I'm about to upgrade our SnapCenter infrastructure from 5.0P2 to 6.1P1, with the exception of five SQL Servers running Windows Server 2008R2 and 2012R2 [and yes we are pushing them to migrate to new servers]. Those Windows versions can't run SC 6.x [or for that matter some of the new prerequisites like the new PowerShell version requirement]. The problem: I just discovered that the IMT indicates that both 6.0.1 and 6.1 running on the SC server is not compatible with 5.x Windows or SQL plug-ins. I could upgrade only to 6.0 I suppose, which can run the Windows 5.x plug-in and possibly the SQL one [I say possibly because the online documentation and IMT for the plug-in say the SQL 5.x plug-in is compatible, but the IMT for the server says it is not]. Any suggestions? Is 6.0 sufficiently stable without going to 6.0.1 or 6.1? Is 6.0 in fact compatible with the SQL 5.x plug-in?
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Hi All, I would like to ask about the RCF file for Bes53248. What is the difference between downloading BES-53248-RCF v1.10 Cluster-HA.txt from the NetApp website and using the RCF generator tool? Do I need to reimport the RCF file after updating the firmware? Thanks. Metrocluster AFF250 9.10.1p8 to 9.13.1p8 Bes53248 3.8.0.2 to 3.10.0.3
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Hello everyone, I would like to determine the change rates of the snapshots for our volumes. The only way I currently see is to record all snapshots in a table and repeat this process multiple times for data comparison. But that can't be the only solution. Does anyone have an idea? Could it possibly be done with a script + perhaps NetApp API?
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Hello I'm troubleshooting connectivity to syslog server and I can still see: EMS::SYSLOG_HANDLER: Cannot send an ems message to syslog destination: x.x.x.x Reason: cannot add the destination to the syslog_client. Error: Failed to connect: Operation timed out Ping to syslog destination is working. Firewall is opened between cluster_mgmt LIF and syslog destination, so it leads me to confirm if really a cluster_mgmt is the source LIF that sends the logs or maybe node management LIFs are sending the logs - can anyone confirm? I've tried to find this information in documentation but I couldn't.
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we are currently using Rubrik CDM and snapdiff for NAS backups. according to NetApp, the snapdiff will not be supported after version 8.17. Rubrik is pushing us to a different backup solution of NAS cloud direct for NAS backups, but this is a duplicated investment and a lot of data movement. does anyone have more details about NetApp snapdiff support? looks if we lost snapdiff, the NAS backup on Rubrik CDM will still work, but on some shares which have multi millions files, the indexing and metascan will take hours to complete, it is causing user access issue to the shares. Please share the information or workaround if you have. thanks in advance
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