Deploying NetApp ONTAP Select in VMware vSphere – Running ONTAP as a Virtual Storage Appliance – Part 2
In part 1 of this series, we saw how to deploy a two-node ONTAP Select cluster in a VMware vSphere…
Deploying NetApp ONTAP Select in VMware vSphere – Running ONTAP as a Virtual Storage Appliance – Part 1
NetApp ONTAP is traditionally deployed on dedicated NetApp storage hardware. With ONTAP Select, however, the same storage operating system can…
Understanding Identity Mapping in NetApp ONTAP – Windows, UNIX, and Kerberos Users
In environments where both SMB/CIFS and NFS are used, NetApp ONTAP must translate user identities between different authentication systems. Windows…
File Locking in NetApp ONTAP: SMB, NFS and Troubleshooting Stale Locks
In both SMB and NFS environments, a file lock represents a coordination mechanism that governs how active clients can access…
Cheat Sheet NetApp ONTAP – Commands used in day-to-day operations
Working with NetApp ONTAP often means jumping between clusters, SVMs, LIFs, and shares while keeping an eye on performance and…
Step-by-Step Guide Part 6: How to build your own NetApp ONTAP 9 LAB – NFSv4 Pitfalls
When you switch from NFSv3 to NFSv4, things definitely change under the hood, and suddenly your permissions or ownership mappings…
Step-by-Step Guide Part 5: How to build your own NetApp ONTAP 9 LAB – Root Squashing
If you’ve ever tried as root to chown, chmod, or just create a file on an NFS-mounted share and were…
Step-by-Step Guide Part 4: How to build your own NetApp ONTAP 9 LAB – Day-to-Day Operations
In part 1 we saw how toWe can run the following command to show the currently existing CIFS shares on our SVM. get…
Step-by-Step Guide Part 3: How to build your own NetApp ONTAP 9 LAB – Using NetApp ONTAP as iSCSI Storage for vSphere
In part 1 we saw how to get the ONTAP Simulate appliance and how to deploy it in vSphere. Further we saw the initial…
Step-by-Step Guide Part 2: How to build your own NetApp ONTAP 9 LAB
In part 1 we saw how to get the ONTAP Simulate appliance and how to deploy it in vSphere. Further we saw the initial…
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