topic Backing up Initiator Groups in ONTAP Hardware https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/Backing-up-Initiator-Groups/m-p/56937#M3973 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Is there a way to backup the initiator groups on a controller? Are they stored in a particular file?</P><P></P><P>I will be migrating from a FAS3140 to FAS3170. We are not migrating the root volume from the FAS3140 to FAS3170. Is there a way to export/import?</P><P></P><P></P><P>Thanks,</P><P></P><P>Jim </P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 07:02:54 GMT jmmorrell 2025-06-05T07:02:54Z Backing up Initiator Groups https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/Backing-up-Initiator-Groups/m-p/56937#M3973 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Is there a way to backup the initiator groups on a controller? Are they stored in a particular file?</P><P></P><P>I will be migrating from a FAS3140 to FAS3170. We are not migrating the root volume from the FAS3140 to FAS3170. Is there a way to export/import?</P><P></P><P></P><P>Thanks,</P><P></P><P>Jim </P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 07:02:54 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/Backing-up-Initiator-Groups/m-p/56937#M3973 jmmorrell 2025-06-05T07:02:54Z Re: Backing up Initiator Groups https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/Backing-up-Initiator-Groups/m-p/56943#M3975 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Jim -</P><P></P><P>What an interesting question. It's one I haven't been able to find the answer to !</P><P></P><P>They've got to be stored somewhere, but I can't find a file changing as I create/destroy an igroup on my sim, nor can I grep the igroup from any files.</P><P></P><P>? ? ?</P><P></P><P>Best suggestion for a backup would be to write up a script to parse out an 'igroup show' command output.</P><P></P><P>I hope this response has been helpful to you.</P><P></P><P>At your service,</P><P></P><P></P><P>Eugene E. Kashpureff</P><P></P><P><A class="jive-link-email-small" href="mailto:ekashp@kashpureff.org" target="_blank">ekashp@kashpureff.org</A></P><P></P><P>NetApp Instructor and Independent Consultant</P><P></P><P><A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/eugenekashpureff" target="_blank">http://www.linkedin.com/in/eugenekashpureff</A></P><P></P><P>(P.S. I appreciate points for helpful or correct answers.)</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 29 Dec 2010 20:32:12 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/Backing-up-Initiator-Groups/m-p/56943#M3975 ekashpureff 2010-12-29T20:32:12Z