Comments on: NetApp FAS2020 failed to boot http://www.virtuallifestyle.nl/2009/11/netapp-fas2020-failed-to-boot/ The virtualization blog by Joep Piscaer Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:24:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rolandhttp://www.virtuallifestyle.nl/2009/11/netapp-fas2020-failed-to-boot/comment-page-1/#comment-7979 Roland Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:19:37 +0000 http://www.virtuallifestyle.nl/?p=1606#comment-7979 Thank you! The log you posted showed me where I was going wrong. I was pressing CTRL-C too early and aborting the boot instead of getting the special boot menu. Nice blog. :) Thank you! The log you posted showed me where I was going wrong. I was pressing CTRL-C too early and aborting the boot instead of getting the special boot menu.
Nice blog. :)

]]> By: Nethttp://www.virtuallifestyle.nl/2009/11/netapp-fas2020-failed-to-boot/comment-page-1/#comment-4910 Net Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:54:45 +0000 http://www.virtuallifestyle.nl/?p=1606#comment-4910 Thanks for this...it really help. Thanks for this…it really help.

]]> By: cbtlhttp://www.virtuallifestyle.nl/2009/11/netapp-fas2020-failed-to-boot/comment-page-1/#comment-1714 cbtl Fri, 14 May 2010 00:28:02 +0000 http://www.virtuallifestyle.nl/?p=1606#comment-1714 This write up just saved me a lot of time and trouble with my new fas2020. Factory load was bad and now it's fine again. This write up just saved me a lot of time and trouble with my new fas2020. Factory load was bad and now it’s fine again.

]]> By: John Martinhttp://www.virtuallifestyle.nl/2009/11/netapp-fas2020-failed-to-boot/comment-page-1/#comment-1063 John Martin Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:38:43 +0000 http://www.virtuallifestyle.nl/?p=1606#comment-1063 The root volume does indeed need to be on a disk. The CF cards are reasonably reliable, but not reliable enough to allow them to be a single point of failure for the array controller. As you noticed, without a root volume, you're pretty much screwed.Having said that making a copy of your root volume is pretty easy to do using volcopy, or snapmirror (assuming you've got the license). Changing a volume to a root volume can be done with a single command (vol options root), though I've never tried doing that from the "special boot menu" The root volume does indeed need to be on a disk. The CF cards are reasonably reliable, but not reliable enough to allow them to be a single point of failure for the array controller. As you noticed, without a root volume, you’re pretty much screwed.

Having said that making a copy of your root volume is pretty easy to do using volcopy, or snapmirror (assuming you’ve got the license). Changing a volume to a root volume can be done with a single command (vol options root), though I’ve never tried doing that from the “special boot menu”

]]> By: Tweets die vermelden NetApp FAS2020 failed to boot | Virtual Lifestyle -- Topsy.comhttp://www.virtuallifestyle.nl/2009/11/netapp-fas2020-failed-to-boot/comment-page-1/#comment-978 Tweets die vermelden NetApp FAS2020 failed to boot | Virtual Lifestyle -- Topsy.com Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:06:18 +0000 http://www.virtuallifestyle.nl/?p=1606#comment-978 [...] Dit blogartikel was vermeld op Twitter door jasonboche, Joep Piscaer. Joep Piscaer heeft gezegd: New blog post on Virtual Lifestyle: NetApp FAS2020 failed to boot http://bit.ly/4fVbww [...] [...] Dit blogartikel was vermeld op Twitter door jasonboche, Joep Piscaer. Joep Piscaer heeft gezegd: New blog post on Virtual Lifestyle: NetApp FAS2020 failed to boot http://bit.ly/4fVbww [...]

]]> By: tdimaggiohttp://www.virtuallifestyle.nl/2009/11/netapp-fas2020-failed-to-boot/comment-page-1/#comment-975 tdimaggio Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:13:22 +0000 http://www.virtuallifestyle.nl/?p=1606#comment-975 Nice write up! I'm not NetApp guru but I believe the root volume needs to be on disk (instead of compact flash) so if you have clustered Active/Active filer, the NetApp can get the config, disks, volume info off the other head during a failover....don't quote me on that! Nice write up! I’m not NetApp guru but I believe the root volume needs to be on disk (instead of compact flash) so if you have clustered Active/Active filer, the NetApp can get the config, disks, volume info off the other head during a failover….don’t quote me on that!

]]> By: Jason Bochehttp://www.virtuallifestyle.nl/2009/11/netapp-fas2020-failed-to-boot/comment-page-1/#comment-974 Jason Boche Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:46:01 +0000 http://www.virtuallifestyle.nl/?p=1606#comment-974 Nice writeup Joep! This may come in handy for me one day. If you can, get yourself a copy of Vaughn Stewart's book "NetApp and VMware vSphere Storage Best Practices". It discusses placement of the root aggregate on page 12. Nice writeup Joep! This may come in handy for me one day. If you can, get yourself a copy of Vaughn Stewart’s book “NetApp and VMware vSphere Storage Best Practices”. It discusses placement of the root aggregate on page 12.

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