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ERROR ON " snapdrive storage list -filer xxx"

netappmagic — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 15:24:13 GMT

I am getting the following error. What name should I use after the option of "-filer"? I tried cluster name, vserver name, and node name, all result the same error. What is the right sytax?

Please help!

# snapdrive storage list -filer cluster_name
0002-691 Command error: Invalid switch for NFS only filespecs

Re: ERROR ON " snapdrive storage list -filer xxx"

ekashpureff — Tue, 28 Feb 2017 01:10:25 GMT

Magic -

For snapdrive from a host it would be the vserver mgt interface.

Did you configure snapdrive with correct credentials for the vserver ?

I hope this response has been helpful to you.

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Re: ERROR ON " snapdrive storage list -filer xxx"

netappmagic — Tue, 28 Feb 2017 01:38:16 GMT

Yeah, I tried using vserver-admin, but got the same error:

# snapdrive storage list -filer vservername-admin
0002-691 Command error: Invalid switch for NFS only filespecs

# snapdrive config list
username    appliance name    appliance type
-----------------------------------------------
vsadmin     vservername-admin StorageSystem
vsadmin     vservername         StorageSystem

How do I configure snapdrive with correct credentials for the vserver? I don't see steps in "Installation Guide for Linux". Can you PLEASE let me know detail steps?

Re: ERROR ON " snapdrive storage list -filer xxx"

ekashpureff — Tue, 28 Feb 2017 01:47:24 GMT

Magic -

The command to set credentials is:

snapdrive config set username vservername

You'll be prompted to enter the credentials.

Re: ERROR ON " snapdrive storage list -filer xxx"

netappmagic — Tue, 28 Feb 2017 15:01:19 GMT

I have already done with setting credentials by run "snapdrive config set username vservername".

Based on the error messages, it seems not credentials related.

Any other ideas?