topic What is a shared Data ONTAP LUN? in Microsoft Virtualization Discussions https://community.netapp.com/t5/Microsoft-Virtualization-Discussions/What-is-a-shared-Data-ONTAP-LUN/m-p/2955#M149 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Afternoon everyone...</P><P></P><P>Im setting up snapdrive on my hyper-v hosts, i have added the cluster node on each hyper-v host and can see all the VM's, when i attempt to configure the host and specify the Snapinfo data path i recieve the following error:</P><P></P><P>"Snapinfo directory path is not valid. Snapinfo path for a cluster must be on a shared Data ONTAP LUN."</P><P></P><P>However the LUN is accessible by all hyper-v hosts......????</P><P></P><P>Below is an extract from the snapmanger for Hyper-V best practices TR document.</P><P></P><P>Information</P><P></P><P>The SnapInfo path must reside on a Data ONTAP LUN. For managing dedicated VMs, the SnapInfo location<BR />needs to be a dedicated Data ONTAP LUN. For managing shared VMs, the SnapInfo location needs to be to a<BR />shared Data ONTAP LUN.<BR />The SnapInfo path must not reside on a CSV.</P><P></P><P></P><P>What is the difference between a dedicated and a shared Data ONTAP LUN? and is there anything special about a shared Data ONTAP LUN?</P><P></P><P>Thanks,</P><P>Aaron.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 07:03:51 GMT aaron 2025-06-05T07:03:51Z What is a shared Data ONTAP LUN? https://community.netapp.com/t5/Microsoft-Virtualization-Discussions/What-is-a-shared-Data-ONTAP-LUN/m-p/2955#M149 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Afternoon everyone...</P><P></P><P>Im setting up snapdrive on my hyper-v hosts, i have added the cluster node on each hyper-v host and can see all the VM's, when i attempt to configure the host and specify the Snapinfo data path i recieve the following error:</P><P></P><P>"Snapinfo directory path is not valid. Snapinfo path for a cluster must be on a shared Data ONTAP LUN."</P><P></P><P>However the LUN is accessible by all hyper-v hosts......????</P><P></P><P>Below is an extract from the snapmanger for Hyper-V best practices TR document.</P><P></P><P>Information</P><P></P><P>The SnapInfo path must reside on a Data ONTAP LUN. For managing dedicated VMs, the SnapInfo location<BR />needs to be a dedicated Data ONTAP LUN. For managing shared VMs, the SnapInfo location needs to be to a<BR />shared Data ONTAP LUN.<BR />The SnapInfo path must not reside on a CSV.</P><P></P><P></P><P>What is the difference between a dedicated and a shared Data ONTAP LUN? and is there anything special about a shared Data ONTAP LUN?</P><P></P><P>Thanks,</P><P>Aaron.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 07:03:51 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Microsoft-Virtualization-Discussions/What-is-a-shared-Data-ONTAP-LUN/m-p/2955#M149 aaron 2025-06-05T07:03:51Z Re: What is a shared Data ONTAP LUN? https://community.netapp.com/t5/Microsoft-Virtualization-Discussions/What-is-a-shared-Data-ONTAP-LUN/m-p/2959#M150 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Aaron,</P><P></P><P>When you use sdcli to create a LUN, there is a switch, <EM>-dtype. </EM>It can be either shared or dedicated. Shared is for cluster only.</P><P></P><P>Hope that helps,</P><P>Wei</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 08 Dec 2010 22:36:49 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Microsoft-Virtualization-Discussions/What-is-a-shared-Data-ONTAP-LUN/m-p/2959#M150 lwei 2010-12-08T22:36:49Z