Dear Netapp experts! Could you please help us troubleshoot the following error? Issue: Unexpected NDMP error communicating with tape server (it is Commvault Media Agent server] Detailed description : Our NDMP backup runs very slowly (approximately 2MB/Sec) and eventually enters a pending state with the error above. Has anyone experienced this issue or have any insights? How to troubleshoot failing and slow NDMP connection? ... View more

Hello,   In logs: 4/1/2025 03:00:02   xxxxxxxxx-16   INFORMATIONAL unowned.disk.reminder: 5 disks are currently unowned. Use the "disk assign" command to assign the disks to a system. 4/1/2025 03:00:01   xxxxxxxxx-15   INFORMATIONAL unowned.disk.reminder: 5 disks are currently unowned. Use the "disk assign" command to assign the disks to a system.   All disks assigned to aggr, nodes and Pools (spare)   xxxxxxxxxxxx::*> disk show -container-type unknown There are no entries matching your query. xxxxxxxxxxxx::*>   NetApp Release 9.12.1P12: Mon Apr 15 02:18:12 UTC 2024 Both controllers: FAS8700   ... View more

We are running OnTAP 9.12.1(P11) and are considering implementing Autonomous Ransomware Protection. While I will test it, it's hard to simulate real-world scenarios perfectly. I'd love to hear from fellow admins who have implemented Autonomous Ransomware Protection what their take on it is. Was it performant? Was it mostly accurate or were there a lot of false positives? Any particular type of data it did or didn't work well on? I'd love any feedback anyone is willing to give! Thanks. ... View more

Hello, I have a big problem with my buckets again. The problem seems to do with an iconsistent flexgroup volume.   ch-strt-cl-001::*> volume show -is-inconsistent true Vserver Volume Aggregate State Type Size Available Used% --------- ------------ ------------ ---------- ---- ---------- ---------- ----- ch_fx_svm_s3_001_dest fg_oss_1680863045 - mixed RW 215.6TB - - ch_fx_svm_s3_001_dest fg_oss_1680863045__0001 ch_n1_aggr002_FPP offline RW 5.53TB - - 2 entries were displayed. ch-strt-cl-001::*>   How to fix Inconsistent flexgroup volume? I actually wanted to delete the 3 buckets on this volume, but ONTAP doesn't let me do it. Complaining about existing S3 SnapMirror relationship and Failed to check if the bucket is empty. Reason: Volume is offline.  I can not remove the bucket thru snapmirror object-store config delete -object-store-name either.   When I found out that one of the fg volumes is offline I tried to make it online, but also did not work: ch-strt-cl-001::*> volume modify -volume fg_oss_1680863045__0001 -state force-online -vserver ch_fx_svm_s3_001_dest Error: command failed: Unable to set volume attribute "state" for volume "fg_oss_1680863045__0001" on Vserver "ch_fx_svm_s3_001_dest". Reason: Volume is inconsistent.   In the meantime all my S3 SnapMirror relationships are not syncing anymore because of this problem on another SVM it seems. I have no idea where the problem is coming from. Hopefully somebody can help me out? ... View more