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WFA 1.1.1 seeking next vol in sequence / last vol in series examples

stephen2 — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:14:26 GMT

looking to perform the following, but I dont know how to set up the finders properly - keep getting aggregatename not found

search vfiler for volume name (example - existing volume is ORA_DB_002 ) - looking to create new volume ORA_DB_003

if found

create volume with next number in sequence

else

create volume with 001 suffix

Does anyone have a sample workflow with this functionality?

yaronh — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 18:42:43 GMT

Hi Stephen,

The process in 1.1.1 would probably be:

1) Find the last volume by name (Prefix) in a vfiler - That certified one would give you the last volume used in that sequence.

2) Find an aggregate with available capacity in the array that vfiler is in - Should be easy to achieve as well with a certified finder

3) Define a new volume in that array, aggregate and vfiler. Use "nextNamePadded(last_vol.name)" for that volume name

3.1) If no volume was found in that vfiler - Just use all of the above but put your fixed name (The one with 001 suffix) there.

Note that the defines that you will do for 3 and 3.1 would match in name and all other info BUT the name attribute.

Hope that helps in direction,

Yaron

tanmoy — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 04:31:49 GMT

Btw, this functionality will be available in much more simpler way in the next version of WFA ( 2.0) which is going to be released in a week's time.

We would suggest you to try the more simplified version of workflow design using the 2.0 software.

Thanks

Tanmoy