Re: Diskcount for New Sync Mirror Aggregate
After reading more into the Data Protection Guide it seems there's a lot more to creating a Sync Mirror aggregate than simply specifying "-mirror true" in the aggr create command. To begin with it...
View ArticleAn appropriate way to add extra capacity into an existing aggregate?
I need to add 2x24 SAS shelve into an existing aggregate, and it's current layout as shown in the attachment.I am going to create two more raid groups with the same size of 22 disks as rg4 and rg5 in...
View ArticleRe: An appropriate way to add extra capacity into an existing aggregate?
Hi ,I recommend adding 2 disks to rg3 and then create new rg with the available disks.
View ArticleRe: An appropriate way to add extra capacity into an existing aggregate?
Yes, that's what I am going to do, but would not you worry about hot spot on these two disks and why?
View ArticleRe: An appropriate way to add extra capacity into an existing aggregate?
Hey, Yes , I would certainly worry about the hot spots after adding these two new disks to rg3 . I would "reallocate" volumes after adding disks. Reallocate has to be performed whenever you add new...
View ArticleRe: Cannot Delete Qtree That Was a SnapVault Destination
fas3250-cn> vol status vol1Volume State Status Optionsvol1 online raid_dp, flex nosnap=on64-bitVolume UUID: 5e51a582-c4d9-4720-afb7-ef89babde2adContaining aggregate: 'aggr2'
View ArticleRe: iSCSI on Windows Server 2016
Which Data ONTAP version is in use?When you say "during reboot" did you mean reboot of the windows host or the storage controller?Does your igroup have entries for all three windows initiators or only...
View ArticleRe: Diskcount for New Sync Mirror Aggregate
DIsk count is total number of disks in both plexes, so it must be even in this case. Pool assignment is responsibility of administrator - system does not enforce any restrictions on which disks are...
View ArticleRe: Diskcount for New Sync Mirror Aggregate
It is OK and supported to have the pool 0 disks of controller A and the pool 1 disks of controller B in the same stack/loop.However ONTAP will complain in case you would asigne pool 0 and pool 1 disks...
View ArticleRe: An appropriate way to add extra capacity into an existing aggregate?
"reallocate" volumes would take a lot of time and efforts on all volumes, so, if it could really happen, I probably should sacrifice the opportunity to add 2 disks (~2TB). Agree? another question, If...
View ArticleRe: Unable to change file owner on CIFS share in OnTAP 9 SVM
Issue was resolved after upgrading to ONTAP 9 RC2. We closed the case!
View ArticleRe: ONTAP 9 System Manager, Active Directory Authentication
Actually, it was already fixed in ONTAP 9 RC2.We've updated our clusters and can now log onto system manager with our AD accounts
View Article"cifs setup" fails with "Setup cannot connect to an LDAP server for the FQDN"
Hi,I tried to add 8.2.3 7-Mode filer to Windows AD via "cifs setup"wizard, but it's failing with:CIFS - Logged in as username@MYDOMAIN.COM*** Setup cannot connect to an LDAP server for the...
View ArticleRe: SNAPSHOT creation problem
The PROCUREMENT volume is the only one having this problem. Neither my manager nor I knowexactly how / why the snapshot_autodelete and vol_autogrow options should be set; this was handled by our...
View ArticleRe: Unable to change file owner on CIFS share in OnTAP 9 SVM
Hi steve,We have similar issue on ontap 8.3.2 version on Fas8040 model system.So upgrade to 9 rc 2 fixes this issue is it ?
View ArticleNode Root Volume Rename
Hey everyone. First post to the community boards. IHAC that changes the root volume names to align with their internal nomenclature for their systems. In testing out ONTAP 9, it looks like this...
View ArticleRe: Unable to change file owner on CIFS share in OnTAP 9 SVM
Hi Steve,Did you adding that group to build in Administrator group and then trying to change ownership on the share ?I am sure this will work.
View ArticleRe: Node Root Volume Rename
Hi, I guess you tried with Node name first and Cluster name as vserver . Normally, Node name should do the job. volume rename -vserver node_name -volume a_vol0_1 -newname vol0_01 Can you paste "vol...
View ArticleSMB2 QFid Support
Hi: I have a customer who has contacted Microsoft in regards to some performance issues. MSFT have come back asking if their CIFS storage supports SMB2 Qfid. As far as I can tell, it references the...
View ArticleRe: An appropriate way to add extra capacity into an existing aggregate?
Hey, Two New disks to rg2 will not equally take data as other two raid groups. Hot spots will occur and the only solution is to "rebalance". You have to sacrifice adding disks to rg2 if you consider...
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