Can not create any Aggregate because of sufficient disk

arinokitoku — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 22:24:48 GMT

Hey everyone,

I have running an Netapp Ontab 7.3.7P1

and i want to create an Aggregate, but when i do this the server tells me he has not enough disk:

"You do not have sufficient spare disks to create a 'RAID-DP' aggregate."

but i see that three disk are used for the root Aggregat and the other disk are "empty"

ST-01> sysconfig -r
Aggregate aggr0 (online, raid_dp) (block checksums)
  Plex /aggr0/plex0 (online, normal, active)
    RAID group /aggr0/plex0/rg0 (normal)

      RAID Disk Device          HA  SHELF BAY CHAN Pool Type  RPM  Used (MB/blks)    Phys (MB/blks)
      --------- ------          ------------- ---- ---- ---- ----- --------------    --------------
      dparity   0c.00.3         0c    0   3   SA:A   -  SATA  7200 635555/1301618176 635915/1302354816
      parity    0c.00.5         0c    0   5   SA:A   -  SATA  7200 635555/1301618176 635915/1302354816
      data      0c.00.7         0c    0   7   SA:A   -  SATA  7200 635555/1301618176 635915/1302354816


Spare disks (empty)

Partner disks

RAID Disk       Device          HA  SHELF BAY CHAN Pool Type  RPM  Used (MB/blks)    Phys (MB/blks)
---------       ------          ------------- ---- ---- ---- ----- --------------    --------------
partner         0c.00.4         0c    0   4   SA:A   -  SATA  7200 0/0               635915/1302354816
partner         0c.00.2         0c    0   2   SA:A   -  SATA  7200 0/0               635915/1302354816
partner         0c.00.13        0c    0   13  SA:A   -  SATA  7200 0/0               635915/1302354816
partner         0c.00.16        0c    0   16  SA:A   -  SATA  7200 0/0               635915/1302354816
partner         0c.00.10        0c    0   10  SA:A   -  SATA  7200 0/0               635915/1302354816
partner         0c.00.19        0c    0   19  SA:A   -  SATA  7200 0/0               635915/1302354816
partner         0c.00.14        0c    0   14  SA:A   -  SATA  7200 0/0               635915/1302354816
partner         0c.00.12        0c    0   12  SA:A   -  SATA  7200 0/0               635915/1302354816
partner         0c.00.11        0c    0   11  SA:A   -  SATA  7200 0/0               635915/1302354816
partner         0c.00.6         0c    0   6   SA:A   -  SATA  7200 0/0               635915/1302354816
partner         0c.00.15        0c    0   15  SA:A   -  SATA  7200 0/0               635915/1302354816
partner         0c.00.8         0c    0   8   SA:A   -  SATA  7200 0/0               635915/1302354816
partner         0c.00.17        0c    0   17  SA:A   -  SATA  7200 0/0               635915/1302354816
partner         0c.00.0         0c    0   0   SA:A   -  SATA  7200 0/0               635915/1302354816
partner         0c.00.9         0c    0   9   SA:A   -  SATA  7200 0/0               635915/1302354816
partner         0c.00.18        0c    0   18  SA:A   -  SATA  7200 0/0               635915/1302354816

how can i create a Aggregate correctly?

thank you for your help

Nico

Re: Can not create any Aggregate because of sufficient disk

JGPSHNTAP — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 13:23:23 GMT

Those are on your partner node.. You need to log into partner and run aggr status -s

That current node has no spares which is bad

Re: Can not create any Aggregate because of sufficient disk

paulstringfellow — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 15:03:24 GMT

As in the other reply, you need to have spare disks on your controller to create an aggregate.

you need a minimum 3 drives to create a RAID-DP aggregate as you need one data and two partiy drives.

the drives showing as partner are owned by the other controller in what will be a HA system, you need to connect to that and see if you have spare drives there.

however in a small system like this, i would suggest you may not need more aggregates.

what are you trying to achieve?

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