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Assign Unowned Disks

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Problem

When I replace a failed disk, my filer doesn't see the disks immediately. The Filer Status page is complaining "Assign unowned disks".

Solution

Your filer is set up with software disk ownership, presumably so that clustered filer heads can share the same shelves. As a side-effect, you must set the "disk ownership" of disks after you replace them.

Scenario: two disks failed, 0b.19 and 0b.23. NetApp has supplied replacement disks, which have been inserted and have gone green. The filer is still complaining about "insufficient spare drives", and says "Assign unowned disks". The FilerView thing isn't showing the inserted disks in the Disk Management page.

nas02> disk show
  DISK       OWNER                  POOL   SERIAL NUMBER
------------ -------------          -----  -------------
0b.16        filer     (12345678)   Pool0  DH07
0b.24        filer     (12345678)   Pool0  DH07
0b.18        filer     (12345678)   Pool0  DH07
0b.21        filer     (12345678)   Pool0  DH07
0b.22        filer     (12345678)   Pool0  DH07
0b.17        filer     (12345678)   Pool0  DH07
0b.20        filer     (12345678)   Pool0  DH07
0b.25        filer     (12345678)   Pool0  DH07
0b.34        filer     (12345678)   Pool0  VAX1
0b.38        filer     (12345678)   Pool0  VAWX
0b.45        filer     (12345678)   Pool0  VAWX
0b.36        filer     (12345678)   Pool0  VAX3
0b.35        filer     (12345678)   Pool0  VAX2
0b.33        filer     (12345678)   Pool0  VAWX
0b.41        filer     (12345678)   Pool0  VAX2
0b.29        filer     (12345678)   Pool0  VAXB
0b.44        filer     (12345678)   Pool0  VAX2
0b.39        filer     (12345678)   Pool0  VAX3
0b.26        filer     (12345678)   Pool0  VAXD
0b.43        filer     (12345678)   Pool0  VAX2
0b.40        filer     (12345678)   Pool0  VAX3
0b.32        filer     (12345678)   Pool0  VAX2
0b.28        filer     (12345678)   Pool0  VAXB
0b.27        filer     (12345678)   Pool0  VAXD
0b.42        filer     (12345678)   Pool0  VAX2
0b.37        filer     (12345678)   Pool0  VAX2
Note that the replaced/inserted disks 0b.19 and 0b.23 are not in the above list. (The list is unsorted, so it is hard to tell immediately.)

Use the disk assign command to assign the inserted disks:

nas02> disk assign all
The parameter all refers to all currently unassigned disks.

Now confirm that the assignment worked:

nas02> disk show
  DISK       OWNER                  POOL   SERIAL NUMBER
------------ -------------          -----  -------------
0b.16        filer     (12345678)   Pool0  DH07
0b.24        filer     (12345678)   Pool0  DH07
0b.18        filer     (12345678)   Pool0  DH07
0b.21        filer     (12345678)   Pool0  DH07
0b.22        filer     (12345678)   Pool0  DH07
0b.17        filer     (12345678)   Pool0  DH07
0b.20        filer     (12345678)   Pool0  DH07
0b.23        filer     (12345678)   Pool0  DH07
0b.25        filer     (12345678)   Pool0  DH07
0b.34        filer     (12345678)   Pool0  VAX1
0b.38        filer     (12345678)   Pool0  VAWX
0b.45        filer     (12345678)   Pool0  VAWX
0b.36        filer     (12345678)   Pool0  VAX3
0b.35        filer     (12345678)   Pool0  VAX2
0b.33        filer     (12345678)   Pool0  VAWX
0b.41        filer     (12345678)   Pool0  VAX2
0b.29        filer     (12345678)   Pool0  VAXB
0b.44        filer     (12345678)   Pool0  VAX2
0b.39        filer     (12345678)   Pool0  VAX3
0b.26        filer     (12345678)   Pool0  VAXD
0b.43        filer     (12345678)   Pool0  VAX2
0b.40        filer     (12345678)   Pool0  VAX3
0b.32        filer     (12345678)   Pool0  VAX2
0b.28        filer     (12345678)   Pool0  VAXB
0b.19        filer     (12345678)   Pool0  VAX0
0b.27        filer     (12345678)   Pool0  VAXD
0b.42        filer     (12345678)   Pool0  VAX2
0b.37        filer     (12345678)   Pool0  VAX2
Done!
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