How to recover a failed System Volume from an nvfailed state?
Applies to
- MetroCluster
- MDV
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.
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.
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.