topic Re: SV-SMVI failing with HTTPS switch in VMware Solutions Discussions https://community.netapp.com/t5/VMware-Solutions-Discussions/SV-SMVI-failing-with-HTTPS-switch/m-p/27437#M2863 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>The solution was simple, as it turns out.&nbsp; The issue was that the system was not properly addressing the HOST IP change for all steps.&nbsp; I added a vNIC to the VCENTER so that it could communicate on the 7.x network and the backup processed normally.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:21:07 GMT MSTRJRYAN 2013-04-16T00:21:07Z SV-SMVI failing with HTTPS switch https://community.netapp.com/t5/VMware-Solutions-Discussions/SV-SMVI-failing-with-HTTPS-switch/m-p/27433#M2862 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>OS Level: Ontap 8.0.2</P><P></P><P>I am setting up SV-SMVI 3.0 in a secure environment where SSL is required.</P><P></P><P>The filers that we use all have&nbsp; httpd.admin.enable set to off (and admin.SSL.enable set to ON)</P><P></P><P>The problem is, when I use the HTTPS switch in my config file, SMVI is successfully able to create a snapshot on the source filer, but then hangs when trying to progress to the Snapvault step.&nbsp; I get no error message, the job just completes successfully in VCenter and the contents of the verbose report are as follows (IPs removed):</P><P></P><P>LOG REPORT FOR SV-SMVI</P><P>-----------------------------------------------------</P><P>[10:34:40] SV-SMVI Version: 3.0.3</P><P>[10:34:40] Log Filename: C:\VSCS\SV-SMVI_20130213_103440.log</P><P>[10:34:40] Start Time: Wed Feb 13 10:34:40 2013</P><P>[10:34:40] Use of -svip overrides IP address(es) in SMVI post-backup output.&nbsp; Continuing.</P><P>[10:34:40] Found backup: HOST = 'XXXXXX.7.30', VOLUME = 'vcloud_mgt1_nfs2', SNAPSHOT = 'smvi__Test Backup_recent' ...</P><P>[10:34:40] Use of -svip: Changing HOST = 'XXXXXXX.7.30' to HOST = 'XXXXXXX.1.30' ...</P><P>[10:34:40] Preserving SMVI backup with storage controller XXXXXX.1.30, volume vcloud_mgt1_nfs2, snapshot named smvi__Test Backup_recent ...</P><P>[10:34:40] Initializing connectivity to storage controller ...</P><P>[10:34:40] Attempting to ping storage controller XXXXXX.1.30 ...</P><P>[10:34:40] Ping of storage controller XXXXXX.1.30 successful.</P><P>[10:34:40] Logging into storage controller XXXXXX.1.30 ...</P><P>[10:34:40] Setting username and password for storage controller XXXXXX.1.30 ...</P><P>[10:34:40] Option -https defined, setting NetApp command transport to HTTPS (port 443) ...</P><P></P><P></P><P></P><P></P><P>That is the end of the report.</P><P></P><P>I received a temporary reprieve to test the system with httpd.admin.eneble set to ON and the job ran normally.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:10:18 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/VMware-Solutions-Discussions/SV-SMVI-failing-with-HTTPS-switch/m-p/27433#M2862 MSTRJRYAN 2025-06-05T06:10:18Z Re: SV-SMVI failing with HTTPS switch https://community.netapp.com/t5/VMware-Solutions-Discussions/SV-SMVI-failing-with-HTTPS-switch/m-p/27437#M2863 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>The solution was simple, as it turns out.&nbsp; The issue was that the system was not properly addressing the HOST IP change for all steps.&nbsp; I added a vNIC to the VCENTER so that it could communicate on the 7.x network and the backup processed normally.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:21:07 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/VMware-Solutions-Discussions/SV-SMVI-failing-with-HTTPS-switch/m-p/27437#M2863 MSTRJRYAN 2013-04-16T00:21:07Z