Also doublecheck that aggregates don't have snapshots turned on.
On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 12:34 PM, Evan Pettrey <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Adam. > > > On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 3:29 PM, Adam Levin <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Yeah, I agree with Elijah. If you thin provision, at some point you're >> going to have to pay the piper. If the LUN is full (I'm assuming LUN since >> you mentioned SAN) then the only thing you can do is either delete stuff to >> free space or buy more disk. >> >> Now, if you're running NFS, you might be able to free up enough space >> yourself by deleting snapshots, assuming you're allowed to delete them. >> You can also check the aggregate snap reserve, because depending on the >> age of the filer, there was a time that NetApp automatically reserved 5% of >> the overall aggregate space for aggr snaps, which pretty much nobody uses. >> So, right there you can get 5% more space, but it's been a while since >> they fixed that little feature. >> >> Also, you should check the size of the snapshots anyway -- even if you >> have a 20% (or whatever) snap reserve, the snapshots can grow bigger than >> that. If you have lots of snapshots, you can free up space by deleting >> them. Note that you'll have to delete the oldest to free up all of the >> space -- just deleting a snapshot in the middle of the list won't cut it. >> > > It appears the previous admin had already completely disabled snapshots as > he realized he was running out of space. Therefore, there is no space > available whatsoever. > > I've tried moving a couple VMs from a LUN to somewhere else to create > space but this didn't free up any space at all for whatever reason. > > I tried accessing things via SnapDrive but for whatever reason the disks > are not enumerating on there. I read that this is a known issue with the > version of SnapDrive we are on but I can't download a new version to update > it since we don't have a support contract in place. > > > Guess I need to hop on the phone and find out how much this is going to > hurt the wallet. > >> >> -Adam >> >> >> On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 3:18 PM, Evan Pettrey <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Understood - just exploring all alternatives before having to make >>> demands to the business. >>> >>> >>> Thanks for your help. >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 3:16 PM, Elijah Wright >>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> I think, that if things are already that bad, you're looking at having >>>> to buy shelves anyway - it's time to pony up the cash for a support >>>> contract to get NetApp to help bail you out of the mess you're in. >>>> >>>> Yes, not cheap. Sorry :( >>>> >>>> --e >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 1:53 PM, Evan Pettrey <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> > HI, >>>> > >>>> > We're experiencing an issue with a NetApp SAN that I've recently >>>> inherited >>>> > (on Monday) as a responsibility and which I'm lacking a depth of >>>> knowledge >>>> > with. >>>> > >>>> > The previous sys admin thin provisioned everything and now everything >>>> has >>>> > overgrown and VMs running on certain LUNs are fully down due to there >>>> not >>>> > being enough storage available. >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > Can anybody recommend an expert to help with this as we do not have a >>>> > support contract in place? Obviously this will be at a cost - that is >>>> > acceptable. >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > Thanks in advance. >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > -Evan >>>> > >>>> > _______________________________________________ >>>> > Discuss mailing list >>>> > [email protected] >>>> > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss >>>> > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators >>>> > http://lopsa.org/ >>>> > >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Discuss mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss >>> This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators >>> http://lopsa.org/ >>> >>> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ > >
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