SVM Snapmirror Configuration - Can I modify root volume name post migration?
we are migrating from one cluster to another and using SVM snapmirror config to perform the same, in this process the root volume migrated is having the naming convention of source netapp cluster, can...
View ArticleSnapcenter for VMware without vCenter ?
Hello all, currently we use Veeam to backup our VM's.We are exploring to move away from Veeam as we really do not want to be using Windows (we use Linux and the only Windows server we have in our team...
View ArticleSMCore Logs Not Deleting
On one of our SQL Servers that runs SnapCenter, the SMCore logs haven't deleted since last August and are now using up tons of space on the C drive. A Google search turned up the following KB, which...
View ArticleSnapcenter for vmware vSphere v5.0P1 - long backuptimes and failing retention
Hello, we updated the plugin to v5.0P1 last week and now we see extremly long backup times like 4h instead of 10min for a datastore backup. A even bigger problem is that sometimes after a succefull...
View ArticleSnapCenter 5 Release Notes Link is Broken
FYI, the release notes link for SnapCenter 5 is broken. If you go to the URL below and click the link, it goes to a generic documentation page. The Release Notes don't turn up via search either. I was...
View ArticleSnapCenter LUN Resize Issue After 5.0 Upgrade
Has anyone else encountered this? I just resized a LUN for the first time after upgrading SnapCenter to 5.0 and have found some oddball behavior. When I click in the text box to enter a number, it...
View ArticleCustom plug-in [SYBASE] backup fails with quiesce error
SCC [SYBASE] backup fails with quiesce error.SCC-00164: Application quiesce for the plug-in [SYBASE] failed with exit code [1] and with error :Could not read result file...
View Articleare you allowed to create a snapmirror with a volume that was previously used...
hi i wanted to know if the below procedure is possbile. 1. Currently we have a snapmirror job that is from Storage A (Source:Vol1) to Storage B (Dest:Vol1-DR)2. We break the snapmirror between Storage...
View ArticleSnapCenter, CIFS, and Snapshot Copy Locking
Hello,I am testing the snapshot copy locking feature. We're on OnTAP 9.12.1P11 and SnapCenter 5. Here is my understanding of limits I've discovered during testing thus far. Can someone verify whether...
View ArticleSnapcenter restore to a new Domain
I'm using Snapcenter 4.7 production instance and looking to test upgrade to 5.0. The problem is I need the workloads/config of prod (clones etc.) to do a real test so I have attempted taking a backup...
View ArticleSnapcenter REST API Schema Reference
I'm using Snapcenter 4.7 and 5.0 and the REST API. I'm looking to build a front end Web app to show clone details (and other things). Where can I find a schema reference for the JSON/XML returned by...
View ArticleSnapcenter 5 Cloning to other svm
Hi all,I was wondering, is there a possibility that snapcenter allows you to create a clone residing on another vserver?We have a mixed fc/iscsi environment. I think it would be nice if i could clone...
View ArticleSnapMirror compatibility with 9.14
Hello,have an old FAS3250 running ONTAP 9.1P20 - both of these (HW and ONTAP) are long past any support.It was used for secondary backups using SnapMirror (XDP, Async) from the primary system running...
View ArticleVServer failback process
we are testing the VServer snapmirror failover and failback process. we have multiple CIFS volumes in the VServer, each one has multiple millions files, we found the failback took a few hours to...
View ArticleRecovering file from snapmirror snapshot
Hi Team, I am trying to recover a file from a snapshot on the snapmirror volume. I am running following command from my primary volume snapmirror restore -destination-path SVM:primary_vol -source-path...
View ArticleSnapCenter Plug-in for VMware Backup of Consistency Groups and Volumes
In an iSCSI datastore based VMware environment, we are working with VM tags for backup in SnapCenter. There are datastores in an CG and some without the need for SM-BC. The backup only works if all VMs...
View Articleautomation
Hi All, What is the way to check if the snapshot is not getting completed as per policy /Schedule? how to automate the alert
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SnapCenter 6.0 - proxy issue
HelloI've upgraded SnapCenter from version 5.0 to 6.0 and since upgrade ALL jobs are failing with below error:Error: The proxy tunnel request to proxy 'http://x.x.x.x:3128/' failed with status code...
View ArticleXCP isync nodata option impact?
What is the impact of using the "-nodata" option when running an "isync"? For example, we had a partial copy of source data on a destination NetApp volume (a previously failed XCP copy due to stability...
View ArticleSnapCenter - Different Upgrade Versions for Different Agents
I have 50 SnapCenter agents deployed and am planning an upgrade from version 5 to 6. Version 6 is not compatible with three critical servers that are our last Server 2008R2 boxes [yes we are working on...
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