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unowned disk reminder in console message

Rawat_Sunil — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 22:58:37 GMT

Hi,

Seen unowned disk reminder in console message.

how we can find the disk and how we can asssign it to one of the aggergiate or in spare pool.

Regards,

Sunil Rawat

Re: unowned disk reminder in console message

shendys — Fri, 23 Oct 2015 03:00:02 GMT

Hi,

do you try , i want to see output.

filler>disk show -v

filler>disk show -n

thanks,

sendi

Re: unowned disk reminder in console message

Rawat_Sunil — Fri, 23 Oct 2015 03:16:46 GMT

Thans for prompt reply.

Would like to inform you that it both command show the disk ID but how we can add it in spare pool or in aggergiate?

Regards,

Sunil Rawat

Re: unowned disk reminder in console message

parisi — Fri, 23 Oct 2015 14:51:48 GMT

From the CLI run:

filer> man disk assign

filer> man aggr add

Re: unowned disk reminder in console message

RSG — Sat, 24 Oct 2015 04:39:24 GMT

You need to assign the disk to one of the controllers first. After it's assigned you can add it to an aggr or spare pool or whatever.

1. 'disk show -n' should show you all of the unassigned disks and their ID's.

2. 'sysconfig -a' will show you the controller serial numbers and controller ID's.

3. 'disk assign' will allow you to assign said disk to said controller ID.

4. 'disk assign all' from one of the nodes CLI will assign all remaining unassigned disks to that particular controller.

5. 'aggr status -r' OR 'sysconfig -r' will show you a breakdown of the raid groups and spare disks.

All of the commands above are for 7-mode and should be run without the quotes. If it's CDOT then the commands will differ slightly.

Regards,

Richard Santos Garcia

Field Support Engineer, cDOT NCDA, NCIE-SAN for E-Series

Pacific Northwest, (OR, WA, AK)

NetApp

386.216.9583 Mobile

888.463.8277 Support

rsantosg@netapp.com

Re: unowned disk reminder in console message

Rawat_Sunil — Sat, 24 Oct 2015 04:13:31 GMT

Thanks RSG for your prompt responce. Really appreciated.

I have run all the command except disk -n is not working than after that I have run disk show -n it show the unown disk

r-fas3140a> disk show -n
DISK       OWNER                  POOL   SERIAL NUMBER
------------ -------------          ----- -------------
1b.03.8      Not Owned              NONE   P6HHHH4N
dr-fas3140a>
dr-fas3140a>

======================================================================

After that ran 'sysconfig -a

output is

dr-fas3140a> sysconfig -a
NetApp Release 7.3.3: Thu Mar 11 22:29:52 PST 2010
System ID: 0151753992 (dr-fas3140a); partner ID: 0151751065 (dr-fas3140b)
System Serial Number: 200000199895 (dr-fas3140a)

========================================================================

after that I ran the 'disk assign 1b.03.8

It automatacally assign the disk to controller without any prompting for Controller selection

Message is

r-fas3140a> disk assig 1b.03.8?8??.??3??0??.??b??1?? ??g?gn 1b.03.8?8??.??3??0??.??b??1?? ? 1b.03.8
Sat Oct 24 07:49:03 GST [dr-fas3140a: diskown.changingOwner:info]: changing ownership for disk 1b.03.8 (S/N P6HHHH4N) from unowned (ID -1) to dr-fas3140a (ID 151753992)
Sat Oct 24 07:49:03 GST [dr-fas3140a: HTTPPool04:warning]: HTTP XML Authentication failed from 10.32.51.50.
dr-fas3140a> Sat Oct 24 07:49:03 GST [dr-fas3140a: diskown.RescanMessageFailed:warning]: Could not send rescan message to dr-fas3140a. Please type disk show on the console of dr-fas3140a for it to scan the newly inserted disks.

dr-fas3140a>
dr-fas3140a> disk show -n
disk show: No disks match option -n.
dr-fas3140a> disk assign all
disk assign: Could not find any unowned disks to assign.
dr-fas3140a>

than again i have ran the dis show -n and diskassign all it show no disk message.

=================================================================

And after that I ran sysconfig -a command it show the below output and spare disk is shown in spare pool. below is the output message.

dr-fas3140a> sysconfig -a
NetApp Release 7.3.3: Thu Mar 11 22:29:52 PST 2010
System ID: 0151753992 (dr-fas3140a); partner ID: 0151751065 (dr-fas3140b)
System Serial Number: 200000199895 (dr-fas3140a)

Pool0 spare disks

RAID Disk Device               HA SHELF BAY CHAN Pool Type RPM Used (MB/blks)    Phys (MB/blks)
--------- ------               ------------- ---- ---- ---- ----- --------------    --------------
Spare disks for block or zoned checksum traditional volumes or aggregates
spare   1a.SHX0954292G07W2.22 1a    187 22 SA:A   0 SAS 15000 418000/856064000 420584/861357448
spare   1a.SHX0954292G07W2.23 1a    187 23 SA:A   0 SAS 15000 418000/856064000 420584/861357448
spare   1d.SHX0954292H1170.4 1d    161 4   SA:A   0 SAS 15000 560000/1146880000 560879/1148681096
spare   1d.SHX0954292H1170.5 1d    161 5   SA:A   0 SAS 15000 560000/1146880000 560879/1148681096
spare   1b.03.1              1b    3   1   SA:B   0 BSAS 7200 1695466/3472315904 1695759/3472914816
spare   1b.03.2              1b    3   2   SA:B   0 BSAS 7200 1695466/3472315904 1695759/3472914816
spare   1b.03.8              1b    3   8   SA:B   0 BSAS 7200 1695466/3472315904 1695759/3472914816
spare   1b.03.10             1b    3   10 SA:B   0 BSAS 7200 1695466/3472315904 1695759/3472914816
spare   1b.03.11             1b    3   11 SA:B   0 BSAS 7200 1695466/3472315904 1695759/3472914816

==================================================================================

IN ALL MU ABOVE ACTIVITY WHETHER I AM RIGHT OR WRONG ? PLEASE SUGGEST.

Thank you very much for your suppoer.

Regardsm

Sunil Rawat

+91-9953212357

Re: unowned disk reminder in console message

Rawat_Sunil — Sat, 24 Oct 2015 04:15:49 GMT

In continous with the previous discussion I would like to inform you that we have 2 controllers

FAS A and FAS B.

And I have done all activity in FAS A.

Now pls tell me whether the same activity needs to be done in FAS B Also ?

Regards,

Sunil Rawat

Re: unowned disk reminder in console message

RSG — Sat, 24 Oct 2015 04:52:36 GMT

Hi Sunil,

If 'disk show -n' reports no results, then all of your disks are successfully assigned.

If you run the 'disk assign' command on node A then the disks you specified will be assigned to node A. You can check the disk and raid group configuration on node A by typing in the 'sysconfig -r' or 'aggr status -r' command on node A's CLI session.

If you run the 'disk assign' command on node B then the disks you specified will be assigned to node B. You can check the disk and raid group configuration on node B by typing in the 'sysconfig -r' or 'aggr status -r' command on node B's CLI session.

You can find more information on disk assignment via page 45 of the Storage Administration Guide for your specific version of ONTAP which 'sysconfig -a' was showing to be 7.3.3:

Data ONTAP® 7.3 Storage Management Guide
https://library.netapp.com/ecm/ecm_download_file/ECMP1134325

Regards,

Richard Santos Garcia

Field Support Engineer, cDOT NCDA, NCIE-SAN for E-Series

Pacific Northwest, (OR, WA, AK)

NetApp

386.216.9583 Mobile

888.463.8277 Support

rsantosg@netapp.com

Re: unowned disk reminder in console message

Rawat_Sunil — Sat, 24 Oct 2015 05:20:24 GMT

i HAVE COMPLETED THE TASK IN fas a

AND IN fas b, DISK SHOW -N COMMAND SHOWS NO OUTPUT, BUT IN fas b IT IS ALSO SHOWING IN AGGR STSTUS -R AND SYSCONFIG -R .

IS THIS IS CORRECT OR WRONG?

REGARDS,

SUNIL RAWAT

Re: unowned disk reminder in console message

RSG — Sat, 24 Oct 2015 10:55:03 GMT

I'm afraid I do not understand your question.

You said, "it is also showing on node B." What exactly are you referring to?

Re: unowned disk reminder in console message

Rawat_Sunil — Sun, 25 Oct 2015 02:43:42 GMT

I mean to say after completing the mentioned (earlier reference) stepas Unknown disk error has been flas out but the disk is represented in both the controller ( Ab and B)

Regards,

Sunil Rawat

Re: unowned disk reminder in console message

RSG — Sun, 25 Oct 2015 03:09:13 GMT

You can view the disk from both controllers but the disk itself can only be owned by one controller.

If you run disk show -n and receive no results then all of the disks are successfully assigned. You can assign them however you like. The goal is to make sure they are assigned so that they can be used.

Regards,

Richard Santos Garcia

Field Support Engineer, cDOT NCDA, NCIE-SAN for E-Series

Pacific Northwest, (OR, WA, AK)

NetApp

386.216.9583 Mobile

888.463.8277 Support

rsantosg@netapp.com

Re: unowned disk reminder in console message

Rawat_Sunil — Sun, 25 Oct 2015 03:14:00 GMT

Dear RSG,

Thanks for your prompt responce.

It would be great if you will tell how we can find the ownership of particular disk ( earlier which was unowned)

Regards,

Sunil Rawat

Re: unowned disk reminder in console message

RSG — Sun, 25 Oct 2015 03:34:59 GMT

disk show [ -o <ownername> | -s <sysid> | -n | -v | -a]

Used to display information about the ownership of the disks. Available only on systems with software-based disk ownership.

-o lists all disks owned by the filer with the name <ownername>.
-s lists all disks owned by the filer with the serial number <sysid>.
-n lists all unassigned disks.
-v lists all disks. -a lists all assigned disks.

I found the information above from the following guide:

Data ONTAP ® 7.3 Commands: Manual Page Reference, Volume 1
https://library.netapp.com/ecm/ecm_download_file/ECMM1278377

Regards,

Richard Santos Garcia

Field Support Engineer, cDOT NCDA, NCIE-SAN for E-Series

Pacific Northwest, (OR, WA, AK)

NetApp

386.216.9583 Mobile

888.463.8277 Support

rsantosg@netapp.com

Re: unowned disk reminder in console message

Rawat_Sunil — Sun, 25 Oct 2015 03:59:53 GMT

Thanks for your prompt responce.

Out put is shared below-

If possible please share the resolution for DONGLE DATA FAILED which is continously showing in the console message.

It might be caused due to partner disk mismatch.

dr-fas3140a> disk show -o dr-fas3140a
DISK       OWNER                  POOL   SERIAL NUMBER
------------ -------------          ----- -------------
1a.SHX0954292G07W2.23 dr-fas3140a(151753992)    Pool0 JVWMZYML
1a.SHX0954292G07W2.12 dr-fas3140a(151753992)    Pool0 JVWBD4AL
1a.SHX0954292G07W2.13 dr-fas3140a(151753992)    Pool0 JVW3XT6L
1a.SHX0954292G07W5.2 dr-fas3140a(151753992)    Pool0 JVWP60LL
1a.SHX0954292G07W5.16 dr-fas3140a(151753992)    Pool0 JVWLEM1L
1d.SHX0954292H1170.4 dr-fas3140a(151753992)    Pool0 JZVJDXKJ
1d.SHX0954292H1170.0 dr-fas3140a(151753992)    Pool0 JZVJ70GJ
1a.SHX0954292G07W5.8 dr-fas3140a(151753992)    Pool0 JVWL3SJL
1a.SHX0954292G07W5.20 dr-fas3140a(151753992)    Pool0 JVWLEEKL
1b.02.2      dr-fas3140a(151753992)   Pool0 JZVJS6SJ
1a.SHX0954292G07W2.17 dr-fas3140a(151753992)    Pool0 JVWL07SL
1d.SHX0954292H1170.2 dr-fas3140a(151753992)    Pool0 JZVJ7YKJ
1a.SHX0954292G07W5.3 dr-fas3140a(151753992)    Pool0 JVWPLEAL
1a.SHX0954292G07W5.17 dr-fas3140a(151753992)    Pool0 JVWPLBVL
1b.02.15     dr-fas3140a(151753992)   Pool0 JZVDMU3J
1a.SHX0954292G07W5.21 dr-fas3140a(151753992)    Pool0 JVWKU3EL
1b.02.20     dr-fas3140a(151753992)   Pool0 JZVJKA1J
1a.SHX0954292G07W5.15 dr-fas3140a(151753992)    Pool0 JVWPL9ZL
1b.02.10     dr-fas3140a(151753992)   Pool0 JZVK1JWJ
1b.02.12     dr-fas3140a(151753992)   Pool0 JZVK7TVJ
1a.SHX0954292G07W2.20 dr-fas3140a(151753992)    Pool0 JVW70LEL
1b.02.23     dr-fas3140a(151753992)   Pool0 JZVK5HVJ
1a.SHX0954292G07W2.8 dr-fas3140a(151753992)    Pool0 JVWLEPYL
1a.SHX0954292G07W2.21 dr-fas3140a(151753992)    Pool0 JVWPUG2L
1a.SHX0954292G07W2.11 dr-fas3140a(151753992)    Pool0 JVWPT7GL
1a.SHX0954292G07W5.18 dr-fas3140a(151753992)    Pool0 JVWKTRZL
1b.02.7      dr-fas3140a(151753992)   Pool0 JZVJM79J
1a.SHX0954292G07W2.16 dr-fas3140a(151753992)    Pool0 JVWBD2VL
1b.02.9      dr-fas3140a(151753992)   Pool0 JZVK1PBJ
1b.02.16     dr-fas3140a(151753992)   Pool0 JZVJS49J
1a.SHX0954292G07W5.7 dr-fas3140a(151753992)    Pool0 JVWKTR4L
1b.02.13     dr-fas3140a(151753992)   Pool0 JZVK1EDJ
1a.SHX0954292G07W5.1 dr-fas3140a(151753992)    Pool0 JVWPLGML
1b.02.14     dr-fas3140a(151753992)   Pool0 JZVK5D1J
1a.SHX0954292G07W5.11 dr-fas3140a(151753992)    Pool0 JVWP260L
1b.02.11     dr-fas3140a(151753992)   Pool0 JZVK1LAJ
1a.SHX0954292G07W2.22 dr-fas3140a(151753992)    Pool0 JVWPL2JL
1a.SHX0954292G07W2.14 dr-fas3140a(151753992)    Pool0 JVWPL7JL
1a.SHX0954292G07W2.10 dr-fas3140a(151753992)    Pool0 JVWPLSXL
1a.SHX0954292G07W5.22 dr-fas3140a(151753992)    Pool0 JVWKXS3L
1a.SHX0954292G07W2.3 dr-fas3140a(151753992)    Pool0 JVWNXH5L
1b.02.8      dr-fas3140a(151753992)   Pool0 JZVDYW7J
1a.SHX0954292G07W5.0 dr-fas3140a(151753992)    Pool0 JVWLEHBL
1a.SHX0954292G07W2.18 dr-fas3140a(151753992)    Pool0 JVWPKMXL
1a.SHX0954292G07W5.5 dr-fas3140a(151753992)    Pool0 JVWKU3PL
1b.02.1      dr-fas3140a(151753992)   Pool0 JZVK1K1J
1a.SHX0954292G07W5.14 dr-fas3140a(151753992)    Pool0 JVWPLLJL
1a.SHX0954292G07W2.2 dr-fas3140a(151753992)    Pool0 JVWKTVAL
1a.SHX0954292G07W5.4 dr-fas3140a(151753992)    Pool0 JVWP5G9L
1b.02.17     dr-fas3140a(151753992)   Pool0 JZVJ84ZJ
1a.SHX0954292G07W2.6 dr-fas3140a(151753992)    Pool0 JVWPL6RL
1a.SHX0954292G07W5.19 dr-fas3140a(151753992)    Pool0 JVWPKXBL
1b.02.18     dr-fas3140a(151753992)   Pool0 JZVD7NMJ
1a.SHX0954292G07W5.6 dr-fas3140a(151753992)    Pool0 JVWLEBXL
1b.02.0      dr-fas3140a(151753992)   Pool0 JZVEBM1J
1b.02.19     dr-fas3140a(151753992)   Pool0 JZVDZKGJ
1a.SHX0954292G07W5.10 dr-fas3140a(151753992)    Pool0 JVWPL9TL
1a.SHX0954292G07W5.9 dr-fas3140a(151753992)    Pool0 JVWKTUPL
1a.SHX0954292G07W2.7 dr-fas3140a(151753992)    Pool0 JVWPL9DL
1a.SHX0954292G07W2.19 dr-fas3140a(151753992)    Pool0 JVWL3SSL
1a.SHX0954292G07W2.15 dr-fas3140a(151753992)    Pool0 JVWPL6TL
1b.02.5      dr-fas3140a(151753992)   Pool0 JZVJKPDJ
1d.SHX0954292H1170.1 dr-fas3140a(151753992)    Pool0 JZV8LEGJ
1d.SHX0954292H1170.5 dr-fas3140a(151753992)    Pool0 JZVJ7W5J
1d.SHX0954292H1170.3 dr-fas3140a(151753992)    Pool0 JZVJ81TJ
1b.02.4      dr-fas3140a(151753992)   Pool0 JZVK513J
1a.SHX0954292G07W2.5 dr-fas3140a(151753992)    Pool0 JVWM769L
1a.SHX0954292G07W2.9 dr-fas3140a(151753992)    Pool0 JVWPT7AL
1b.02.21     dr-fas3140a(151753992)   Pool0 JZVK857J
1a.SHX0954292G07W2.4 dr-fas3140a(151753992)    Pool0 JVWKU26L
1a.SHX0954292G07W2.0 dr-fas3140a(151753992)    Pool0 JVWPTADL
1a.SHX0954292G07W5.12 dr-fas3140a(151753992)    Pool0 JVWKTR5L
1a.SHX0954292G07W5.23 dr-fas3140a(151753992)    Pool0 JVWPM4AL
1b.02.3      dr-fas3140a(151753992)   Pool0 JZVENEVJ
1b.02.22     dr-fas3140a(151753992)   Pool0 JZVJRW0J
1b.02.6      dr-fas3140a(151753992)   Pool0 JZVK20AJ
1a.SHX0954292G07W2.1 dr-fas3140a(151753992)    Pool0 JVWPLJXL
1a.SHX0954292G07W5.13 dr-fas3140a(151753992)    Pool0 JVWPKSSL
1b.03.0      dr-fas3140a(151753992)   Pool0 YFHRV2GA
1b.03.2      dr-fas3140a(151753992)   Pool0 YFHR05JC
1b.03.5      dr-fas3140a(151753992)   Pool0 YFJ9N2ND
1b.03.9      dr-fas3140a(151753992)   Pool0 YFJB5HEA
1b.03.6      dr-fas3140a(151753992)   Pool0 YFJB0X4A
1b.03.4      dr-fas3140a(151753992)   Pool0 YFJB348A
1b.03.7      dr-fas3140a(151753992)   Pool0 YFJ98UEK
1b.03.10     dr-fas3140a(151753992)   Pool0 YFJASU4A
1b.03.1      dr-fas3140a(151753992)   Pool0 YFHRV33A
1b.03.3      dr-fas3140a(151753992)   Pool0 YGJ9S1XB
1b.03.11     dr-fas3140a(151753992)   Pool0 YGJ97Y2B
1b.03.8      dr-fas3140a(151753992)   Pool0 P6HHHH4N
dr-fas3140a>

If possible please share the resolution for DONGLE DATA FAILED which is continously showing in the console message.

It might be caused due to partner disk mismatch.