Powershell Update-NcVol requests flexgroup volume despite volume attributes being supplied

stephzylstra — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 18:25:27 GMT

Hi,

I am writing a script to automatically apply various snapshot policies to volumes. All is working fine until I try to actually apply the policy to the volume using Update-NcVol - at this point, it prompts me for a FlexGroupVolume, despite teh fact that volume attributes were passed to the query.

My script is like this currently:

$scheduleObjects = Get-Content -Raw -Path "schedules.json" | ConvertFrom-Json
Connect-NcController "x.x.x.x"

foreach($scheduledBackup in $scheduleObjects) {
    $volumeName = $scheduledBackup | Select -ExpandProperty Volume
    $datastoreName = $scheduledBackup | Select -ExpandProperty Datastore
    $vserverName = $scheduledBackup | Select -ExpandProperty Vserver

    ## Processing creation of policies and schedules snipped for brevity ##
    ## I end up with a policy being created in the NA which is named $datastoreName ##

    $q = Get-NcVol -Template
    Initialize-NcObjectProperty -Object $q -Name VolumeIdAttributes
    $q.VolumeIdAttributes.Name = $volumeName
    $q.VolumeIdAttributes.OwningVserverName = $vserverName
    $q.Name = $volumeName
    $q.Vserver = $vserverName

    $a = Get-NcVol -Template
    Initialize-NcObjectProperty -Object $a -Name VolumeSnapshotAttributes
    $a.VolumeSnapshotAttributes.SnapshotPolicy = $datastoreName

    Update-NcVol -Query $q -Attributes $a
}

However, instead of applying the policy, I get a prompt:

cmdlet Update-NcVol at command pipeline position 1
Supply values for the following parameters:
FlexGroupVolume:

Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks!

Re: Powershell Update-NcVol requests flexgroup volume despite volume attributes being supplied

stephzylstra — Wed, 02 Nov 2016 01:13:23 GMT

The issue was worked around by adding the flex group volume parameter into the command as $false. This appears to be a bug with the current powershell release as per https://community.netapp.com/t5/Microsoft-Cloud-and-Virtualization-Discussions/NetApp-PowerShell-Toolkit-4-3-released/td-p/123976

Re: Powershell Update-NcVol requests flexgroup volume despite volume attributes being supplied

JGPSHNTAP — Wed, 02 Nov 2016 10:51:32 GMT

Glad you found it.. I was going to reply as well :$false

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