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Trident backend does not properly initialize with ontap version 9.18.1

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Applies to

  • Trident  24.10
  • NetApp Data ONTAP 9.18.1
  • useRest parameter set to false in the TBC
  • ontap-nas driver

Issue

A TBC does not properly initialize and having the following error in the trident-controller log:

time="YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssZ" level=error msg="Could not initialize storage driver." crdControllerEvent=update error="error initializing ontap-nas driver; could not create Data ONTAP API client: ONTAP version 9.18.1 does not support ZAPI calls, please remove `useRest=false` from the backend config"

 

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