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CanyouunlicenseaNetappCluster?

Yes,iftheclusterisfirstdisabled.Frombothconsoles,runthefollowingcommands:
1. Typecfdisable.Thismanuallydisablesclusterfunctionality.
2. Removelicensecodesandpermanentlydisableclusteringcapability.Typelicense
deletecluster.ForDataONTAP6.4andearlier,typelicensecluster=DISABLE.
3. Reviewthe/etc/rcfileforeachfiler,andmodifyanycommandsthatuseapartner
statement
2:

InaMetroClusterwhorunsthedisksinswitchbank1

TheFilerpluggedintoswitchbank2
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Whatconditionmustsyncmirrorbeinbeforesplitting

AllPlexesmustbeonlineandoperational
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Whatdoesdiskshowvprovide?

Usedtodisplayinformationabouttheownershipofthedisks.
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HowisdisasterdefinedinMetroClusterdoumentation?

Prolongedcommunicationdisruption
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Inclustertakeovermodedoesthelocalinterfacebecomethefailedpartnerinterface?

Inclustertakeovermodethesharedinterfaceassumestheidentityofboththelocalandfailed
partnerinterfaces.
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InaMetroClusterwhatdoestheCLIstorageshowdiskpprovide?

Ifthisparameterisspecified,thecommanddisplaysthefollowingpathrelatedinformation:
Primarypathtothediskandportname
Secondarypathtothediskandportnameinamultipathconfiguration
Type,shelf,andbayinformationforthedisks
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InSyncMirrordothedisksforplex0andplex1comefromthesamepool?

No.Aplexcanonlypullsparesfromitsownpool.Thismeansthatifoneplexisoutofsparesanda
differentplexhassparesthefirstplexcannotusethem.Youwillbealertedbutthesystemwillnot
shutdownasitwouldhaveiftherewereonlyoneplex.

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OntheFAS270cisitpossiblefordiskstonotbeowned?

Yes,butanydiskthatisnotownedcannotbeusedfordataorforaspare.
10:

IsthereaspecialHBArequiredforIPoverFC?

Yes,theNetAppX1024
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InSyncMirroriftherearenosparesinthepoolfortheplexthathaslostadisk,whathappens?

Itwarnsyoutherearenosparesavailablebutdoesntdoanythingelse.
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InMetroCluster,howdoyouisolatethedisastersitenode?

YoucanuseManualFencingorTurnoffthepowertothedisastersitenode
13:

Whyusethevolsplitcommand?

Twosplitthesyncmirroredvolumeintotwounmirroredvolumes
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WhatarethenetworkaccessrequirementsforaNetAppcluster?

Eachnodeintheclustermusthaveaccesstothesamesetofsubnets.
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Whataretheresultsofrunningacfforcetakeoverd

Thesurvivingclusternodetakesoverthefunctionsofthefailedpartnerandanymirroredvolumesare
implicitlysplit
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WhatisaNegotiatedFailover?

Negotiatedfailoverisafeaturethatenableseachfilerinaclustertonegotiatetakeoverfromonefiler
toitspartnerintheeventofadiskshelffailure.Commonlyhappensifoneheadcanseebothsides
buttheotherheadcanonlyseeitsown.
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Whatdoesvolstatusbprovide?

ThebisusedtogetthesizeofsourceanddestinationtraditionalvolumesforusewithSnapMirror.
Theoutputcontainsthesizeofthetraditionalvolumeandthesizeofthefilesysteminthevolume
18:

CanyoudisabletheSyncMirrorlicense?

Yes,aslongasnomirroredvolumesexist
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HowmanylicensesdoyouneedtosetupFabricAttachedMetroCluster?

Syncmirror_local,Cluster,Cluster_Remote

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WhichfilerscannotrunSnapMirrorSync?

F87,F700Series,F810,F820
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Whatarethestepstoteardownacluster?
1. Typecfdisable
2. Unlicensedcluster.
3. Removepartnerentriesfornetworkinterfacesfromthe/etc/rcfile.
4. Haltandmakesurethepartnersysidisblank.
5. Powerdownandremovetheclusterinterconnectcard.
6. Performthestepsaboveonthepartnernode.

22:

Isthereanydangerwhenrunningacfforcetakeoverd

Youneedtopoweroffremotenodestoavoiddatacorruption
23:

Whatdoeswaitingforgivebackmean?

Indicatesthestorageapplianceisreadytoreinstatethecluster
24:

InaFabricAttachedMetroClusterhowisdiskownershipdetermined?

DiskownershipisdeterminedbytheSwitchnumberandportstheheadanddisksarepluggedinto.
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Howdoyourecoverfromalevel0resynchronizationstate?

ThiserroroccursinaMetroClusterandtherecommendedfixistorecreatethesynchronousmirror.
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UsingaFAS960SyncMirrorsolutionwhatslotswouldtheadaptorsfordiskpool0bein?

Slots2,3,4,5,6

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