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Can a NetApp volume name contain a hyphen or dash

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Applies to

ONTAP 9

Answer

No, a NetApp volume name can only contain alphanumeric characters and underscores(_)

Additional Information

  • Volume naming:

1. The name must start with an alphabetic character: a-z or A-Z. 
2. Subsequent characters must be alphanumeric (a-z, A-Z, 0-9)
3. Can contain underscores “_” 
4. Volume Names can have a maximum of 203 characters, and for FlexGroup: 197 characters.

 

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