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Storage Virtual Machines

You can use Storage Manager to manage the SVMs in your cluster.

  • Editing SVM settings
    You can use Storage Manager to edit the properties of storage virtual machines (SVMs), such as the name, default language, and resource allocation.
  • Deleting SVMs
    You can use Storage Manager to delete storage virtual machines (SVMs) that you no longer require from the storage system configuration.
  • Starting SVMs
    You can use Storage Manager to provide data access from a storage virtual machine (SVM) by starting the SVM.
  • Stopping SVMs
    You can use Storage Manager to stop a storage virtual machine (SVM) if you want to troubleshoot any issue with the SVM, delete the SVM, or stop data access from the SVM.
  • Managing SVMs
    A storage virtual machine (SVM) administrator can administer SVMs and their resources, such as volumes, protocols, and services, depending on the capabilities assigned by the cluster administrator. An SVM administrator cannot create, modify, or delete SVMs.
  • Types of SVMs
    A cluster consists of four types of SVMs, which help in managing the cluster and its resources and data access to the clients and applications.
  • Why you use SVMs
    SVMs provide data access to clients regardless of the physical storage or controller, similar to any storage system. SVMs provide benefits such as nondisruptive operations, scalability, security, and unified storage.
  • How ONTAP name service switch configuration works
    ONTAP stores name service configuration information in a table that is the equivalent of the /etc/nsswitch.conf file on UNIX systems. You must understand the function of the table and how ONTAP uses it so that you can configure it appropriately for your environment.
  • Trace File Access window
    Starting with Storage Manager 9.6, you can use the Trace File Access window to diagnose issues when you have problems accessing files and shares on an SVM using the CIFS or NFS protocol.
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