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Snapshot restore time
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Volume full but Lun Online but not useable
Hi guys. I had a funny issue a few days ago. We have the following: * Volume with a single LUN in it both space guaranteed * 2 snapshots in the volume * 2 flexclones hanging off those snaps * fractional reserve set to 0 * auto-grow disabled Now, what happened was that the volume went to 100% but the LUN remained online.…
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What is snap vault?what is the difference between Snap mirror and snap vault?
What is snap vault?what is the difference between Snap mirror and snap vault?
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VM restoration from vault backup using snapcenter plug-in
I have snapcenter plug-in for VMware and the underlying protocol is FC for the storage connectivity. I want to retain more snapcenter snapshots at the secondary storage and hence planning to use “mirror-vault” policy for SM relation and update snapvault after back up option in plugin. To restore a VM from vault backup what…
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Sanitize entire netapp
Hi, I'm really new to netapp so forgive me that i don't know the commands and options from the system. We have a older Netapp (FAS940, ontap version 7.0.5) which should be totally wiped before we get rid of it. The netapp has 2 disk shelf's, then 2 heads and another 3 disk shelf's. (heads both see their own disks and the…
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Linux command mount shows .snapshot/* directories
Hi! Usually the Linux command mount does not list .snapshot/* directories but on one of our virtual machines it does, for a single volume only. On other virtual machines it doesn't for this and any other volume. Have you any idea what could cause this? Configuration: * FAS2750 * VM OS Debian 10 (Buster) * VM kernel…
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Snapshots / space reservations for snapshot volume size/write operation
Hi all, I was wondering about size needed for Snapshot volume R/W operation, as per my experience SS volume doesnt use snapshot reserved space for these operation - so I will need to plan extra space on volume group, in case I need to use snapshot volume for data recovery. Any idea what is the optimum size for minimum…
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Full NAS volume - make it working again
Hi all, what should I do to make NAS volume writable again if it is completely full with data and Snapshot copies? I guess, I should delete Snapshot copies and remove data from active file system? Is it enough? Is there anything what should be done with mirror relationships?
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Calling Snapmirror Product Manager
I have a few issues with Snapshot/SnapMirror I would like to address with a Product Mgr. * De-swizzle or its replacement is taking an extra-ordinary amount of time, during which time no SnapMirror updates can take place. This is a definite GAP in SM as a DR/Backup solution - talking week or more * If a volume is out of…
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Deleting SnapCenter Resource Group Also Deletes ALL SNAPSHOTS!
So the other day I was performing initial steps to decommission a NetApp cluster. We are keeping it in place for two weeks so we can restore from snapshots if needed. As part of the decommission, I of course removed SnapMirror and SnapCenter jobs. Much to my shock, removing the SnapCenter job in the vCenter plug-in (i.e.…