• NetApp SMI-S Provider docs
  • Release notes
  • Expand section Collapse section 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
  • Expand section Collapse section Prepare for deployment
    • Overview
    • Supported operating system versions
    • Hardware requirements
    • Required licenses
    • NetApp SMI-S Provider support for ONTAP systems
    • Download the NetApp SMI-S Provider software package
  • Expand section Collapse section Install NetApp SMI-S Provider
    • Install NetApp SMI-S Provider on a Windows host
  • Expand section Collapse section Uninstall NetApp SMI-S Provider
    • Uninstall NetApp SMI-S Provider from a Windows host
  • Expand section Collapse section 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
  • Expand section Collapse section Manage CIM server users
    • Overview
    • Types of CIM users and associated operations
  • Manage CIMOM configuration settings
  • Expand section Collapse section Manage logging and tracing
    • Overview
    • Expand section Collapse section Configure log settings
      • Logging levels
    • Expand section Collapse section Manage tracing
      • Expand section Collapse section 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
  • Expand section Collapse section Manage SMI-S Provider advanced settings
    • Overview
    • Specify the SMI-S Provider automatic cache refresh interval
    • Specify the concrete job lifetime value
    • Specify the ONTAP API call 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
  • Expand section Collapse section Manage SLP
    • Overview
    • Expand section Collapse section Specify SLP configuration options
      • slp.conf file management
  • Expand section Collapse section CIMOM commands
    • cimconfig
  • Expand section Collapse section CIM user commands
    • cimuser
  • Expand section Collapse section 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
  • Expand section Collapse section SLP commands
    • slptool
    • slptool findattrs
    • slptool findsrvs
  • Expand section Collapse section 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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