Jon - You could assign multiple LIFs on different physical ports to the SVM, and access the volumes using those multiple LIFs. I hope this response has been helpful to you. At your service, Eugene E. Kashpureff, Sr. Independent NetApp Consultant http://www.linkedin.com/in/eugenekashpureff Senior NetApp Instructor, IT Learning Solutions http://sg.itls.asia/netapp (P.S. I appreciate 'kudos' on any helpful posts.)
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Liqun - Have you looked at the vfiler-list-info api call ? I hope this response has been helpful to you. At your service, Eugene E. Kashpureff, Sr. Independent NetApp Consultant http://www.linkedin.com/in/eugenekashpureff Senior NetApp Instructor, IT Learning Solutions http://sg.itls.asia/netapp (P.S. I appreciate 'kudos' on any helpful posts.)
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Werner - The system should show up by at least Tuesday following the Sunday upload of a full ASUP message. If this issue hasn't resolved already for the client please open and escalate a support ticket on it. I hope this response has been helpful to you. At your service, Eugene E. Kashpureff, Sr. Independent NetApp Consultant http://www.linkedin.com/in/eugenekashpureff Senior NetApp Instructor, IT Learning Solutions http://sg.itls.asia/netapp (P.S. I appreciate 'kudos' on any helpful posts.)
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Cindy - Have you resolved this issue ? We've been running 8.3 Sims with System Manager in our NetAppU classroom labs for months now with no problems. I hope this response has been helpful to you. At your service, Eugene E. Kashpureff, Sr. Independent NetApp Consultant http://www.linkedin.com/in/eugenekashpureff Senior NetApp Instructor, IT Learning Solutions http://sg.itls.asia/netapp (P.S. I appreciate 'kudos' on any helpful posts.)
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Newbee - Can you be a bit more specific with the question ? SMO, VSC, SMSQL, etc all have a given ammount of time to execute. The time taken to throw the app into backup mode and take the snapshot are minimal. Time taken to do error handling and update the back end DBs are the highest contribution. How long is your 'hang time' ? I hope this response has been helpful to you. At your service, Eugene E. Kashpureff, Sr. Independent NetApp Consultant http://www.linkedin.com/in/eugenekashpureff Senior NetApp Instructor, IT Learning Solutions http://sg.itls.asia/netapp (P.S. I appreciate 'kudos' on any helpful posts.)
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Andrew - Welcome to the NetApp Community, and to the bleeding edge with Windows 10. I'm just updating my forst host to Win 10 right at this moment, so I can't re-create this in my lab yet. Will do my best to try and duplicate the issue you're having. Can you give us all a bit more detail - 7-Mode or Cluster, and version of Data ONTAP ? Quickest advice I can give you - Have you opened a ticket with NetApp support on this issue yet ? I hope this response has been helpful to you. At your service, Eugene E. Kashpureff, Sr. Independent NetApp Consultant http://www.linkedin.com/in/eugenekashpureff Senior NetApp Instructor, IT Learning Solutions http://sg.itls.asia/netapp (P.S. I appreciate 'kudos' on any helpful posts.)
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Vineet - Awesome ! There are many of us who have been waiting for this update to the SDK. Thank you ! I hope this response has been helpful to you. At your service, Eugene E. Kashpureff, Sr. Independent NetApp Consultant http://www.linkedin.com/in/eugenekashpureff Senior NetApp Instructor, IT Learning Solutions http://sg.itls.asia/netapp (P.S. I appreciate 'kudos' on any helpful posts.)
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Magic - I'm a big fan of using the storage for whatever projects can be served ! Min volume size is 20M. I hope this response has been helpful to you. At your service, Eugene E. Kashpureff, Sr. Independent NetApp Consultant http://www.linkedin.com/in/eugenekashpureff Senior NetApp Instructor, IT Learning Solutions http://sg.itls.asia/netapp (P.S. I appreciate 'kudos' on any helpful posts.)
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RamK - Your issue is due to how the simulator uses the eth interface to sniff for packets addressed to it's IPs. I'd usualy configure eth1 down on the host, and then use eth1 as the interface for the simulator to bind to. (It asks which interface to use during simulator set up.) I hope this response has been helpful to you. At your service, Eugene E. Kashpureff, Sr. Independent NetApp Consultant http://www.linkedin.com/in/eugenekashpureff Senior NetApp Instructor, IT Learning Solutions http://sg.itls.asia/netapp (P.S. I appreciate 'kudos' on any helpful posts.)
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Stephan - Do you have an entry in /etc/hosts for netapp03-e1a ? I hope this response has been helpful to you. At your service, Eugene E. Kashpureff, Sr. Independent NetApp Consultant http://www.linkedin.com/in/eugenekashpureff Senior NetApp Instructor, IT Learning Solutions http://sg.itls.asia/netapp (P.S. I appreciate 'kudos' on any helpful posts.)
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Chandler - Follow this link to the community blog: http://community.netapp.com/t5/Virtualization-and-Cloud-Articles-and-Resources/OnCommand-Workflow-Automation-package-for-VMware-vCenter-Orchestrator-version-2/ta-p/85576 I hope this response has been helpful to you. At your service, Eugene E. Kashpureff, Sr. Independent NetApp Consultant http://www.linkedin.com/in/eugenekashpureff Senior NetApp Instructor, IT Learning Solutions http://sg.itls.asia/netapp (P.S. I appreciate 'kudos' on any helpful posts.)
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Mladen - Yes, these are the operations SnapCreator was designed to automate. See the SnapCreator documentation: https://library.netapp.com/ecmdocs/ECMP12395422/html/frameset.html We cover all of these operations with SnapCreator as well as SMO in the Oracle on Data ONTAP course from NetAppU. I hope this response has been helpful to you. At your service, Eugene E. Kashpureff, Sr. Independent NetApp Consultant http://www.linkedin.com/in/eugenekashpureff Senior NetApp Instructor, IT Learning Solutions http://sg.itls.asia/netapp (P.S. I appreciate 'kudos' on any helpful posts.)
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PSpringfield - You could wipe out the instance entirely, and then set it up again on-demand every time you need to do a demo. I've looked at using Cloud ONTAP to run class lab environs on demand. The repeated set up I'd need to do was non trivial. We continue run on using simulators instead. I hope this response has been more helpful to you ? At your service, Eugene E. Kashpureff, Sr. Independent NetApp Consultant http://www.linkedin.com/in/eugenekashpureff Senior NetApp Instructor, IT Learning Solutions http://sg.itls.asia/netapp (P.S. I appreciate 'kudos' on any helpful posts.)
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Stresnik - I'd be concerned if I didn't know the IO density of the applications running on the storage. Flash cache can make a significant difference for you though. The IO density of SATA drives is much lower than that of SAS drives. The factors that account for it are max random IOs per drive, and size of the drive. A 600 GB SAS drives will do ~175 random IOs, and has a usable capacity of ~500G. The IO density is 2 X 175 IOs, or about 350IOs/TB. A 2TB SATA drive will do ~75 random IOs, and has a usable capacity of ~1.5TB. The IO density is .66 X 75 IOs, or about 50IOs/TB. Best practice is to monitor aggregate performance, and the IO performance of the applications storage is provisioned for. I hope this response has been helpful to you. At your service, Eugene E. Kashpureff, Sr. Independent NetApp Consultant http://www.linkedin.com/in/eugenekashpureff Senior NetApp Instructor, IT Learning Solutions http://sg.itls.asia/netapp (P.S. I appreciate 'kudos' on any helpful posts.)
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Kyhoon - See also the Flash Pool documentation from the Physical Storage Management Guide documentation: https://library.netapp.com/ecmdocs/ECMP1368404/html/GUID-0A1850C0-1A11-4C92-8703-4F2314822FDC.html How the available Flash Pool cache capacity is calculated Knowing the available cache capacity enables you to determine how many data SSDs you can add before reaching the limit, because Flash Pool cache capacity cannot exceed a platform-dependent limit for the system or HA configuration. The current cache capacity is the sum of the "used size" capacity (as reported by the sysconfig -r command) of all of the data SSDs used in Flash Pool aggregates on the system. Parity SSDs are not included. For systems in an HA configuration, the cache size limits apply to the HA configuration as a whole, and can be split arbitrarily between the two nodes, provided that the total limit for the HA configuration is not exceeded. If Flash Cache modules are installed in a system, the available cache capacity for Flash Pool use is the Flash Pool cache capacity limit minus the sum of the Flash Cache module cache installed on the node. (In the unusual case where the size of the Flash Cache modules is not symmetrical between the two nodes in an HA configuration, the available Flash Pool cache capacity is decreased by the size of the larger Flash Cache module.) For information about cache size limits, see the Hardware Universe. Example calculation with Flash Cache modules For an HA configuration composed of two storage controllers with a maximum cache capacity of 12 TB and 2 TB of Flash Cache installed on each node, the maximum Flash Pool aggregate cache capacity for the HA pair would be 12 TB minus 2 TB, or 10 TB. Example calculation with asymmetrically sized Flash Cache modules For an HA configuration composed of two storage controllers with a maximum cache capacity of 12 TB and 2 TB of Flash Cache installed on one node and 3 TB of Flash Cache installed on the other node, the maximum Flash Pool aggregate cache capacity for the HA pair would be 12 TB minus 3 TB, or 9 TB. There's also the Flash Pool Datasheet, which has max cache sizes: http://www.netapp.com/us/media/ds-3345.pdf I hope this response has been more helpful to you. At your service, Eugene E. Kashpureff, Sr. Independent NetApp Consultant http://www.linkedin.com/in/eugenekashpureff Senior NetApp Instructor, IT Learning Solutions http://sg.itls.asia/netapp (P.S. I appreciate 'kudos' on any helpful posts.)
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Khyoon - Yes, you can have more than one Flash Cache card per controller. There are limits to the ammount of total cache depending on controller model. These are listed on Hardware Universe - https://hwu.netapp.com/ I hope this response has been helpful to you. At your service, Eugene E. Kashpureff, Sr. Independent NetApp Consultant http://www.linkedin.com/in/eugenekashpureff Senior NetApp Instructor, IT Learning Solutions http://sg.itls.asia/netapp (P.S. I appreciate 'kudos' on any helpful posts.)
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Pete - Yes, there's a charge associated with keeping tha back end storage for Cloud ONTAP. I hope this response has been helpful to you. At your service, Eugene E. Kashpureff, Sr. Independent NetApp Consultant http://www.linkedin.com/in/eugenekashpureff Senior NetApp Instructor, IT Learning Solutions http://sg.itls.asia/netapp (P.S. I appreciate 'kudos' on any helpful posts.)
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Liqun - The documentation is included in the package. Open the SDK_help html file in the root directory after you unzip the package. More detailed documentation of APIs is available from within the ZExplore utility found in the 'zedi' directory. You may want to take a look at the SDK API programming webinar I did for FastLane: http://www.fastlaneus.com/webinars#r33 I hope this response has been helpful to you. At your service, Eugene E. Kashpureff, Sr. Independent NetApp Consultant http://www.linkedin.com/in/eugenekashpureff Senior NetApp Instructor, IT Learning Solutions http://sg.itls.asia/netapp (P.S. I appreciate 'kudos' on any helpful posts.)
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Mark - Excellent set of questions to post ! The SATA and SAS split between two controllers is a common architechture, but often not the right choice for the reasons you've already mentioned. You wrote a 'big stack' of both SATA and SAS drives, along with 'some' SSDs. Can you give detailed drive/shelf counts for all types of drives ? I hope this response has started to be helpful to you... At your service, Eugene E. Kashpureff, Sr. Independent NetApp Consultant http://www.linkedin.com/in/eugenekashpureff Senior NetApp Instructor, IT Learning Solutions http://sg.itls.asia/netapp (P.S. I appreciate 'kudos' on any helpful posts.)
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Adrian - You're very welcome. Always happy when I can be of help. Thank you very much for the Kudos ! At your service, Eugene E. Kashpureff, Sr. Independent NetApp Consultant http://www.linkedin.com/in/eugenekashpureff Senior NetApp Instructor, IT Learning Solutions http://sg.itls.asia/netapp
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Oalexis - You're very welcome. Always happy when I can be of help ! At your service, Eugene E. Kashpureff, Sr. Independent NetApp Consultant http://www.linkedin.com/in/eugenekashpureff Senior NetApp Instructor, IT Learning Solutions http://sg.itls.asia/netapp (P.S. I appreciate 'kudos' on any helpful posts.)
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Adrian - It's 72 hours, and then the system halts. Unqualified Disks The Data ONTAP operating system automatically detects unqualified disks. If you attempt to use an unqualified disk and you use Data ONTAP 7.2.1, 7.2.2, or 7.2.3, the operating system responds by issuing a “delay forced shutdown” warning. The warning gives you 72 hours to remove and replace the unqualified disk before a forced system shutdown occurs. In Data ONTAP 7.2.4 and later, you receive a console warning. In addition, when the Data ONTAP operating system detects an unqualified disk, it takes these actions: Provides notification through syslog entries, console messages, and the AutoSupport support tool Generates an automatic error message and performs a delayed forced shutdown if the /etc/qual_devices file is modified Marks unsupported disks as “unqualified” I hope this response has been helpful to you. At your service, Eugene E. Kashpureff, Sr. Independent NetApp Consultant http://www.linkedin.com/in/eugenekashpureff Senior NetApp Instructor, IT Learning Solutions http://sg.itls.asia/netapp (P.S. I appreciate 'kudos' on any helpful posts.)
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Oalexis - Your script is working correctly. It's not creating a null qtree - volumes are considered qtrees in many instances. If you'd listed qtrees before creating any you would have seen 'attach1' listed as a qtree. I hope this response has been helpful to you. At your service, Eugene E. Kashpureff, Sr. Independent NetApp Consultant http://www.linkedin.com/in/eugenekashpureff Senior NetApp Instructor, IT Learning Solutions http://sg.itls.asia/netapp (P.S. I appreciate 'kudos' on any helpful posts.)
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Ulandon - It's my understanding that there's two kinds of backup for Sybase - 1) DUMP DATABASE [and DUMP TRAN] 2) QUIESCE DATABASE [or ASE shutdown] with direct device copy. Given the references in the SnapCreator Sybase plug in configuration documentation to TRAN dump directory, format, and compression, it looks like SnapCreator does a DUMP DATABASE backup, and does not do a QUIESCE DATABASE backup. See also the SnapCreator Sybase plug in documentation: https://library.netapp.com/ecmdocs/ECMP12395422/html/frameset.html I hope this response has been helpful to you. At your service, Eugene E. Kashpureff, Sr. Independent NetApp Consultant http://www.linkedin.com/in/eugenekashpureff Senior NetApp Instructor, IT Learning Solutions http://sg.itls.asia/netapp (P.S. I appreciate 'kudos' on any helpful posts.)
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Liqun - There isn't the concept of a node in 7-mode, so there isn't an equivalent API. There is the cf-get-partner API, to get the HA partner of a given system. There's also the host-service-storage-system-list-* set of APIs for DFM. I hope this response has been helpful to you. At your service, Eugene E. Kashpureff, Sr. Independent NetApp Consultant http://www.linkedin.com/in/eugenekashpureff Senior NetApp Instructor, IT Learning Solutions http://sg.itls.asia/netapp (P.S. I appreciate 'kudos' on any helpful posts.)
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