Root Volume Export Policy Rule and Mounting Volumes, QTrees, Folders Directly
Two questions: 1. We would like to have the root volume have the default export-policy rule of no access, but define indepedent rules on non-root volumes. Is this possible? Here is the output of...
View ArticleRobocopy The security ID may not be assigned as the owner of this object
Hi I have a cifs share setup with FULL CONTROL for the user I'm using, and I'm getting this error when trying to use robocopy to copy the permissions The security ID may not be assigned as the owner of...
View ArticleCopy configurations to another CDOT cluster
Is there any way to copy all the share information (cifs shares and export policies) to another cdot cluster?Like we can copy the cifsconfig_share.cfg/exports files to another 7-mode filer. Same way i...
View ArticleGet the proper Group & Owner from Netapp (using autofs, sssd)
Hi,I have a NAS (netapp). with a windows file server that has samba shares connect to AD. I would like to mount some shares from the NAS onto my ubuntu 16.04 server. When I mount them, I get the group...
View ArticleHitting the 16 LUN Limit for one (!) virtual server
Now, after some years of growth, we are really hitting the 16 LUN Limit for one (!) virtual server in near future.I just want to know, how other admins are getting rid of this problem today. I am...
View ArticleCIFS, cDOT 8.3, and Lexmark MFPs
I've run into an issue head-first that I can't seem to get past. Looks like it's been a prevalent issue on a lot of other mult-function printers as well. Scanning to Network, the device can reach...
View ArticleChanging SIDs/UIDs/GIDs safely in mixed qtrees
We use a FAS3220 MDL filer with Data ONTAP 8.1.4P6 7-MODE as acombined CIFS and NFS server with mostly mixed-type qtrees, wherefiles and folders occur with both NFSv3 and NTFS access permissions.Users...
View ArticleMigrating DC with different domain name
Hi All, One of our customer is planning to move the NetApp storage with 7-Mode to another domain as the organisation has merged with another organisation.The storage is specifiaclly being used...
View ArticleCIFS Share Level Permissions Issue
I just got a Clustered Netapp with 8.3.2SP2 on it and it is functioning except when I apply Windows AD security Groups to a CIFS share and remove (uncheck) the everyone access. So I go into the share...
View ArticleBroken directory queries with ? wildcards
Hello, currently I'm facing an issue when using a NetApp hosted windows file share with the standard Windows Backup and Restore tool. The issue boils down to a "query directory" request being sent to...
View ArticleIs this a NETAPP problem or VMware problem
All Fiber Channel presented LUNS get repeated disconnects and reconnects after vmware reports an error with SIOC. SIOC is not enabled. Hoping We can get support to look at our configuration and...
View ArticleLock filenames like readme.* or something similar?
Hi netapp admins...I didn't find anywhere, but do you know if it will be possible to lock filenames like readme.* or something similar using the native tool?Or may I need to use another software to...
View ArticleLacp vs multi-mode
Hello everyone: i've read posts about the comparison between static multimode and lacp.and i'd like to know how to test the advantage of LACP in our environment. Please help me to identify whether the...
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Windows 10 loosing connection to CIFS share
We see only Windows 10 clients loosing connection to CIFS shares sporadicly. Failure means something like 'Path is not available' but network seems to be fine as only those Windows 10 client are kicked...
View ArticleSlow NDMP Backup to Tape After Upgrading to FAS8040 Cluster and 8.3
Hello All- We have been using Symantec NetBackup with our NetApp for doing NDMP backups to tape for quite some time. Recently, we migrated off of our old 7-mode filer to a new 8040 cluster running...
View Article7-mode to C-mode TCP timeout
OK, We've found some changed behaviour between 7-mode and C-mode In 7-mode filers the following is implemented : rpcmod:svc_idle_timeout DescriptionControls the duration of time on the server that a...
View ArticleSwitch from NFS3 to NFS4.1 VMware datastores
Hi guys, just curious, what is needed to change volumes used for VMware datastores with NFS3 to run with NFS 4.1?Simple unmount on both ends, enable 4.1 support on NetApp and mount again? Thanks!
View ArticleCIFS not joining AD domain
Hello, Follow problem with ONTAP 9 and FAS2552 cl1::vserver cifs> dns cl1::vserver services name-service dns> show NameVserver...
View ArticleWindows NT-based NetApp CIFS Filer test suite
Hello, I used to run an old Win 32API / Windows NT-based netApp CIFS Filer (File Server) Test Suite years and years ago. Does anyone know of a newer or follow-on version of this older test...
View ArticleNFS 4.1 (aka NFS4.1 aka NFSv4.1) Configuration for VMware vSphere 6.0 / ESXi 6.0
I have run into a roadblok of sorts attempting to create an NFS 4.1 datastore in vSphere 6.0 on a NetApp FAS2552 running Clustered Data Ontap (CDOT) 8.3.2. NetApp seems to elude to NFS 4.1 in some...
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