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      • Provision NAS storage
        • NFS configuration
          • NFS configuration workflow
          • Create a new NFS-enabled SVM
          • Configure NFS access to an existing SVM
          • Add an NFS volume to an NFS-enabled SVM
        • NFS configuration for ESXi using VSC
          • NFS Client Configuration for ESXi workflow
            • Configure the ESXi host
        • SMB/CIFS and NFS multiprotocol configuration
          • Multiprotocol configuration workflow
            • Decide where to provision the new volume
        • SMB/CIFS configuration
          • SMB/CIFS configuration workflow
          • Create a new CIFS-enabled SVM
          • Configure SMB/CIFS access to an existing SVM
          • Ad a CIFS volume to a CIFS-enabled SVM
      • Provision SAN storage
        • FC configuration for ESXi using VSC
          • FC configuration workflow
            • Decide where to provision the volume
        • FC configuration for Red Hat Enterprise Linux
          • FC configuration and provisioning workflow
            • Decide where to provision the volume
        • FC configuration for Windows
          • FC configuration workflow
            • Decide where to provision the volume
        • iSCSI configuration for ESXi using VSC
          • iSCSI configuration workflow
            • Decide where to provision the volume
        • iSCSI configuration for Red Hat Enterprise Linux
          • iSCSI configuration and provisioning workflow
            • Decide where to provision the volume
        • iSCSI configuration for Windows
          • iSCSI configuration and provisioning workflow
            • Decide where to provision the volume
      • Data protection and disaster recovery
        • Cluster and SVM peering configuration
          • Cluster and SVM peering workflow
            • Configure peer relationships (Beginning with ONTAP 9.3)
            • Configure peer relationships (ONTAP 9.2 and earlier)
        • Volume disaster recovery
          • Volume disaster recovery workflow
            • Activate the destination volume
            • Reactivate the source volume
        • Volume disaster recovery preparation
          • Volume disaster recovery preparation workflow
        • Volume backup using SnapVault
          • SnapVault backup configuration workflow
        • Volume restore management using SnapVault
          • Volume restore workflow
      • Cluster administration
        • Cluster administration
          • Cluster expansion administration
            • Cluster expansion workflow
              • Verify the cluster is ready for expansion
              • Prepare the cluster for expansion
              • Install the new nodes
              • Complete the expansion
        • Volume move management
          • Volume move workflow
        • SNMP configuration
          • SNMP configuration workflow
      • Cluster management using System Manager 9.6 and 9.7
        • Cluster management using System Manager 9.6 and 9.7
          • Set up the cluster by using ONTAP System Manager
            • Set up a cluster by using the template file
          • Set up the cluster
          • Set up physical storage
          • Create SVMs
          • Manage clusters
            • MetroCluster switchover and switchback
          • Applications
          • Update clusters
          • Storage tiers
          • Disks
          • SVM Dashboard window
          • Volumes
          • LUNs
          • CIFS protocol
          • Set up NVMe
          • Manage QoS policy groups
          • Local windows group
          • Mirror relationships
          • Vault relationships
          • Mirror and vault relationships 
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    • System Manager Classic docs
    • Provision NAS storage
      • NFS configuration
        • Overview
        • NFS configuration workflow
          • Create an aggregate
          • Decide where to provision the new volume
        • Create a new NFS-enabled SVM
          • Create a new SVM with an NFS volume and export
          • Open the export policy of the SVM root volume (Create a new NFS-enabled SVM)
          • Configure LDAP (Create a new NFS-enabled SVM)
          • Verify NFS access from a UNIX administration host
          • Configure and verifying NFS client access (Create a new NFS-enabled SVM)
        • Configure NFS access to an existing SVM
          • Add NFS access to an existing SVM
          • Open the export policy of the SVM root volume(Configure NFS access to an existing SVM)
          • Configure LDAP (Configure NFS access to an existing SVM )
          • Verify NFS access from a UNIX administration host
          • Configure and verify NFS client access (Configure NFS access to an existing SVM)
        • Add an NFS volume to an NFS-enabled SVM
          • Create and configure a volume
          • Create an export policy for the volume
          • Verify NFS access from a UNIX administration host
          • Configure and verify NFS client access (Adding an NFS volume to an NFS-enabled SVM)
      • NFS configuration for ESXi using VSC
        • Overview
        • NFS Client Configuration for ESXi workflow
          • Verify that the configuration is supported
          • Complete the NFS client configuration worksheet
          • Install
          • Add the storage cluster to VSC
          • Configure your network for best performance
          • Configure the ESXi host
            • Configure host ports and vSwitches
            • Configure the ESXi host best practice settings
          • Create an aggregate
          • Decide where to provision the new volume
          • Create a new NFS-enabled SVM
          • Add NFS access to an existing SVM
          • Verify that NFS is enabled on an existing SVM
          • Provision a datastore and create its containing volume
          • Verify NFS access from an ESXi host
          • Deploy the NFS Plug-in for VMware VAAI
          • Mount datastores on hosts
      • SMB/CIFS and NFS multiprotocol configuration
        • Overview
        • Multiprotocol configuration workflow
          • Create an aggregate
          • Decide where to provision the new volume
            • Create a basic SVM
            • Add CIFS and NFS access to an existing SVM
            • Open the export policy of the SVM root volume (Creating a new NFS-enabled SVM)
            • Map the SMB server on the DNS server
            • Configure LDAP (Create a new NFS-enabled SVM)
            • Map UNIX and Windows user names
          • Create and configure a volume
          • Create a share and setting its permissions
          • Create an export policy for the volume
          • Verify SMB client access
          • Verify NFS access from a UNIX administration host
          • Configure and verify CIFS and NFS client access
      • SMB/CIFS configuration
        • Overview
        • SMB/CIFS configuration workflow
          • Create an aggregate
          • Decide where to provision the new volume
        • Create a new CIFS-enabled SVM
          • Create a new SVM with a CIFS volume and share
          • Map the SMB server on the DNS server
          • Verify SMB client access
          • Configure and verify CIFS client access
        • Configure SMB/CIFS access to an existing SVM
          • Add CIFS access to an existing SVM
          • Map the SMB server on the DNS server
          • Verify SMB client access
          • Configure and verify CIFS client access
        • Ad a CIFS volume to a CIFS-enabled SVM
          • Create and configure a volume
          • Create a share and set its permissions
          • Verify SMB client access
          • Configure and verify CIFS client access
    • Provision SAN storage
      • FC configuration for ESXi using VSC
        • Overview
        • FC configuration workflow
          • Verify that the FC configuration is supported
          • Complete the FC configuration worksheet
          • Install Virtual Storage Console
          • Add the storage cluster or SVM to VSC for VMware vSphere
          • Update the HBA driver, firmware, and BIOS
          • Configure the ESXi host best practice settings
          • Create an aggregate
          • Decide where to provision the volume
            • Verify that the FC service is running on an existing SVM
            • Configure FC on an existing SVM
            • Create a new SVM
          • Zone the FC switches by the host and LIF WWPNs
          • Provision a datastore and create its containing LUN and volume
          • Verify that the host can write to and read from the LUN
      • FC configuration for Red Hat Enterprise Linux
        • Overview
        • FC configuration and provisioning workflow
          • Verify that the FC configuration is supported
          • Complete the FC configuration worksheet
          • Install the HBA utility from the HBA vendor
          • Update the HBA driver, firmware, and BIOS
          • Install Linux Unified Host Utilities and optimizing I/O performance
          • Record the WWPN for each host FC port
          • Configure DM-Multipath
          • Create an aggregate
          • Decide where to provision the volume
            • Verify that the FC service is running on an existing SVM
            • Create a LUN
            • Configure FC on an existing SVM
            • Create a new SVM
          • Zone the FC switches by the host and LIF WWPNs
          • Discover new SCSI devices (LUNs) and multipath devices
          • Configure logical volumes on multipath devices and create a file system
          • Verify that the host can write to and read from a multipath device
      • FC configuration for Windows
        • Overview
        • FC configuration workflow
          • Verify that the FC configuration is supported
          • Complete the FC configuration worksheet
          • Install the HBA utility from the HBA vendor
          • Update the HBA driver, firmware, and BIOS
          • Record the WWPN for each host FC port
          • Install Windows Unified Host Utilities
          • Create an aggregate
          • Decide where to provision the volume
            • Verify that the FC service is running on an existing SVM
            • Create a LUN
            • Configure FC on an existing SVM
            • Create a new SVM
          • Zone the FC switches by the host and LIF WWPNs
          • Discover new disks
          • Initialize and formatting the LUN
          • Verify that the host can write to and read from the LUN
      • iSCSI configuration for ESXi using VSC
        • Overview
        • iSCSI configuration workflow
          • Verify that the iSCSI configuration is supported
          • Complete the iSCSI configuration worksheet
          • Install Virtual Storage Console
          • Add the storage cluster or SVM to VSC for VMware vSphere
          • Configure your network for best performance
          • Configure host iSCSI ports and vSwitches
          • Enable the iSCSI software adapter
          • Bind iSCSI ports to the iSCSI software adapter
          • Configure the ESXi host best practice settings
          • Create an aggregate
          • Decide where to provision the volume
            • Verify that the iSCSI service is running on an existing SVM
            • Configure iSCSI on an existing SVM
            • Create a new SVM
          • Test iSCSI paths from the host to the storage cluster
          • Provision a datastore and creating its containing LUN and volume
          • Verify that the host can write to and read from the LUN
      • iSCSI configuration for Red Hat Enterprise Linux
        • Overview
        • iSCSI configuration and provisioning workflow
          • Verify that the iSCSI configuration is supported
          • Complete the iSCSI configuration worksheet
          • Install Linux Unified Host Utilities and optimizing I/O performance
          • Record the iSCSI node name
          • Set the iSCSI replacement timeout value
          • Start the iSCSI service
          • Configure DM-Multipath
          • Create an aggregate
          • Decide where to provision the volume
            • Verify that the iSCSI service is running on an existing SVM
            • Create a LUN
            • Configure iSCSI on an existing SVM
            • Create a new SVM
          • Start the iSCSI sessions with the target
          • Discover new SCSI devices (LUNs) and multipath devices
          • Configure logical volumes on multipath devices and creating a file system
          • Verify that the host can write to and read from a multipath device
      • iSCSI configuration for Windows
        • Overview
        • iSCSI configuration and provisioning workflow
          • Verify that the iSCSI configuration is supported
          • Complete the iSCSI configuration worksheet
          • Record the iSCSI initiator node name
          • Install Windows Unified Host Utilities
          • Create an aggregate
          • Decide where to provision the volume
            • Verify that the iSCSI service is running on an existing SVM
            • Create a LUN
            • Configure iSCSI on an existing SVM
            • Create a new SVM
          • Start iSCSI sessions with the target
          • Discover new disks
          • Initialize and formatting the LUN
          • Verify that the host can write to and read from the LUN
    • Data protection and disaster recovery
      • Cluster and SVM peering configuration
        • Overview
        • Prerequisites for cluster peering
        • Cluster and SVM peering workflow
          • Prepare for cluster peering
          • Configure peer relationships (Beginning with ONTAP 9.3)
            • Create intercluster LIFs(Beginning with ONTAP 9.3)
            • Create a cluster peer relationship (Beginning with ONTAP 9.3)
            • Create SVM peer relationship
          • Configure peer relationships (ONTAP 9.2 and earlier)
            • Create intercluster interfaces on all nodes (ONTAP 9.2 or earlier)
            • Create a cluster peer relationship (ONTAP 9.2 or earlier)
      • Volume disaster recovery
        • Overview
        • Volume disaster recovery workflow
          • Activate the destination volume
            • Verify the status of the source volume
            • Break the SnapMirror relationship
            • Verify the destination volume status
          • Configure the destination volume for data access
          • Reactivate the source volume
            • Resynchronize the source volume
            • Update the source volume
            • Reactivate the source volume
      • Volume disaster recovery preparation
        • Overview
        • Volume disaster recovery preparation workflow
          • Verify the cluster peer relationship and SVM peer relationship
          • Create the SnapMirror relationship (Beginning with ONTAP 9.3)
          • Create the SnapMirror relationship (ONTAP 9.2 or earlier)
          • Set up the destination SVM for data access
          • Monitor the status of SnapMirror data transfers
      • Volume backup using SnapVault
        • Overview
        • SnapVault backup configuration workflow
          • Verify cluster peer relationship and SVM peer relationship
          • Create a SnapVault relationship (Beginning with ONTAP 9.3)
          • Create the SnapVault relationship (ONTAP 9.2 or earlier)
          • Monitor the SnapVault relationship
      • Volume restore management using SnapVault
        • Overview
        • Volume restore workflow
          • Identify the SnapVault backup destination volume
          • Restore data from a SnapVault backup
          • Verify the restore operation
    • Cluster administration
      • Cluster administration
        • Cluster expansion administration
          • Overview
          • Cluster expansion workflow
            • Verify the cluster is ready for expansion
              • Verify the planned configuration
              • Gather the required network information
              • Add or replace switches
            • Prepare the cluster for expansion
              • Add node-locked licenses
              • Verify the health of the system
              • Back up the cluster configuration
              • Generate an AutoSupport message about starting expansion
            • Install the new nodes
              • Install the controllers
              • Configure node-management LIFs
              • Upgrade or downgrade the nodes
              • Ensure hardware-level HA is enabled
              • Add nodes to a cluster using System Manager
              • Join nodes to the cluster using the CLI
            • Complete the expansion
              • Configure the node details in System Manager
              • Configure AutoSupport on the new nodes
              • Configure the Service Processor network
              • Validate the configuration of the expanded cluster
              • Generate an AutoSupport message about completing expansion
              • Update LUN paths for the new nodes
      • Volume move management
        • Overview
        • Volume move workflow
          • Plan the method and timing of a volume move
          • Move a volume using System Manager
          • Verify LUN reporting nodes after moving a volume
          • Update LUN reporting nodes after moving a volume
          • Update NDMP backup after moving a volume
      • SNMP configuration
        • Overview
        • SNMP configuration workflow
          • Verify that SNMP is enabled
          • Add an SNMP community
          • Add an SNMPv3 security user
          • Add an SNMP traphost
          • Test SNMP traps
          • Test SNMP polling
    • Cluster management using System Manager 9.6 and 9.7
      • Cluster management using System Manager 9.6 and 9.7
        • Understand System Manager
        • Set up the cluster by using ONTAP System Manager
          • Set up a cluster by using the template file
            • Create a cluster
            • Set up a network
            • Set up a support page
            • Review storage recommendations
            • Create an SVM
        • Access a cluster by using the ONTAP System Manager browser-based graphic interface
        • Configure System Manager options
        • View ONTAP System Manager log files
        • Set up the cluster
          • Set up the cluster
          • Add licenses
          • Setting the time zone for a cluster
          • Monitor HA pairs
        • Set up the network
        • Set up physical storage
          • Assigning disks to nodes
          • Zeroing spare disks
          • Provisioning storage through aggregates
        • Create SVMs
          • Configure CIFS and NFS protocols on SVMs
          • Configure iSCSI protocol on SVMs
          • Configure FC protocol and FCoE protocol on SVMs
          • Configure NVMe protocol on SVMs
          • Delegating administration to SVM administrators
          • Create FlexVol volumes
          • Create SnapLock volumes
        • Set up SAML authentication
        • Set up peering
        • Manage clusters
          • Dashboard window
          • MetroCluster switchover and switchback
            • MetroCluster switchover and switchback workflow
            • Preparing for switchover and switchback operations
            • Performing a negotiated switchover
            • Performing a unplanned switchover
            • Performing a switchback
            • MetroCluster Switchover and Switchback Operations window
        • Applications
          • Provisioning a basic template
          • Storage service definitions
          • Add Microsoft SQL Server over SAN to System Manager
          • Application provisioning settings
          • Edit an application
          • Delete an application
          • Applications window
        • Configuration update
        • Service Processors
        • Cluster peers
        • High availability
        • Licenses
        • Cluster Expansion
        • Update clusters
          • Update clusters in a non MetroCluster configuration
          • Update clusters in a MetroCluster configuration
          • Obtaining ONTAP software images
          • Update single-node clusters
          • Update a cluster nondisruptively
          • Cluster Update window
        • Date and time settings of a cluster
        • SNMP
        • LDAP
        • Users
        • Roles
        • Manage the network
        • IPspaces
        • Broadcast domains
        • Subnets
        • Network interfaces
        • Ethernet ports
        • FC/FCoE and NVMe adapters
        • Storage tiers
          • Edit aggregates
          • Delete aggregates
          • Change the RAID configuration when creating an aggregate
          • Provisioning cache by adding SSDs
          • Add capacity disks
          • Change the RAID group when adding capacity disks
          • Moving FlexVol volumes
          • Mirroring aggregates
          • View aggregate information
          • Installing a CA certificate if you use StorageGRID
          • How you can use effective ONTAP disk type for mixing HDDs
          • What compatible spare disks are
          • How System Manager works with hot spares
          • Rules for displaying disk types and disk RPM
          • Storage recommendations for creating aggregates
          • Storage Tiers window
        • Configure and managing cloud tiers
        • Aggregates
        • Storage pools
        • Reassigning disks to nodes
        • Disks
          • View disk information
          • How ONTAP reports disk types
          • Determine when it is safe to remove a multi-disk carrier
          • Disks window
        • Array LUNs
        • Nodes
        • Hardware Cache
        • Events
        • System alerts
        • AutoSupport notifications
        • Jobs
        • Flash Pool statistics
        • SVM Dashboard window
          • Monitor SVMs
          • Edit SVM settings
          • Delete SVMs
          • Start SVMs
          • Stop SVMs
          • Manage SVMs
          • Tracing file access to diagnose access errors on SVMs
          • About SVMs
          • About ONTAP name service switch configuration
          • Storage Virtual Machines window
          • Trace File Access window
        • Volumes
          • Edit volume properties
          • Edit data protection volumes
          • Delete volumes
          • Create FlexClone volumes
          • Create FlexClone files
          • Splitting a FlexClone volume from its parent volume
          • View the FlexClone volume hierarchy
          • Change the status of a volume
          • View the list of saved Snapshot copies
          • Create Snapshot copies outside a defined schedule
          • Setting the Snapshot copy reserve
          • Hiding the Snapshot copy directory
          • Scheduling automatic creation of Snapshot copies
          • Restore a volume from a Snapshot copy
          • Extend the expiry date of Snapshot copies
          • Rename Snapshot copies
          • Delete Snapshot copies
          • Resize volumes
          • Enable storage efficiency on a volume
          • Change the deduplication schedule
          • Run deduplication operations
          • Moving FlexVol volumes between aggregates or nodes
          • Assigning volumes to Storage QoS
          • Create a mirror relationship from a source SVM
          • Create a vault relationship from a source SVM
          • Create a mirror and vault relationship from a source SVM
          • Create an NFS datastore for VMware
          • Change the tiering policy of a volume
          • Create FlexGroup volumes
          • View FlexGroup volume information
          • Edit FlexGroup volumes
          • Specifying advanced options for a FlexGroup volume
          • Resize FlexGroup volumes
          • Change the status of a FlexGroup volume
          • Delete FlexGroup volumes
          • Create FlexCache volumes
          • View FlexCache volume information
          • Edit FlexCache volumes
          • Specifying advanced options for a FlexCache volume
          • Resize FlexCache volumes
          • Change the status of a FlexCache volume
          • Delete FlexCache volumes
          • How volume guarantees work for FlexVol volumes
          • Using space reservations with FlexVol volumes
          • Options for resizing volumes
          • Volumes window
        • Junction Path
        • Shares
        • LUNs
          • Create FC SAN optimized LUNs
          • Application-specific LUN settings
          • Create LUNs
          • Delete LUNs
          • Manage initiator groups
          • Create portsets
          • Cloning LUNs
          • Edit LUNs
          • Bringing LUNs online
          • Take LUNs offline
          • Moving LUNs
          • Assigning LUNs to storage QoS
          • Edit initiator groups
          • Edit initiators
          • View LUN information
          • View initiator groups
          • Guidelines for working with FlexVol volumes that contain LUNs
          • Understand space reservations for LUNs
          • Guidelines for using LUN multiprotocol type
          • LUNs window
        • Qtrees
        • Quotas
        • CIFS protocol
          • Add home directory paths
          • Reset CIFS domain controllers
          • Update the CIFS group policy configuration
          • Set up BranchCache
          • Add preferred domain controllers
          • View CIFS domain information
          • CIFS window
        • NFS protocol
        • Set up NVMe
          • Create an NVMe namespace
          • Edit an NVMe namespace
          • Cloning an NVMe namespace
          • Start and stopping the NVMe service
          • What an NVMe subsystem is
        • iSCSI protocol
        • FC/FCoE protocol
        • Export policies
        • Efficiency policies
        • Manage QoS policy groups
          • Rules for assigning storage objects to policy groups
        • NIS services
        • LDAP client services
        • LDAP configuration services
        • Kerberos realm services
        • DNS/DDNS Services
        • SVM users
        • UNIX
        • Local windows group
          • Manage local Windows groups
        • Name mapping
        • Mirror relationships
          • Manage mirror relationships
          • Break SnapMirror relationships
          • Reverse resynchronizing mirror relationships
          • Abort a mirror transfer
          • Restore a volume in a mirror relationship
        • Vault relationships
          • Manage vault relationships
          • Abort a Snapshot copy transfer
          • Restore a volume in a vault relationship
        • Mirror and vault relationships
          • Manage mirror and vault relationships
          • Abort mirror and vault relationships
          • Restore a volume in a mirror and vault relationship
        • Protection window
        • SVM relationships
        • Manage protection policies
        • Manage Snapshot policies
        • Manage schedules
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