How to recover a failed MDV from an nvfailed state?
Applies to
- MetroCluster
- MDV ( Metadata Volumes )
Description
- As part of error handling during MetroCluster switchover operations, a volume can end in an nvfailed state.
- More information can be found in the MetroCluster install and configuration guide.
- This article covers on how to recover a system volume like ONTAP's Metadata Volumes (MDV) from this situation.
- INFO: This article does not cover data volumes. The instructions for restoring access to data volumes can be found here.
To identify if a volume is in an nvfailed state, run the following command:
site1::> vol show -in-nvfailed-state true
There are no entries matching your query.
In the above example, no volume is in nvfailed state.
site1::> vol show -in-nvfailed-state true
Vserver Volume Aggregate State Type Size Available Used%
--------- ------------ ------------ ---------- ---- ---------- ---------- -----
site1 MDV_CRS_d42d3360a1e211e7affe00a0981797c6_A
Data3 online RW 10GB 9.50GB 5%
1 entry were displayed.
In the above example, one volume is in the nvfailed state.