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Disk gets auto-partitoned when not needed due to partitioned post init

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • MCCIP
  • Whole disk and partitioned disk raid groups

Issue

  • There is a whole spare disk that is getting auto-partitioned by ONTAP even though additional partitioned spares are not needed
  • There are other partitioned spare disks available and this unpartitioned spare disk is required for the whole disk raid group
  • Spares low alerts are generated as a result of this
  • The following is seen in the EMS logs for the affected disk

[?] Thu Jun 23 17:35:01 +0000 [node1: config_thread: raid.partition.disk:notice]: Disk partition successful on Disk 1a.00.01 Shelf 00 Bay 1 [NETAPP X357_S16433T8ATE NA54] S/N [ABCDEFG123456] UID

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