Aggregate in “Unknown” State After Motherboard Replacement
Applies to
- ONTAP 9
- AFF and FAS systems
Issue
- After motherboard replacement on both controllers in HA pair, the data aggregate on one Node was reported in an “unknown” state.
Cluster::> aggr show
Aggregate Size Available Used% State #Vols Nodes RAID Status--------- -------- --------- ----- ------- ------ ---------------- ------------aggr1 - - - unknown - Node1 - -
The aggregate was visible in VLDB but missing in WAFL, and disk ownership metadata showed old system IDs still associated with some disks.
cluster::*>debug vreport show
aggregate Differences:Name Reason Attributes-------- ------- --------------------------------------------------- aggr1 Present in VLDB Only
Node Name: Node1
Aggregate UUID: acdxxxx-3xx6-4xx4-8305-bdxxxx22809
Aggregate State: unknown
Aggregate Raid Status:
Aggregate HA Policy:
Is Aggregate Root: false
Is Composite Aggregate: false
volume Differences:Name Reason Attributes
-------- ------- ---------------------------------------------------
cluster:SITE_ctrlSAN_COMVAULT_1 Present in VLDB and aggregate not online
Node Name: Node1
Volume DSID:1029 MSID:21xxx7xx10
UUID: unknown
Aggregate Name: aggr1
Aggregate UUID: acdxxxx-3xx6-4xx4-8305-bdxxxx22809
Vserver UUID: acdxxxx-3xx6-4xx4-8305-bdxxxx22809
AccessType: READ_WRITE
StorageType: REGULAR
Constituent Role: none
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