SAS port speeds
Greetings, We have a stack of DS4243 shelves for a NearStore running SATA/BSAS drives. We will be getting some DS4246 with the 4TB FSAS drives. I k
View ArticleFixing LUN Misalignment on Physical Machines
Hello Toasters, I found a ton of information regarding fixing misalignment issues in virtual environments. However, I am interested in how to reso
View ArticleRE: SAS port speeds
I think so though have not tried myself. This may help. https://communities.netapp.com/thread/22419 From: toasters-bounces@teaparty.net [mailto
View ArticleRe: SAS port speeds
Jordan, It looks like the port speeds are independent. I plugged some in on a 3270 and the A ports speeds were 3G (ds4243) and the B ports were show
View ArticleRE: Fixing LUN Misalignment on Physical Machines
Phil, Take a look at the Paragon Alignment Tool (http://www.paragon-software.com/home/partition-alignment/). It fixes alignment issues on both ph
View ArticleRe: Fixing LUN Misalignment on Physical Machines
Hi Andre, Thanks for the information. I'll definitely look into the tool. We may be forced to go the paid route as it may pay for itself in the lon
View ArticleRe: Fixing LUN Misalignment on Physical Machines
I believe even the mbralign is making another copy of the volume - which seems like it would be just as 'tedious' Are you trying to minimize down tim
View ArticleRE: Fixing LUN Misalignment on Physical Machines
Hi Phil, The issue is a physical one and will require a physical solution, ie, the move of the data. You want to minimise overhead and downtime so her
View Articleclustered ontap monitoring snapmirror lag?
Hi! It looks as if the concept of a 'snapmirror lag' has been scrubbed from Clustered OnTap, at least on 8.1.2P3. 'snapmirror show' will show the st
View ArticleRe: clustered ontap monitoring snapmirror lag?
Hi Blake, try looking at it with the '-instance' switch. 'Lag' time without knowledge of the replication interval is not very useful. That's why it
View ArticleRe: clustered ontap monitoring snapmirror lag?
Thanks Sebastian! I can't find a '-instance' option. We generally judge problems by the schedule x 2. If the snapmirror is supposed to replicate ev
View ArticleRe: clustered ontap monitoring snapmirror lag?
There is no lag time in clustered ONTAP 8.1.x. This is available in 8.2: ::> snapmirror show -fields lag-time source-path destination-path
View ArticleRe: clustered ontap monitoring snapmirror lag?
I was suspecting so. Thanks for confirming. Can you tell me if snmp reports snapmirror in 8.2 as well? Is lag available there? -Blake Typed with
View ArticleRE: clustered ontap monitoring snapmirror lag?
There is no even for snapmirror lag, thus no SNMP trap for lag. To look for lag events: ::> event route show -messagename *lag*
View ArticleRe: clustered ontap monitoring snapmirror lag?
So there seems to be no snmp support for snapmirror anything in 8.1. https://kb.netapp.com/support/index?page=content&id=3013220&locale=en_US And if
View ArticleRE: clustered ontap monitoring snapmirror lag?
That is correct. 8.2 is the way to go if you're looking for enhanced snapmirror monitoring capabilities. From: Blake Golliher [mailto:thelastman@gmai
View Articleroles an capabilities in ONTAP: the missing link in security-*
Greeting, does anyone know what the secret (undocumented) security-* capability which allows you to elevate to diag level and see those CLI commands,
View ArticleRe: roles an capabilities in ONTAP: the missing link in security-*
I wrote: > does anyone know what the secret (undocumented) security-* capability > which allows you to elevate to diag level and see those CLI comman
View ArticleRe: Snapvault snapshots lost after upgrade.
Pascal, Your explanation is the best I've heard and makes sense based on what we've seen. Since the information is in the registry, it makes me ask
View ArticleRE: SAS cabling question
Thanks everyone for your thoughts and ideas. Sounds like Netapp is still working on a future offering. > From: Jordan.Slingerland@independenthealth
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