All LUN IDs used in igroup
Hi, How does a situation handled or solution suggested when a situation arose like that all the 255 LUN IDs are assigned and we need to assign more LUNs to my UNIX host or Windows host or ESX Farm?
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| May 2, 2013 2:37 AM
LUN, NetApp, SAN storage
Hi, How does a situation handled or solution suggested when a situation arose like that all the 255 LUN IDs are assigned and we need to assign more LUNs to my UNIX host or Windows host or ESX Farm?
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| May 2, 2013 2:37 AM
LUN, NetApp, SAN storage
Share access
How to set share level permissions on FAS2020 (NetApp)?
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| April 18, 2013 12:28 PM
NetApp, Netapp FAS 2020
How to set share level permissions on FAS2020 (NetApp)?
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| April 18, 2013 12:28 PM
NetApp, Netapp FAS 2020
Backup and Disaster Policies
I believe this is the best forum to ask this question. I have got 2 NetApp storage’s: One on the Head Office and another on the DR site, which is basically storage to storage Replication with snapshots enabled. At present we don’t take any kind of backups on the tapes or other drives. Is this a [...]
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| March 18, 2013 7:53 AM
Backup and Recovery, Disaster Recovery, NetApp
I believe this is the best forum to ask this question. I have got 2 NetApp storage’s: One on the Head Office and another on the DR site, which is basically storage to storage Replication with snapshots enabled. At present we don’t take any kind of backups on the tapes or other drives. Is this a [...]
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| March 18, 2013 7:53 AM
Backup and Recovery, Disaster Recovery, NetApp
AS/400 plus NetApp (NAS)
Is there any relationship between AS/400 and NetApp (NAS storage). Will it be helpful at any point in having knowledge on these two technologies?
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| November 27, 2012 5:27 PM
AS/400, NetApp, Storage
Is there any relationship between AS/400 and NetApp (NAS storage). Will it be helpful at any point in having knowledge on these two technologies?
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| November 27, 2012 5:27 PM
AS/400, NetApp, Storage
Random Storage Question
Question 01 – like netapp operating system is DATAONTAP and it’s file system is WAFL what about EMC products? and what about oracle ZFS uses which file system Question 02 – What are command set for fiber channel and fibber channel over Ethernet ? Question 03 – if someone talks about lost frame in a [...]
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| August 1, 2012 6:38 PM
EMC, iSCSI and FC Network, NetApp, Storage, Storage Channel, ZFS Filesystem
Question 01 – like netapp operating system is DATAONTAP and it’s file system is WAFL what about EMC products? and what about oracle ZFS uses which file system Question 02 – What are command set for fiber channel and fibber channel over Ethernet ? Question 03 – if someone talks about lost frame in a [...]
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| August 1, 2012 6:38 PM
EMC, iSCSI and FC Network, NetApp, Storage, Storage Channel, ZFS Filesystem
Who is your primary storage provider? (Sponsored)
Who is your primary storage provider? Dell, EMC, HDS, NetApp? Someone else?
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| May 29, 2012 3:47 PM
HDS, NetApp, Silver Peak, Silver Peak Expert Advice, Storage
Who is your primary storage provider? Dell, EMC, HDS, NetApp? Someone else?
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| May 29, 2012 3:47 PM
HDS, NetApp, Silver Peak, Silver Peak Expert Advice, Storage
Is there any Real Time Two-Way Storage Replication Solution for Netapp ?
Hi, We have a requirement which needs our data on our Netapp NFS to be replicated in real time (or as close to real time ) between the our two Netapp NFS storages located in diffrent data centers . Snapmirror is not an option becase it make the folder read-only .. and we need both [...]
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| May 11, 2012 5:12 PM
NetApp, Netapp NFS
Hi, We have a requirement which needs our data on our Netapp NFS to be replicated in real time (or as close to real time ) between the our two Netapp NFS storages located in diffrent data centers . Snapmirror is not an option becase it make the folder read-only .. and we need both [...]
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| May 11, 2012 5:12 PM
NetApp, Netapp NFS
Removing/reinstalling Netapp FAS2020 disks
If i take out all my disk in my FAS2020, does it matter which disk i put where when i reinstall them?
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| November 29, 2011 3:32 PM
FAS2020, NetApp, NetApp FAS, Netapp FAS 2020
If i take out all my disk in my FAS2020, does it matter which disk i put where when i reinstall them?
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| November 29, 2011 3:32 PM
FAS2020, NetApp, NetApp FAS, Netapp FAS 2020
TGIF: IT Book Giveaway
Happy Friday, everyone! If you want to take a break from your hectic day at the office, you’ve come to the right place to get those competitive juices flowing. We’re giving away Embedded Linux Primer, Second Edition from the Prentice Hall Open Source Software Development Series. If you want this little goody mailed to you [...]
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| January 21, 2011 4:10 PM
Desktop virtualization, embedded Linux, Giveaways, Hyper-V, IT Books, Linux, NetApp, Open source software, VirtualBox, VRDP
Happy Friday, everyone! If you want to take a break from your hectic day at the office, you’ve come to the right place to get those competitive juices flowing. We’re giving away Embedded Linux Primer, Second Edition from the Prentice Hall Open Source Software Development Series. If you want this little goody mailed to you [...]
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| January 21, 2011 4:10 PM
Desktop virtualization, embedded Linux, Giveaways, Hyper-V, IT Books, Linux, NetApp, Open source software, VirtualBox, VRDP
NetApp Snapmanager for Exchange Backup Troubles
We use netApp snapmanager for Exchange 5.0 for exchange database backup. We observe, everyday some Storage groups are missing from the Backup, though the status says “Backups of storage groups completed succesfully”. I have checked with some fellow admins on the same, they all say, it is a common problem with the SME, Has anyone [...]
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| August 25, 2011 12:32 PM
Exchange, Exchange 2007, Exchange administration, Exchange Backup, Exchange Backup & Restore, Exchange database, NetApp
We use netApp snapmanager for Exchange 5.0 for exchange database backup. We observe, everyday some Storage groups are missing from the Backup, though the status says “Backups of storage groups completed succesfully”. I have checked with some fellow admins on the same, they all say, it is a common problem with the SME, Has anyone [...]
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| August 25, 2011 12:32 PM
Exchange, Exchange 2007, Exchange administration, Exchange Backup, Exchange Backup & Restore, Exchange database, NetApp
Backup/Restore Today & Tomorrow
Looking to re-invent our Backup/Restore system. Throw everything out and start again. But where to start? What is the leading edge technology today, that once installed and setup, will allow me to forget B/R till 2020? I have over 1PByte of data to deal with. Whats the best backup strategy? Continual incremental? Tiering?
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| November 4, 2011 11:10 AM
Backup, Backup & restore, Backup Strategy, HP, NetApp
Looking to re-invent our Backup/Restore system. Throw everything out and start again. But where to start? What is the leading edge technology today, that once installed and setup, will allow me to forget B/R till 2020? I have over 1PByte of data to deal with. Whats the best backup strategy? Continual incremental? Tiering?
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| November 4, 2011 11:10 AM
Backup, Backup & restore, Backup Strategy, HP, NetApp
Storage market for DHS, Gov and DOD
Can you approximate how much share each of these storage companies ((e.g., NetApp, IBM, Sun, HP, EMC, etc) had in terms of military/ DHS/ government spend?
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| April 19, 2010 6:33 PM
EMC, HP, IBM, NetApp, SAN, Storage Area Networks, Storage devices, Sun
Can you approximate how much share each of these storage companies ((e.g., NetApp, IBM, Sun, HP, EMC, etc) had in terms of military/ DHS/ government spend?
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| April 19, 2010 6:33 PM
EMC, HP, IBM, NetApp, SAN, Storage Area Networks, Storage devices, Sun
NFS mount as persistent or as a service?
I’m running Windows Server 2008 R2, 64bit. We have a couple NFS shares on our NetApp SAN that we need to mount from this server as letter drives. I have installed “Service for NFS” and I have successfully mounted the NFS shares using both “mount” and “net use”, but I have a couple questions: 1. [...]
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| December 15, 2009 5:37 PM
NetApp, NFS, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2
I’m running Windows Server 2008 R2, 64bit. We have a couple NFS shares on our NetApp SAN that we need to mount from this server as letter drives. I have installed “Service for NFS” and I have successfully mounted the NFS shares using both “mount” and “net use”, but I have a couple questions: 1. [...]
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| December 15, 2009 5:37 PM
NetApp, NFS, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2
Fibre Channel HBAs initiator or target mode for netapp
How can you tell if the fibre channel hbas are in initiator or target mode in a NettApp SAN?
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| November 10, 2009 4:06 PM
Fibre channel, Fibre channel SAN, HBA, NetApp, Netapp 3140, SAN
How can you tell if the fibre channel hbas are in initiator or target mode in a NettApp SAN?
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| November 10, 2009 4:06 PM
Fibre channel, Fibre channel SAN, HBA, NetApp, Netapp 3140, SAN
SAP on SQL Server and NetApp
Hi Everyone, We are looking for some feedback from anyone who has used NetApp with SAP running on a SQL database. We are researching white papers, etc., but would really like to hear from some folks with hands on experience. What has your experience been like? Any performance hits? Any caveats or considerations to be [...]
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| October 5, 2009 9:51 PM
NetApp, SAP, SQL
Hi Everyone, We are looking for some feedback from anyone who has used NetApp with SAP running on a SQL database. We are researching white papers, etc., but would really like to hear from some folks with hands on experience. What has your experience been like? Any performance hits? Any caveats or considerations to be [...]
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| October 5, 2009 9:51 PM
NetApp, SAP, SQL
Mirapoint Email Server anyone?
Wondering if anyone else uses Mirapoint email appliance? What have been your experiences with it. Both with Mirapoint in terms of support and with the server itself, and the quality of service. We have the appliance serving about 1000 clients, connected to a NetApp backend storage.
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| September 14, 2009 3:43 PM
Email (systems), Mirapoint, NetApp
Wondering if anyone else uses Mirapoint email appliance? What have been your experiences with it. Both with Mirapoint in terms of support and with the server itself, and the quality of service. We have the appliance serving about 1000 clients, connected to a NetApp backend storage.
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| September 14, 2009 3:43 PM
Email (systems), Mirapoint, NetApp
NetApp DataFort and PCI Compliance
Does NetApp DataFort meet current PCI requirements ?
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| September 8, 2009 2:27 PM
data security breach, NetApp, NetApp DataFort, PCI compliance, Security
Does NetApp DataFort meet current PCI requirements ?
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| September 8, 2009 2:27 PM
data security breach, NetApp, NetApp DataFort, PCI compliance, Security
NetApp drive replacement warranty contract vs not
So I have taken a job where the entire network is falling apart and I have a couple NetApp filers. The FAS 3020 is still under contract and working fine with 7.0.4. It uses Seagate ST3146807FC FC-AL 10.6k 146GB fibre disks. The F840 however has a couple broken disks that need to be replaced and [...]
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| February 11, 2009 4:10 PM
F840, FAS3020, Fibre channel, Fibre Disks, NAS, NetApp, Seagate, Seagate ST3146807FC
So I have taken a job where the entire network is falling apart and I have a couple NetApp filers. The FAS 3020 is still under contract and working fine with 7.0.4. It uses Seagate ST3146807FC FC-AL 10.6k 146GB fibre disks. The F840 however has a couple broken disks that need to be replaced and [...]
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| February 11, 2009 4:10 PM
F840, FAS3020, Fibre channel, Fibre Disks, NAS, NetApp, Seagate, Seagate ST3146807FC
Performane issues on my Subversion (SVN) server on NFS (NetApp)
I have some performane issues on my Subversion (SVN) server on NFS, before we migrate our data to NFS (NetApp storage) it is in a local hard drive of the server and the check-out is fast, compare to NFS the time it took is double. Does any body here have some best practices on Subversion [...]
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| February 9, 2009 1:34 AM
FSFS, NetApp, NFS, Revision Control Systems, Subversion
I have some performane issues on my Subversion (SVN) server on NFS, before we migrate our data to NFS (NetApp storage) it is in a local hard drive of the server and the check-out is fast, compare to NFS the time it took is double. Does any body here have some best practices on Subversion [...]
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| February 9, 2009 1:34 AM
FSFS, NetApp, NFS, Revision Control Systems, Subversion
IBM/Netapp Filer with failover fencing and a Sun Cluster with a qurom drive
It has been a while and weﾒre still working on the Sun cluster. We have narrowed the issue down to the failover/fencing agent for Sun cluster. Either it is not happy or weﾒre misconfigured it. ISCSI is fine, but when we use an iSCSI LUN as a quorum device bad things happen. I have 2 [...]
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| June 10, 2008 8:02 PM
Failover, iSCSI, NetApp, Solaris Cluster
It has been a while and weﾒre still working on the Sun cluster. We have narrowed the issue down to the failover/fencing agent for Sun cluster. Either it is not happy or weﾒre misconfigured it. ISCSI is fine, but when we use an iSCSI LUN as a quorum device bad things happen. I have 2 [...]
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| June 10, 2008 8:02 PM
Failover, iSCSI, NetApp, Solaris Cluster
