changing ownersh ip for disk 8a.16 (S/N 3HW1K6A8000074230VKD) from xxx (ID xxx) to unowned (ID -1) Tue Aug 12 16:30:07 MSD [xxx: raid.config.spare.disk.missing:info]: Spare Disk 8a.16 Shelf 1 Bay 0 [NETAPP X273_S15K3073F15 NA08] S/N [3HW1K6A8000074230VKD] is missing. Tue Aug 12 16:30:57 MSD [xxx: asup.smtp.sent:notice]: Cluster Notification mail sent: Cluster Notification from xxx (SPARE DISK MISSING) WARNING kb12834 actually shows the same warning, so I presume it is normal? Any workaround short of disabling autosupport during this work? Thank you! С уважением / With best regards / Mit freundlichen Grüβen --- Andrey Borzenkov Senior system engineer

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IBM 3500 Library commands from Nearstore R200
by Robert K. Borowicz 13 Aug '08

13 Aug '08

I've just added a SAN based IBM 3500 (with 3592 EO5 drives in it) to my Nearstore R200 running 7.2.4. I now see a changer "mc0" on the filer. I'd like to test the datapath to the drive from the filer and run a filer dump command, but the IBM guys say there is no way to mount a tape via their web interface. (I have yet to configure the changer in Tivoli) Is there autochanger commands in OnTap ? I want to mount a tape via OnTap. I don't see any reference in the Data Protection Guide.... TIA -Bob

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Testing autosupport (not doit)
by Nicholas Bernstein 13 Aug '08

13 Aug '08

Does anyone know of a method to test autosupport notifications (sent to netapp) via https post? Options autosupport.doit only tests via mail apparently. I've got a student who's filer isn't sending out notifications and I wanted to have him kick of a test. Thanks in advance, Nick -- Nicholas Bernstein Technologist, Consultant, Instructor http://nicholasbernstein.com

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Re: Snapdrive 6 windows/vmware
by Holloway, Chris 12 Aug '08

12 Aug '08

We saw something similar with the same setup, the service wouldn't start during the install. We got round it by logging on as the snapdrive service account and installing it whilst logged on as that (I an assuming you've set up your service account with the right permissions etc as covered in the snapdrive admin guide). HTH Cheers Chris Sent from my BlackBerry. ----- Original Message ----- From: owner-toasters(a)mathworks.com <owner-toasters(a)mathworks.com> To: list toasters <toasters(a)mathworks.com> Sent: Tue Aug 12 17:27:59 2008 Subject: Snapdrive 6 windows/vmware We're trying to make Snapdrive 6 work on windows 2003 in a vmware guest OS environment with data on FC. We're getting Error 1920 (service won't start). Anyone run into these issues? Thanks Suresh -------------------------------------------------------- Christopher Holloway Lead Consultant Professional Services Main: +44 (0)1423 519000 Direct: +44 (0)1423 519099 Mobile: +44 (0)7867 783584 Fax: +44 (0)1423 504415 Effective from 1st August 2008, please contact our Virtualisation Sales Team by emailing virtualisation(a)dnsarrow.co.uk for any sales related enquiries or quotations. Please visit www.dnsarrow.co.uk/contactus for all other enquiries or contact your Account Manager on 0800 983 2525. Our Terms and Conditions have changed. To view our new Terms and Conditions and for more information about the changes, please visit www.dnsarrow.co.uk/Ts&Cs DNS Arrow Nidderdale House Beckwith Knowle Harrogate HG3 1SA www.DNSarrow.co.uk Email Confidentiality Notice: This message is private and confidential. If you have received this message in error, please notify us and remove it from your system. "DNS Arrow" means Digital Network Services (UK) Limited, a company registered in England. Company Registration Number 3952678. Registered Office: Nidderdale House, Otley Road, Beckwith Knowle, Harrogate HG3 1SA, UK.

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RE: [SUMMARY] Automatically delete snapshots based on number and not space availability
by Daniel Keisling 07 Aug '08

07 Aug '08

Thanks for all the quick responses. The available solutions are a) Snapvault b) Protection Manager c) Scripting, which I chose to do (using snapdrive): $SD snap create -hostvol $DB_DEVICE -snapname snap.0.tmp if [ $? -eq 1 ] then echo "Snapshot creation returned non-zero errorlevel!" exit 1 fi $SD snap delete $SYSTEM:/vol/$NA_VOL:snap.$RETENTION while [ $RETENTION -gt 0 ] do ((TMP_RET=$RETENTION-1)) $SD snap rename $SYSTEM:/vol/$NA_VOL:snap.$TMP_RET snap.$RETENTION ((RETENTION=$RETENTION-1)) done $SD snap rename $SYSTEM:/vol/$NA_VOL:snap.0.tmp snap.0 I would love if the filer's 'snap autodelete' could have the functionality in the future. Daniel ________________________________ From: Daniel Keisling Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 10:14 AM To: 'toasters(a)mathworks.com' Subject: Automatically delete snapshots based on number and not space availability Greetings, I take a daily snapshots (named ss-YYYYMMDDHHmm) of several volumes on my filers. I would like to automatically delete the oldest snapshot (assuming it's not busy) when a certain number of snapshots are present in the volume (ie, only keep the latest 3 snapshots). Is this possible? If not, does anyone have any scripts where it can be done from a host? TIA, Daniel ______________________________________________________________________ This email transmission and any documents, files or previous email messages attached to it may contain information that is confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient or a person responsible for delivering this transmission to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you must not read this transmission and that any disclosure, copying, printing, distribution or use of this transmission is strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please immediately notify the sender by telephone or return email and delete the original transmission and its attachments without reading or saving in any manner.

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