NetApp SMI-S Provider docs
Release notes
NetApp SMI-S Provider overview
Overview
New in this release
Uses of NetApp SMI-S Provider
NetApp SMI-S Provider sizing and performance
NetApp SMI-S Provider components
NetApp SMI-S Provider protocols
How NetApp SMI-S Provider interacts with a host
SMI-S profiles
Deployment workflow
Prepare for deployment
Overview
Supported operating system versions
Hardware requirements
Required licenses
Supported cluster platforms
Download the NetApp SMI-S Provider software package
Install NetApp SMI-S Provider
Install NetApp SMI-S Provider on a Windows host
Uninstall NetApp SMI-S Provider
Uninstall NetApp SMI-S Provider from a Windows host
Preconfiguration validation
Overview
Verify the CIM server status
Add a CIM server user
Verify that the storage system is working correctly
Generate a self-signed certificate for the CIM server
Manage the CIM server
Manage storage systems
Manage CIM server users
Overview
Types of CIM users and associated operations
Manage CIMOM configuration settings
Manage logging and tracing
Overview
Configure log settings
Logging levels
Manage tracing
Specify trace settings
Trace setting values
Specify trace file size
Specify the number of trace files saved
Enable or disable audit log for SMI-S commands
Manage SMI-S Provider advanced settings
Overview
Specify the SMI-S Provider automatic cache refresh interval
Specify the concrete job lifetime value
Specify the ONTAPI timeout value
Specify the maximum number of threads per message service queue
Enable or disable authentication for NetApp SMI-S Provider
Enable indications in SMI-S Provider
Manage SLP
Overview
Specify SLP configuration options
slp.conf file management
CIMOM commands
cimconfig
CIM user commands
cimuser
SMI-S Provider commands
Overview
smis add
smis addsecure
smis cimom
smis cimserver
smis class
smis config show
smis crp
smis crsp
smis delete
smis disks
smis exports
smis initiators
smis licensed
smis list
smis luns
smis namespaces
smis pools
smis refresh
smis slpd
smis version
smis volumes
SLP commands
slptool
slptool findattrs
slptool findsrvs
Troubleshoot SMI-S Provider
Overview
Access is denied error
Possible errors while loading shared libraries
Connection refused
Filer return: No ontap element in response
Clone/Snapshot operations are not allowed
Warning 26130
HostAgentAccessDenied (ID: 26263)
Cannot connect to localhost:5988
Cannot connect to localhost:5989
SMI-S Provider crashes in Windows
Issue entering passwords containing special characters
Clone technology used in SMI-S Provider
Confirm visibility of important objects
Requirement for using fileshares on Windows
Nondefault firewalls must have ports manually added as exceptions
Cannot add a storage system using a nondefault HTTP or HTTPS port
No response from the server
Runtime library issues
NetApp SMI-S Provider takes a long time to start
Total managed space for a storage pool (volume) discrepancy
Network path not found
Insufficient system resources exist to complete the requested service
SMB share size dropping to 0 in SCVMM
SCVMM rescan operation failed to locate or communicate with SMI-S Provider
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