System Manager and CLI report "Storage failover is disabled"
Applies to
- ONTAP 9
- System Manager
Issue
- System Manager reports
Storage failover is disabled - Takeover or giveback fails:
::> storage failover giveback -ofnode node-01 -override-vetoes true
Error: command failed: Storage failover must be enabled before the giveback is attempted.
::> storage failover show
Takeover
Node Partner Possible State Description
-------------- -------------- -------- -------------------------------------
node-01 node-02 false Connected to node-02, Takeover
is not possible: Storage failover is
disabled
node-02 node-01 false Connected to node-01, Giveback
of one or more SFO aggregates failed,
Takeover is not possible: Storage
failover is disabled