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Ontap 8.1 not booting in vmware workstation

RENGANATHAN — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:21:26 GMT

Hi,

I have downloaded the 8.1 7 mode and opened it through vmware workstation But it gives a error during boot.It is not able to find any HDD in the Filer.

Re: Ontap 8.1 not booting in vmware workstation

SeanLuce — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 07:16:47 GMT

Ctrl-C when prompted during boot to interrupt and then choose option 4.

Re: Ontap 8.1 not booting in vmware workstation

RENGANATHAN — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 08:32:53 GMT

I tried it and struck with following error.

Re: Ontap 8.1 not booting in vmware workstation

SeanLuce — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 11:37:42 GMT

'disk assign all' will assign all 25 disks to the controller.

Re: Ontap 8.1 not booting in vmware workstation

AGUMADAVALLI — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 17:14:00 GMT

Go into the maintenance mode, while booting using ctrl-c and assign the disks or initialize the disks, will take some time to zero the disks and initialize them.

thank you,

AK G

Re: Ontap 8.1 not booting in vmware workstation

tardie — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 09:27:00 GMT

I have a post with step-by-step instructions that may help.

https://communities.netapp.com/message/86547#86547

Re: Ontap 8.1 not booting in vmware workstation

RENGANATHAN — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 11:27:22 GMT

I am now able to get password screen and can log in . But how do i get the GUI mode from the CLI mode?

Re: Ontap 8.1 not booting in vmware workstation

tardie — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 11:50:26 GMT

My document referenced above explains it step-by-step (up to creating a cluster (data) vserver).

But a quick answer be you need to download OnCommand System Manager.

Re: Ontap 8.1 not booting in vmware workstation

WILLIAMP_POWLEY — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 15:29:28 GMT

Thanks for this explanation. I figured this out after much trial and error last night, but still not sure why I had to do this.

Would anyone mind explaining this to me since I'm still pretty new to the NetApp world? Using these simulators to get more hands on time with the interface, but keep hitting snags like this.

Thanks for all your help everyone!

William