Netapp Posts

NetApp Posts encompasses a wide range of articles, tutorials, and discussions focused on the renowned data management and storage solutions provided by NetApp. This category is designed to cater to the needs of individuals, IT professionals, system administrators, and businesses seeking comprehensive information, guidance, and best practices regarding NetApp’s storage offerings.

From introductory posts on the fundamental concepts of storage to advanced tutorials on configuring, managing, and optimizing NetApp’s storage systems, this category aims to provide valuable insights for both beginners and experienced users

NetApp Ontap Upgrades Read This Before Proceeding

December 27, 2021 sysadmintutorials 2

After doing many NetApp Ontap upgrades, there was one thing that made an upgrade last 6 hours more than it should of, and it’s to do with the serial port and service processor NetApp makes […]

NetApp ONTAP 9.7 Simulator Upgrade How To

December 11, 2019 sysadmintutorials 0

In this article I’m going to walk you through the steps I used to upgrade my NetApp Simulator from ONTAP 9.6 to the new ONTAP 9.7 RC1 Warning: This is strictly performed on the NetApp […]

Ansible vars_prompt - Authentication Prompt

Ansible Username Password Prompt with vars_prompt

December 5, 2019 sysadmintutorials 1

If you have been following my Ansible demonstrations, you will see that authenticating to my NetApp simulator I had the username and password embedded into the variables.yml file. Like this: Let’s face it, adding the […]

Creating NetApp Root Load-Sharing Mirrors with Ansible

November 23, 2019 sysadmintutorials 0

Who loves creating root load-sharing mirrors (LS-mirrors) ? If you manage 1 Ontap system with 1 SVM you may enjoy it, but if you manage multiple systems with many SVM’s then you may not enjoy […]

NetApp Auto Aggregate Volume Evacuation With PowerShell

October 14, 2019 sysadmintutorials 0

NetApp Auto Aggregate Evacuation Script This first part checks to see if the DataOntap PowerShell module is loaded. If it isn’t, then it will load the module The second part prompts you to enter in […]

Creating Multi-Part Ansible Playbook With Variables – NetApp and VMware

August 21, 2019 sysadmintutorials 2

If you followed my last post where I created an Ansible Playbook to complete a full setup of a NetApp simulator, you would have seen that it was one gigantic playbook. Working with one gigantic […]

How To Automate NetApp Installations With Ansible

August 4, 2019 sysadmintutorials 0

Last month, I decided it was time to get my hands dirty and jump right into learning some Ansible Automation with NetApp. I bookmarked a link to a blog article that was posted on NetApp.io […]

NetApp Ontap 9.6 Simulator Upgrade

June 26, 2019 sysadmintutorials 2

Today has been the release of NetApp Ontap 9.6 RC2 and what better way to get familiar with it than to run it up in the lab as a simulator. The simulator is not yet […]

NetApp Ontap 9 Configure Advanced Drive Partitioning

July 29, 2018 sysadmintutorials 0

I recently tweeted out about the awesome boot menu option that NetApp has introduced in Ontap 9.x that saves a tonne of time called – Configure Advanced Drive Partitioning. In this post I will show […]

NetApp – Sense Data SCSI:aborted command

June 28, 2018 sysadmintutorials 0

NetApp scsi.cmd.checkCondition Warning A quick blog post to highlight an EMS event that we have encountered after upgrading to Ontap 9.3 whereby the EMS throws up the following warning: scsi.cmd.checkCondition: Disk device xx.xx.x: Check Condition: […]