Hi,  I am reutilizing a DS460C disk shelf in a cluster having retired the nodes which were connected to it. All the disks are showing as zeroed except for the 6 disks which were previously being used as aggr0.    When I removed the nodes from the cluster I did a  "Clean configuration and initialize all disks (4)" option from the boot menu.""   All disks are currently owned by the node which it is now connected to.  Running disk zerospares nothing happens, I feel I am missing a step, can anyone help?   Thanks ... View more

We use MAV in my company and have a poweruser who is allowed to run "snap restore" commands.  This used to trigger a MAV request which I as administrator would approve.  However since upgrading from 9.17.1P5 to 9.17.1P8 the user now gets this:   Warning: This operation requires multi-admin verification. To create a verification request use "security multi-admin-verify request create". Would you like to create a request for this operation?  {y|n}: y   Error: Failed to create request: not authorized for that command command failed: This operation requires multi-admin verification. To create a verification request use "security multi-admin-verify request create".   The first part we had before and the MAV request would be triggered, however now we get the error about needing to run "security multi-admin-verify request create".  I tested myself as a poweruser with role containing  volume permissions and I do not have the ability to run "security multi-admin-verify request create".  I did not see in the UI any way to add "multi-admin-verify request create" to the role my user is a member of? ... View more

  I’m facing an issue while deploying an ONTAP Select cluster (2-node HA) using ONTAP Select Deploy 9.18.1 in a VMware environment. During the cluster creation, the Storage Pool dropdown is empty, even though I have available datastores that should meet the requirements. Environment details: ONTAP Select Deploy: 9.18.1 Deployment type: 2-node HA cluster License: Evaluation Mode VMware ESXi, 8.0.2, 23825572 Storage configuration: Tried Software RAID vCenter-managed ESXi hosts What I verified: I created new shared datastores (DS_SHARED_11 and DS_SHARED_12) Each datastore: 2 TB capacity 2 TB free space Datastores are visible and accessible in vCenter Both hosts are part of the same datacenter and see the same storage Minimum capacity requirement is met (UI shows ~1.9 TB required) Issue: Even with these datastores available, the “Select Storage Pool” dropdown does not list any options. Additional notes: I previously had smaller datastores (~1 TB free) that were not listed, which made sense due to requirements After adding larger datastores (2 TB free), the issue persists Software RAID is not an option (no qualified disks) Hosts are currently added via vCenter (not standalone) I’ve attached screenshots showing: The available datastores in vCenter The ONTAP Select Deploy UI where no storage pools appear Question: Is there any additional requirement or constraint (permissions, datastore type, host configuration, vCenter integration, etc.) that could prevent ONTAP Select Deploy from discovering these datastores?   ... View more

I need to revert these LIFs back to their home ports. However, several critical applications and clients are currently connected to them. In the past, I encountered issues when reverting LIFs without first considering the location of the associated volumes. To minimize risk and avoid any potential disruption, can the LIFs and their associated volumes remain on the same HA pair within the cluster during the revert process? We would appreciate any recommendations or best practices for performing the LIF revert safely before proceeding.   thanks, RT ... View more