Enhancing the Basic Setup of an ONTAP 8.3 2-Node Simulator Cluster

Okay, so we’ve done a basic 2-node ONTAP 8.3 Simulator setup as in the last post here - what next?

This is what I’m doing (below).

Note: All these commands are run from the Clustershell ::> . Mostly everything below can be done in OnCommand System Manager, with wizards, workflows and stuff (probably better than doing it via the CLI), but I’m most comfortable with the CLI hence I’ll do it my way ;-)

Modify the CLI session timeout so it doesn’t keep chucking you out every 30 minutes (and of course, this is a SIM so we don’t want the session to timeout!)

timeout modify -timeout 0
timeout show

I like to rename the nodes since hashes can’t be used everywhere. Replace CLUSTER below with your Cluster name:

node rename -node CLUSTER-01 -newname CLUSTERN1
node rename -node CLUSTER-02 -newname CLUSTERN2
node show

Assign all disks (the SIMs are not HA partners). Replace NODE1 & NODE2 below with your node names:

disk assign -all true -node NODE1
disk assign -all true -node NODE2
disk show -container-type unassigned

Rename aggregates as required:

aggr rename aggr0 -newname NODE1_ROOT
aggr rename aggr0_CLUSTER_02_0 -newname NODE2_ROOT
aggr show

Expand the root aggregates - I increase the ROOT aggr from 3 to 7 disks since vol0 has a habit of running out of space on the SIM with its default tiny 1GB size disks, and we make vol0 bigger next!:

aggr add-disks -aggregate NODE1_ROOT -diskcount 4
aggr add-disks -aggregate NODE2_ROOT -diskcount 4
aggr show

I increase vol0 to 75% the size of the ROOT aggr - 75% because over 75% generates aggr low space alerts in some OnCommand softwares:

vol size vol0 -vserver NODE1 -new-size 3202M
vol size vol0 -vserver NODE2 -new-size 3202M
vol show vol0

Disable snapshots on the node root vol - vol0 - and delete any snaps since this is a SIM with limited capacity:

node run -node * snap sched vol0 0 0 0
node run -node * snap sched vol0
node run -node * snap delete -a -f vol0
snap list vol0

Disable snapshots on the root aggregates and delete any snaps:

node run -node NODE1 snap sched -A NODE1_ROOT 0 0 0
node run -node NODE2 snap sched -A NODE2_ROOT 0 0 0
node run -node * snap sched -A
node run -node NODE1 snap delete -a -A -f NODE1_ROOT
node run -node NODE2 snap delete -a -A -f NODE2_ROOT
node run -node * snap list -A

Verify the timezone is correct and set if required (e.g. to Europe/London):

timezone

Verify the date and set if required (e.g. date HHMM):

date

Set Cluster-scoped NTP servers:

cluster time-service ntp server create NTP_SERVER_IP_1
cluster time-service ntp server create NTP_SERVER_IP_2
cluster time-service ntp server show

Disable AutoSupport since this is a SIM!:

autosupport modify -node * -state disable

Add Simulator licenses for Node 1 (Note: The real SIM license codes are replaced by X’s below):

system license add XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX # CIFS protocol
system license add XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX # Fibre Channel Protocol
system license add XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX # FlexClone
system license add XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX # OnCommand Insight and Balance products
system license add XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX # iSCSI protocol
system license add XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX # NFS protocol
system license add XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX # SnapLock Compliance
system license add XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX # SnapLock Enterprise
system license add XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX # SnapManager and SnapDrive products
system license add XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX # SnapMirror, including synchronous SnapMirror
system license add XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX # SnapProtect Applications
system license add XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX # SnapRestore
system license add XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX # SnapVault primary and secondary

Add Simulator licenses for Node 2 (Note: The real SIM license codes are replaced by Y’s below):

system license add YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY # CIFS protocol
system license add YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY # Fibre Channel Protocol
system license add YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY # FlexClone
system license add YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY # OnCommand Insight and Balance products
system license add YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY # iSCSI protocol
system license add YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY # NFS protocol
system license add YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY # SnapLock Compliance
system license add YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY # SnapLock Enterprise
system license add YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY # SnapManager and SnapDrive products
system license add YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY # SnapMirror, including synchronous SnapMirror
system license add YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY # SnapProtect Applications
system license add YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY # SnapRestore
system license add YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY # SnapVault primary and secondary

And verify the licenses:

system license show

Create an Intercluster LIF per node for later SnapMirror purposes:

net int create -vserver CLUSTER -lif rep1 -role intercluster -home-node NODE1 -home-port e0c -address IPADDR -netmask MASK
net int create -vserver CLUSTER -lif rep2 -role intercluster -home-node NODE2 -home-port e0c -address IPADDR -netmask MASK

Create some Data Aggregates:

aggr create -aggregate NODE1_aggr1 -node NODE1 -diskcount 20 -maxraidsize 20
aggr create -aggregate NODE2_aggr1 -node NODE2 -diskcount 20 -maxraidsize 20

Next step is to create some Vservers (SVMs I should say) and serve some Data!

To be continued...

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