Applies to NetApp ONTAP Select (OTS) Issue One of the nodes in an HA pair shows status Unknown and giveback is not possible: ::> storage failover show Takeover Node Partner Possible State Description ...Applies to NetApp ONTAP Select (OTS) Issue One of the nodes in an HA pair shows status Unknown and giveback is not possible: ::> storage failover show Takeover Node Partner Possible State Description -------------- -------------- -------- ------------------------------------- Node-01 Node-02 false In takeover, Auto giveback deferred Node-02 Node-01 - Unknown 2 entries were displayed. Datastore ,ESX and vmdk offline