Setting up a NetApp as a simple FC LUN carver
- by MikeyB
For a particular application, I want to configure a NetApp filer (7-mode) to be as close as possible to an old-fashioned storage subsystem without snapshots or fancy features.
vol create vol_ESX -s volume aggr1 1500M
vol options vol_ESX nosnap on
vol options vol_ESX nosnapdir on
vol options vol_ESX fractional_reserve 0
snap sched vol_ESX 0 0 0
snap reserve vol_ESX 0
# Ensure no snapshots exist on vol_ESX
snap list vol_ESX
# Create a LUN or multiple LUNs that take up the entire volume
lun create -s 1565523968 -t vmware /vol/vol_ESX/lun0
lun map /vol/vol_ESX/lun0 challenger
Is this safe? Is this the Best Way of doing what I'm trying to accomplish? Is there anything else I should set?