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Applies to

  • NetApp ONTAP Select
  • NetApp ONTAP Select Deploy
  • VMware ESXi
  • HW RAID

Issue

Removing disks outside of the Deploy tool will result in unreclaimed capacity. Example:
 
 
  • Single node cluster deployed using 2TB (2x1TB disks):
2020-12-30 14_52_00-https___10.61.79.99_#_ontapdeploy_cluster_details_85ff4eda-4aa1-11eb-b5bf-005056.png
(ONTAPdeploy) node storage disk show -cluster-name lgabor_cl1 -node-name lgabor_cl1-01
+----------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+------------+
| Name                 | Logical Name | Capacity | Pool        | ONTAP Name |
+----------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+------------+
| lgabor_cl1-01_4.vmdk | -            | 1 TB     | Datastore 2 | -          |
| lgabor_cl1-01_5.vmdk | -            | 1 TB     | Datastore 2 | -          |
+----------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+------------+
 
 
 
 
  • When the disk is not detached correctly, the changes won`t get properly updated in the Deploy utility and capacity will not be reclaimed:
 
2020-12-30 15_00_49-vSphere - lgabor_cl1-01 - Summary.png
 
 
(ONTAPdeploy) node storage disk show -cluster-name lgabor_cl1 -node-name lgabor_cl1-01
+----------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+------------+
| Name                 | Logical Name | Capacity | Pool        | ONTAP Name |
+----------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+------------+
| lgabor_cl1-01_4.vmdk | -            | 1 TB     | Datastore 2 | -          |
| lgabor_cl1-01_5.vmdk | -            | 1 TB     | Datastore 2 | -          |
+----------------------+--------------+----------+-------------+------------+
 
 
2020-12-30 15_06_16-https___10.61.79.99_#_ontapdeploy_cluster_details_85ff4eda-4aa1-11eb-b5bf-005056.png
 

 

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