Setup snapdrive on his server, limit what his account can do, bam, no more requests from bob. This video show how to install netapp snapdrive on a vm running on artisan infrastructure. The sdcli utility provides commandline support for viewing snapdrive configuration information. It was trying to pass fcscsi command over what it concidered to be an hba device but in fact was the lsi controller. Snapdrive cli snap drive sensor discovers storage resources that are related to netapp snapdrive software for windows. About sdcli commands use the snapdrive for windows sdcli commandline utility to execute snapdrive commands individually or through automation scripts configuration commands the sdcli utility provides commandline support for viewing snapdrive configuration information dataset management commands you can use dataset commands to perform operations on and get information about. In this article will see how to connect snapshot using snapdrive disk connect command line utility.
Dec 26, 20 after a very hurried migration due to impending hardware failure of an exchange cluster, with over 2000 mailboxes, to new hardware and new iscsi luns on a new netapp filer, we found that we were getting snapdrive and sme notifications on the new servers complaining about a snapshot that couldnt be deleted. How to setup netapp snapdrive for windows with vmware vmdks. Netapp releases snapdrive for windows and snapmanager for. You can specify the commandline switches in any order. This tutorial will guide you through installing snapdrive for windows. This blog talks about netapp snapdrive for windows and some of the exciting new features of the latest release. Lun enumeration using either the snapdrive for windows mmc or sdcli.
The snap drive sensor discovers storage resources that are related to netapp snapdrive software for windows. Snapdrive can provision iscsi, fc, fcoe disks from a netapp storage array. Snapdrive command line automate cloning operations arkit. Spacereclaimer function can be used in the script to make it run as a windows scheduled task. For all other documents, see the products a to z page. Silent installation for netapp windows host utilities 6. These processes should be performed in the following order. The full article can be found at how to configure snapdrive for windows with clustered data ontap. Simplify creating netapp lunsmounts with snapdrive. After the windows command prompt window opens, navigate to the directory on your host where snapdrive is installed. The sdcli utility provides commandline support for fractional space reservation monitoring. Unfortunately i dont have an answer for your question but i wanted to point out that for exactly that purpose oracle have introduced a new sql command line called sqlcl. This guide provides information about how to administer snapdrive, create and manage luns, manage snapshot copies, and perform backup, protection, and restore operations in san environments. If you are installing snapdrive for windows on windows 2008 x64 you may be prompted to install some patches before beginning the.
Netapps snapdrive application provides sdcli command line tool to do things that is normally done via gui. Snapdrive disk enumeration doesnt see disks vmware. Single host attached to a single storage system through an fc switch. Neither the mmc nor the commandline interface will start.
Sep 16, 2014 this document will assist with silently installing netapp snapdrive for windows v7. You can run snapdrive on windows hosts in either a physical or virtual environment. You situation was likely caused because snapdrive saw the device ids since the pagefile was an rdm and couldnt differentiate between that and a lun presented via iscsi or fc. Snapdrive overview snapdrive for windows enables you to automate storage provisioning tasks and to manage data in microsoft windows environments.
The installation of snapdrive skips the connection to vcenter so it cannot see storage after installed. How to run oracle s sql developer sdcli command line tool. Snapdrive for windows cannot create the vmdks on nfs. The snapdrive for windows information library includes documentation for all current releases of snapdrive for windows software.
How to fix a timeout erorr while mounting a lun in netapp. Snapdrive disk connect using batch script netapp arkit. Sometimes this can be easier said than done because deleting this by hand takes some knowledge regarding pcs. Data ontap volume shadow copy service vss hardware provider on windows server hosts the data ontap vss hardware provider is a module of the microsoft vss framework. This guide also contains detailed commandline reference information for sdcli operations. Commonly with exchange 2003 to 2010 migrations, an exchange consultant will come in and set up the environment for coexistence, set off public folder replication, and show the customer how to migrate mailboxes.
What snapdrive does snapdrive helps you automate storage provisioning tasks and manage data in san and smb 3. Unable to resize iscsi lun using snapdrive on windows server 2003 r2 i recently had another one of my weird snapdrive issues while trying to resize an iscsi lun on a 2003 server. After a very hurried migration due to impending hardware failure of an exchange cluster, with over 2000 mailboxes, to new hardware and new iscsi luns on a new netapp filer, we found that we were getting snapdrive and sme notifications on the new servers complaining about a snapshot that couldnt be deleted. Singlepaneofglass, slobased data protection delivers automation at scale. The following is an abbreviated procedure for configuring netapp snapdrive for windows with clustered ontap.
I have installed multipath software from netapp in the vm and use 2 paths to my netapp luns ms software initiator. Sep 16, 2010 this video show how to install netapp snapdrive on a vm running on artisan infrastructure. How to schedule snapdrive space reclamation slideshare. Scale your environment to support thousands of hosted applications. Netapp snapdrive for windows sdw is software that helps you to perform storage provisioning tasks and manage data in microsoft windows server environments. To reenable the mmc and commandline interface, you must manually enter. It works fine running sdcli from the vcenter server to a windows guest with snapdrive installed but i cant figure out how to call snapdrive on a linux guest.
More information executing sdcli commands the sdcli commands consist of three input parameters, which must be specified in the correct order, followed by. Basically run it on a server with netapp snapdrive and it will give you a csv file with the output of sdcli disk list. Now sdcli is the worst thing in the word for getting anything decent out, so i wrote the following. If you dont see it keep refreshing until it appears. To reenable the mmc and commandline interface, you must manually enter the lpsm license into the windows registry. How to setup netapp snapdrive for windows with vmware. This article describes the procedure that should be followed to configure snapdrive for windows sdw 7. Deliver applicationconsistent backup and clone management for netapp storageacross the data fabric. Automate complete task by writing an small batch file. Lun path storage system name, share name, virtual disk file name, and might also include qtree name storage system. More information executing sdcli commands the sdcli commands consist of three input parameters, which must be specified in the correct order, followed by one or more commandline switches. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall snapdrive supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Snapdrive doesnt show disks and iscsi management is missing. How to change snapdrive for windows license keys after they.
A quick look at snapdrive for unix 3 you can use either argument and get the same result. Jan 18, 2012 with snapdrive, bob is free to make as many luns as he wants, and have them automatically be created on the filer, mapped, scanned on the host, formatted, and added to the system automagically. Key points when snapdrive checks and resets options. Netapp configuring snapdrive for windows with ontap the following is an abbreviated procedure for configuring netapp snapdrive for windows with clustered ontap. Its a long held tradition that 80% of netapps releases contain the word snap, continuing to point out their ages old innovation in storage of snapshot technology providing efficient, speedy backups of your precious data. Snapdrive and snapmanager in vm with mpio boot of vm. Silent installation for netapp data ontap dsm for windows mpio v4. These are major new versions with much needed support for cdot 8. After resizing lun up then resizing down to the original size, the partition seems to be invalid. Yesterday i had a request for a new vm that needs rdm.
Failed to retrieve lun list snap drive error unable to locate active virtual disk. Unable to resize iscsi lun using snapdrive on windows. Windows cluster attached to a storage system activeactive configuration through an fc switch. Jan 10, 20 unable to resize iscsi lun using snapdrive on windows server 2003 r2 i recently had another one of my weird snapdrive issues while trying to resize an iscsi lun on a 2003 server.
Sep 24, 2012 basic demonstration of the capabilities of netapp snapdrive for windows. The disk list command also provides the following information for each lun. In snapmanagersnapdrive this could be done with sdcli disk. Silent installation for netapp snapdrive for windows. It was trying to pass fcscsi command over what it concidered to be an hba device but in. The snapdrive powershell cmdlets enable you to perform provisioning, snapshot copy management and backup, restore, and mounting operations in an smb 3. With snapdrive, bob is free to make as many luns as he wants, and have them automatically be created on the filer, mapped, scanned on the host, formatted, and added to the system automagically. Thanks, carl howell systems engineer information technology services university of west florida. To prevent this occurring in the future, create your luns using the snapdrive interface instead of netapp system manager, as snapdrive will format the lun on creation. Once your snapdrive license expires, you cannot update it using the mmc or snapdrive commandline interface sdcli.
Snapdrive is an application offered by the software company netapp,inc frequently, users want to erase this application. If you are installing snapdrive for windows on windows 2008 x64 you may be prompted to install some patches before beginning the install. We can use this cli to script a snapdrive space reclamation process. Jun 28, 20 how to schedule snapdrive space reclamation 1. Netapp configuring snapdrive for windows with ontap red8. At this point, open up computer management and then in the left navigation pane select disk management. The snapdrive powershell cmdlets enable you to perform. Install snapdrive for windows to support interoperability with snapmanager software, operations manager, protection manager, and virtual storage console 2. Lun migration with vmotion for luns connected with esx iscsi initiators.
Unable to resize iscsi lun using snapdrive on windows server. Snapdrive for windows provides the following features in clustered data ontap environments. Provides information about how to administer snapdrive for windows, create and manage luns, manage snapshot copies, and perform backup, protection, and restore operations. Netapp storage disks from windows and linux operating systems. How to run oracle s sql developer sdcli command line tool on. Windows operating system 2008, 2008r2 and 2012 is required. Silent installation for netapp snapdrive for windows v7. Sep 27, 2015 snapdrive can be used in multiple platform such as linux, unix, aix and windows platforms now we are going to see the installation of snapdrive in windows prerequisites. Open snapdrive and start connecting to your lun again, as the process starts to occur you will see the following status messages appearing. The snapdrive powershell cmdlets enable you to perform provisioning, snapshot copy management and backup. You can use dataset commands to perform operations on and get information about datasets.
For backup purposes i use snapmanager exchange or snapmanager sql. Jan 04, 2012 windows server 2008 r2 with or without service pack 1 snapdrive 6. The sdcli commands consist of three input parameters, which must be specified in the correct order, followed by one or more commandline switches. The sysconfig command performs operations related to snapdrive configuration. Single host directattached to a single storage system using fc. Jan 23, 2018 as we know snapdrive command line utility will provide a lot of features which snapdrive mmc may not have. Access is denied and snapdrive node is not expanded. Enable endtoend netapp storage protection across the data fabric. Basic demonstration of the capabilities of netapp snapdrive for windows. To make this guide easier to follow, it uses the term disk group and dg to refer to both disk and. As we know snapdrive command line utility will provide a lot of features which snapdrive mmc may not have.
The server is a vm that is using the microsoft iscsi initiator and snapdrive to manage the netapp provisioned lun. After looking into this further, i found that my other vms with snapdrive have a problem as well. Snapdrive for windows automatically checks and resets some storage system and volume options. How to install, configure and integrate netapp snapmanager. The sdcli utility provides commandline support for managing communication between snapdrive for windows and virtual storage console. The sensor discovers such storage resources as file system, scsi volumes, host bus adaptors and scsi protocol endpoints. The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall snapdrive by netapp,inc. Netapp snap manager for exchange backup not working. Windows cluster connected to a storage system cluster through a dedicated gbe switch. Snapdrive can be used in multiple platform such as linux, unix, aix and windows platforms now we are going to see the installation of snapdrive in windows prerequisites. Preparing to install snapdrive on windows server 2008 and 2012.
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