I came across a situation that ordinarily should have been "impossible" (with standard physical HBAs), but as NetApp uses software coded HBA WWPNs, I was faced with duplicate WWPNs on a C-DOT HA pair of nodes. First, it is necessary to understand how Data ONTAP generates WWPNs for…
This is perhaps one of the most significant manageability accomplishments in my current role, I'd highly recommend this for anyone running one or more devices which can be managed via SSH (unless of course you're able to better leverage APIs relevant to each managed platform). Essentially…
Some things to consider when configuring NDMP transfers for 8.2 . I came across these for a disaster recovery test, where no design documentation (outlining design decisions) for the PROD environment was available. The backup platform being used was Symantec Backup Exec 2012. vServer or Node Level NDMP In Clustered…
The below is tested up to Fab OS 6.4, although I don't believe it changes much in later releases (feel free to provide feedback to the contrary) In this example, I’m keeping things simple and using the admin account. You may wish to consider RBAC depending…
When migrating data from one Clustered ONTAP node to another, ordinarily vol move is your friend. In the case of a Load Sharing Mirror destination volume however, it doesn't work quite so well: CLUSTER01::> snapmirror show Source Destination Mirror Relationship Total Last Path Type Path State Status…