Hi everyone,   I’m running into an issue with the ONTAP Simulator and wanted to check if others have seen the same behavior or if this might be version-related.   Environment:   NetApp ONTAP Simulator OVA: vsim-netapp-DOT9.16.1-cm_nodar.ova Running on VMware vSphere Clientversion: 2.18.0 Client-Build-Nummer: 23593406  ESXi-Version: 8.0.3 ESXi-Build-Nummer: 24677879   What I did:   Deployed the OVA without errors Completed the cluster setup successfully All disks from the OVA are present and visible (disk show looks fine, disks are assigned and in spare/pool0)   Problem: After rebooting the node, the system throws errors during boot:   All local mailbox disks are inaccessible cloud database service is disabled ERROR: missing pmroot_late.tgz file   After that, the node does not come up cleanly.   Observations:   Disks are visible and assigned correctly Issue only appears after the initial setup + reboot Looks like a problem with mailbox/root initialization rather than missing disks   Question: Has anyone experienced this with ONTAP Simulator 9.16.1? Could this be a bug or known issue with this specific simulator version?   Any insights or workarounds would be greatly appreciated.   Thanks! ... View more

Hi all, we want to install /setup Ontap Simulator 9.16.1 on vsphere 8 for tests we have checked the installation and setup Guide and vsphere is not in the supported app.   Do you know if there are any problems with vsphere? has anyone tried it?     Thanks in advance ... View more

I've played around quite a bit with the vSIM in my lab environment (running in a vSphere cluster). All my tests were quite short-lived and limited in scope, though, since I have only very limited storage available. I read here that the simulators behind the Hands-On-Labs use vSCSI disks instead of emulated disks, and I tried getting that working with a new vSIM instance by adding a SCSI-controller and some 30GB-Disks. I could not get those disks to show up though, no matter which type of SCSI-controller I selected within VMware. @SeanHatfield is there anything I have to do within the vSIM so the disks are recognized? ... View more

I am trying to clone the Configured NetApp Simulator on ESXi cluster multiple time to having same configuration to me, but showing me run database recovery error to after cloning.    ... View more

With all of the Vmware changes due to the new owners, are there any plans to make the NetApp simulator available for other virtualization platforms such as KVM, Proxmox, XCP-NG, etc.? ... View more