NetApp vFiler DR with Data ONTAP Simulator Part 4: Create an aggregate and volume

This article is part of a series.

In this part of the series a new aggregate (aggr1) and volume (vol_vfiler01) are created on each of the 2 simulators. The aggregate consists of 14 disks and the volume will have a size of 10 GB (minimum size for synchronous SnapMirrors). In the video I used the OnCommand System Manager to configure the first simulator (netapp01).

The second simulator (netapp02) was configured via SSH.

netapp02> aggr create aggr1 -t raid_dp 14
Mon Jan 16 21:50:53 CET [netapp02:raid.vol.disk.add.done:notice]: Addition of Disk /aggr1/plex0/rg0/v4.25 Shelf ? Bay ? [NETAPP   VD-1000MB-FZ-520 0042] S/N [07762208] to aggregate aggr1 has completed successfully
Mon Jan 16 21:50:53 CET [netapp02:raid.vol.disk.add.done:notice]: Addition of Disk /aggr1/plex0/rg0/v5.24 Shelf ? Bay ? [NETAPP   VD-1000MB-FZ-520 0042] S/N [07152307] to aggregate aggr1 has completed successfully
Mon Jan 16 21:50:53 CET [netapp02:raid.vol.disk.add.done:notice]: Addition of Disk /aggr1/plex0/rg0/v4.24 Shelf ? Bay ? [NETAPP   VD-1000MB-FZ-520 0042] S/N [07762207] to aggregate aggr1 has completed successfully
Mon Jan 16 21:50:53 CET [netapp02:raid.vol.disk.add.done:notice]: Addition of Disk /aggr1/plex0/rg0/v5.22 Shelf ? Bay ? [NETAPP   VD-1000MB-FZ-520 0042] S/N [07152306] to aggregate aggr1 has completed successfully
Mon Jan 16 21:50:53 CET [netapp02:raid.vol.disk.add.done:notice]: Addition of Disk /aggr1/plex0/rg0/v4.22 Shelf ? Bay ? [NETAPP   VD-1000MB-FZ-520 0042] S/N [07762206] to aggregate aggr1 has completed successfully
Mon Jan 16 21:50:53 CET [netapp02:raid.vol.disk.add.done:notice]: Addition of Disk /aggr1/plex0/rg0/v5.21 Shelf ? Bay ? [NETAPP   VD-1000MB-FZ-520 0042] S/N [07152305] to aggregate aggr1 has completed successfully
Mon Jan 16 21:50:53 CET [netapp02:raid.vol.disk.add.done:notice]: Addition of Disk /aggr1/plex0/rg0/v4.21 Shelf ? Bay ? [NETAPP   VD-1000MB-FZ-520 0042] S/N [07762205] to aggregate aggr1 has completed successfully
Mon Jan 16 21:50:53 CET [netapp02:raid.vol.disk.add.done:notice]: Addition of Disk /aggr1/plex0/rg0/v5.20 Shelf ? Bay ? [NETAPP   VD-1000MB-FZ-520 0042] S/N [07152304] to aggregate aggr1 has completed successfully
Mon Jan 16 21:50:53 CET [netapp02:raid.vol.disk.add.done:notice]: Addition of Disk /aggr1/plex0/rg0/v4.20 Shelf ? Bay ? [NETAPP   VD-1000MB-FZ-520 0042] S/N [07762204] to aggregate aggr1 has completed successfully
Mon Jan 16 21:50:53 CET [netapp02:raid.vol.disk.add.done:notice]: Addition of Disk /aggr1/plex0/rg0/v5.19 Shelf ? Bay ? [NETAPP   VD-1000MB-FZ-520 0042] S/N [07152303] to aggregate aggr1 has completed successfully
Mon Jan 16 21:50:53 CET [netapp02:raid.vol.disk.add.done:notice]: Addition of Disk /aggr1/plex0/rg0/v4.19 Shelf ? Bay ? [NETAPP   VD-1000MB-FZ-520 0042] S/N [07762203] to aggregate aggr1 has completed successfully
Mon Jan 16 21:50:53 CET [netapp02:raid.vol.disk.add.done:notice]: Addition of Disk /aggr1/plex0/rg0/v5.18 Shelf ? Bay ? [NETAPP   VD-1000MB-FZ-520 0042] S/N [07152302] to aggregate aggr1 has completed successfully
Mon Jan 16 21:50:53 CET [netapp02:raid.vol.disk.add.done:notice]: Addition of Disk /aggr1/plex0/rg0/v4.18 Shelf ? Bay ? [NETAPP   VD-1000MB-FZ-520 0042] S/N [07762202] to aggregate aggr1 has completed successfully
Mon Jan 16 21:50:53 CET [netapp02:raid.vol.disk.add.done:notice]: Addition of Disk /aggr1/plex0/rg0/v5.17 Shelf ? Bay ? [NETAPP   VD-1000MB-FZ-520 0042] S/N [07152301] to aggregate aggr1 has completed successfully
Creation of an aggregate with 14 disks has completed.
Mon Jan 16 21:50:57 CET [netapp02:wafl.aggr.btiddb.build:info]: Buftreeid database for aggregate 'aggr1' UUID 'bc9d185d-55e8-4bd2-b537-5123f859ff87' was built in 0 msec, after scanning 0 inodes and restarting -1 times with a final result of starting.
Mon Jan 16 21:50:57 CET [netapp02:wafl.aggr.btiddb.build:info]: Buftreeid database for aggregate 'aggr1' UUID 'bc9d185d-55e8-4bd2-b537-5123f859ff87' was built in 25 msec, after scanning 0 inodes and restarting 0 times with a final result of success.
Mon Jan 16 21:50:57 CET [netapp02:wafl.vol.add:info]: Aggregate aggr1 has been added to the system.

netapp02> vol create vol_vfiler01 aggr1 10G
Creation of volume 'vol_vfiler01' with size 10g on containing aggregate 'aggr1' has completed.

All articles of the series
Part 1: Download of the files needed
Part 2: Configuration of the first simulator
Part 3: Configuration of the second simulator
Part 4: Create an aggregate and volume
Part 5: DNS Configuration
Part 6: Create vFiler and configure vFiler DR
Part 7: Synchronous vFiler DR
Part 8: Create shares on vFiler
Part 9: Planned Failover
Part 10: Disaster Failover