isn't this #2 in recent releases to be "released" and then withdrawn until it's 7.2.X.1 release...

-- Daniel Leeds Manager, Storage Operations Edmunds, Inc. 1620 26th Street, Suite 400 South Santa Monica, CA 90404

310-309-4999 desk 310-430-0536 cell

-----Original Message----- From: owner-toasters@mathworks.com on behalf of Kießl Walter Sent: Wed 11/12/2008 1:46 AM To: Kappe, Michael; toasters@mathworks.com Subject: AW: Ontap 7.2.6 is under investigating

Hi,

there are a few bugs in the release which caused NetApp to withdraw it from NOW. As far as I know 7.2.6P1 will be released next week.

Regards

Walter

Von: owner-toasters@mathworks.com [mailto:owner-toasters@mathworks.com] Im Auftrag von Kappe, Michael Gesendet: Mittwoch, 12. November 2008 10:09 An: toasters@mathworks.com Betreff: Ontap 7.2.6 is under investigating

Hi,

after Announcing Ontap 7.2.6 a few days ago, now it is not downloadable from the NOW-Page.

Anyone know whats happend?

Regards

Michael

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Personally, I'm waiting for this one to cook a little longer (safely hiding behind 7.2.5.1p6). If you're already running 7.2.6 I'd say there isn't a lot of downside for you to upgrade, in fact I'd recommend it as there are some pretty nasty panic situations that might affect you. (see below)

1. Bug ID 267622: This can panic the storage controller during boot if an error causes a not-fully-initialized syslogd to need to report the problem, and/or if any of the following conditions match: -Lookup of a hostname specified in the /etc/syslog.conf file fails -The root volume is full -The /etc/syslog.conf file is misconfigured and contains invalid entries

2. Bug ID 318070: This affects only FAS270 systems with expansion shelves using ESH4 modules and where there are issues or configuration changes with those shelves. This results in a panic of the FAS270 storage controller.

3. Bug ID 324637: Under some circumstances, if a file with Windows NT ACL (access control list) is opened for overwrite by a CIFS client on a storage controller, it can cause a panic. This requires a high load on the system for quotas to be enabled, and for a Windows NT ACL to be associated with the file that is opened for overwrite by a CIFS client. Due to the high load, the Windows NT ACL buffer could potentially be recycled before it is used, leading to a panic.

-----Original Message----- From: owner-toasters@mathworks.com [mailto:owner-toasters@mathworks.com] On Behalf Of Jack Lyons Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2008 11:13 AM To: Kappe, Michael; toasters@mathworks.com Subject: Re: Ontap 7.2.6 is under investigating

Has anyone deployed 7.2.6.1?

It is GD but wanted to get some feedback - I had a lot of problems with 7.2.6 but it resolved my backup pains so I didn't down grade.

Thanks.

Jack

On 11/12/08, Kappe, Michael Michael.Kappe@izb.de wrote:

Hi,

after Announcing Ontap 7.2.6 a few days ago, now it is not

downloadable from

the NOW-Page.

Anyone know whats happend?

Regards

Michael

There is a bug I know of with 7.3.1 and 10gigE. I'd wait for 7.3.2 if you're using them.

-----Original Message----- From: owner-toasters@mathworks.com [mailto:owner-toasters@mathworks.com] On Behalf Of Adam McDougall Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 2:41 PM To: toasters@mathworks.com Subject: Re: Ontap 7.2.6 is under investigating (How are ONTAP builds lately?)

We are currently running 7.2.4 on a pair of 3040 filers and considering upgrading if there are reduplication improvements, but currently we don't have any panics or known problems. Are the waters safe with 7.2.6.1 or 7.3.1 lately, I haven't heard any complaints in a few months? Anything to watch out for?

Langdon, Laughlin T. (Lock) wrote:

Personally, I'm waiting for this one to cook a little longer (safely hiding behind 7.2.5.1p6). If you're already running 7.2.6 I'd say

there

isn't a lot of downside for you to upgrade, in fact I'd recommend it

as

there are some pretty nasty panic situations that might affect you.

(see

below)

1. Bug ID 267622: This can panic the storage controller during boot

if an error causes a not-fully-initialized syslogd to need to report

the

problem, and/or if any of the following conditions match: -Lookup of a hostname specified in the /etc/syslog.conf file fails -The root volume is full -The /etc/syslog.conf file is misconfigured and contains invalid entries

2. Bug ID 318070: This affects only FAS270 systems with expansion

shelves using ESH4 modules and where there are issues or configuration changes with those shelves. This results in a panic of the FAS270 storage controller.

3. Bug ID 324637: Under some circumstances, if a file with Windows

NT ACL (access control list) is opened for overwrite by a CIFS client

on

a storage controller, it can cause a panic. This requires a high load on the system for quotas to be enabled, and for a Windows NT ACL

to

be associated with the file that is opened for overwrite by a CIFS client. Due to the high load, the Windows NT ACL buffer could potentially be recycled before it is used, leading to a panic.

-----Original Message----- From: owner-toasters@mathworks.com

[mailto:owner-toasters@mathworks.com]

On Behalf Of Jack Lyons Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2008 11:13 AM To: Kappe, Michael; toasters@mathworks.com Subject: Re: Ontap 7.2.6 is under investigating

Has anyone deployed 7.2.6.1?

It is GD but wanted to get some feedback - I had a lot of problems with 7.2.6 but it resolved my backup pains so I didn't down grade.

Thanks.

Jack

On 11/12/08, Kappe, Michael Michael.Kappe@izb.de wrote:

...

Hi,

after Announcing Ontap 7.2.6 a few days ago, now it is not

downloadable from

...

the NOW-Page.

Anyone know whats happend?

Regards

Michael

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On 17 Apr 2009, at 22:40, Leeds, Daniel wrote:

we are using 10GBE and 7.3.1 under heavy load with no issues and even under netapp guidance. i saw the BURT but we couldnt get our or any support to actually explain to us what the issue was or how it was triggered.

i did however see several people having tons of issues with 7.2.6 on the lists that left me not feeling good about that release.

We are running 7.3.1 with 10Gig ethernet, it has been stable, although from one bit of our network we where getting bad performance but turning toe off seemed to make that issue disappear. With toe turned on with 7.2.?? the systems where unusable.

We are currently running 7.2.4 on a pair of 3040 filers and considering upgrading if there are reduplication improvements, but currently we don't have any panics or known problems. Are the waters safe with 7.2.6.1 or 7.3.1 lately, I haven't heard any complaints in a few months? Anything to watch out for?

I've done the bump from 7.2.4P5 to 7.3.1P2 on our two 3040 clusters and a stand alone 3040. No issues or scary bugs to report so far. A couple annoyances with the 7.2.x train have completely gone away (issues with netgroup and multistore, mbufs, dedupe glitches, and the notorious quota problems with 7.2.5) I haven't seen those at all.

~Max

Langdon, Laughlin T. (Lock) wrote:

...

Personally, I'm waiting for this one to cook a little longer (safely hiding behind 7.2.5.1p6). If you're already running 7.2.6 I'd say there isn't a lot of downside for you to upgrade, in fact I'd recommend it as there are some pretty nasty panic situations that might affect you. (see below)

1. Bug ID 267622: This can panic the storage controller during boot

if an error causes a not-fully-initialized syslogd to need to report the problem, and/or if any of the following conditions match: -Lookup of a hostname specified in the /etc/syslog.conf file fails -The root volume is full -The /etc/syslog.conf file is misconfigured and contains invalid entries

2. Bug ID 318070: This affects only FAS270 systems with expansion

shelves using ESH4 modules and where there are issues or configuration changes with those shelves. This results in a panic of the FAS270 storage controller.

3. Bug ID 324637: Under some circumstances, if a file with Windows

NT ACL (access control list) is opened for overwrite by a CIFS client on a storage controller, it can cause a panic. This requires a high load on the system for quotas to be enabled, and for a Windows NT ACL to be associated with the file that is opened for overwrite by a CIFS client. Due to the high load, the Windows NT ACL buffer could potentially be recycled before it is used, leading to a panic.

-----Original Message----- From: owner-toasters@mathworks.com [mailto:owner-toasters@mathworks.com] On Behalf Of Jack Lyons Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2008 11:13 AM To: Kappe, Michael; toasters@mathworks.com Subject: Re: Ontap 7.2.6 is under investigating

Has anyone deployed 7.2.6.1?

It is GD but wanted to get some feedback - I had a lot of problems with 7.2.6 but it resolved my backup pains so I didn't down grade.

Thanks.

Jack

On 11/12/08, Kappe, Michael Michael.Kappe@izb.de wrote:

...

Hi,

after Announcing Ontap 7.2.6 a few days ago, now it is not

downloadable from

...

the NOW-Page.

Anyone know whats happend?

Regards

Michael

We've been using 7.2.6.1 on a 3050 cluster for a little over a month now with no problems, though we don't currently use any asis on our cluster.

On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 3:40 AM, Adam McDougall mcdouga9@egr.msu.eduwrote:

We are currently running 7.2.4 on a pair of 3040 filers and considering upgrading if there are reduplication improvements, but currently we don't have any panics or known problems. Are the waters safe with 7.2.6.1 or 7.3.1 lately, I haven't heard any complaints in a few months? Anything to watch out for?

Langdon, Laughlin T. (Lock) wrote:

...

Personally, I'm waiting for this one to cook a little longer (safely hiding behind 7.2.5.1p6). If you're already running 7.2.6 I'd say there isn't a lot of downside for you to upgrade, in fact I'd recommend it as there are some pretty nasty panic situations that might affect you. (see below)

1.  Bug ID 267622: This can panic the storage controller during boot
   

if an error causes a not-fully-initialized syslogd to need to report the problem, and/or if any of the following conditions match: -Lookup of a hostname specified in the /etc/syslog.conf file fails -The root volume is full -The /etc/syslog.conf file is misconfigured and contains invalid entries

2.  Bug ID 318070: This affects only FAS270 systems with expansion
   

shelves using ESH4 modules and where there are issues or configuration changes with those shelves. This results in a panic of the FAS270 storage controller.

3.  Bug ID 324637: Under some circumstances, if a file with Windows
   

NT ACL (access control list) is opened for overwrite by a CIFS client on a storage controller, it can cause a panic. This requires a high load on the system for quotas to be enabled, and for a Windows NT ACL to be associated with the file that is opened for overwrite by a CIFS client. Due to the high load, the Windows NT ACL buffer could potentially be recycled before it is used, leading to a panic.

-----Original Message----- From: owner-toasters@mathworks.com [mailto:owner-toasters@mathworks.com] On Behalf Of Jack Lyons Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2008 11:13 AM To: Kappe, Michael; toasters@mathworks.com Subject: Re: Ontap 7.2.6 is under investigating

Has anyone deployed 7.2.6.1?

It is GD but wanted to get some feedback - I had a lot of problems with 7.2.6 but it resolved my backup pains so I didn't down grade.

Thanks.

Jack

On 11/12/08, Kappe, Michael Michael.Kappe@izb.de wrote:

...

Hi,

after Announcing Ontap 7.2.6 a few days ago, now it is not

downloadable from

...

the NOW-Page.

Anyone know whats happend?

Regards

Michael