I'm at the point of moving to cDOT soon.
Considering how much trouble it is to change languages on a volume
in cDOT, is there a good discussion of the pros and cons of en_US vs. C (posix)?
Darry, care to expand on your choices/reasoning?
Re:
> From: tmac <tmacmd@gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 12 May 2016 22:16:47 -0400
> Subject: Re: incorrect language for volume
> To: Darry Cooley <darry.cooley@broadcom.com>
> Cc: Toasters <toasters@teaparty.net>
>
> You most certainly want to fix that *BEFORE* you get to Clustered ONTAP.
> Once a volume has its' language set in cDOT, you cannot change it.
> You must create a new volume and copy it without mirroring (ndmp, scp, etc)
>
>
> --tmac
>
> *Tim McCarthy, **Principal Consultant*
>
> \
>
> On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 5:33 PM, Darry Cooley <darry.cooley@broadcom.com>
> wrote:
>
> > We are in the process of migrating data from our 7mode filers (8.1.2P4
> > 7-Mode) to our new CDOT filers (8.3.1P1), and we noticed that a few of our
> > 7mode volumes (NFS volumes) do not have the correct language set.
> >
> > 7mode documentation says I can change the language of a volume, however:
> >
> > Note: If you are changing the NFS character set, you are asked to confirm
> >> your choice, and also whether you want to halt the system so that
> >> WAFL_check can be run to check for any files that will no longer be
> >> accessible using NFS. The default answer for this question is yes. If you
> >> do not want to halt the system, you must enter n.
> >>
> >
> > I'd really prefer to not halt the filer. What are the ramifications of
> > not halting the filer? Can I safely change the language and snapmirror
> > over to the new filers without issue?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > ...Darry
> >
> > --
> > Darry Cooley
> > Factory Systems Engineer
> > Broadcom Limited - WSD FS/FAST
> > 4380 Ziegler Road, Fort Collins, CO 80525
> > darry.cooley@broadcom.com
> >
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> >
> >
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Considering how much trouble it is to change languages on a volume
in cDOT, is there a good discussion of the pros and cons of en_US vs. C (posix)?
Darry, care to expand on your choices/reasoning?
Re:
> From: tmac <tmacmd@gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 12 May 2016 22:16:47 -0400
> Subject: Re: incorrect language for volume
> To: Darry Cooley <darry.cooley@broadcom.com>
> Cc: Toasters <toasters@teaparty.net>
>
> You most certainly want to fix that *BEFORE* you get to Clustered ONTAP.
> Once a volume has its' language set in cDOT, you cannot change it.
> You must create a new volume and copy it without mirroring (ndmp, scp, etc)
>
>
> --tmac
>
> *Tim McCarthy, **Principal Consultant*
>
> \
>
> On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 5:33 PM, Darry Cooley <darry.cooley@broadcom.com>
> wrote:
>
> > We are in the process of migrating data from our 7mode filers (8.1.2P4
> > 7-Mode) to our new CDOT filers (8.3.1P1), and we noticed that a few of our
> > 7mode volumes (NFS volumes) do not have the correct language set.
> >
> > 7mode documentation says I can change the language of a volume, however:
> >
> > Note: If you are changing the NFS character set, you are asked to confirm
> >> your choice, and also whether you want to halt the system so that
> >> WAFL_check can be run to check for any files that will no longer be
> >> accessible using NFS. The default answer for this question is yes. If you
> >> do not want to halt the system, you must enter n.
> >>
> >
> > I'd really prefer to not halt the filer. What are the ramifications of
> > not halting the filer? Can I safely change the language and snapmirror
> > over to the new filers without issue?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > ...Darry
> >
> > --
> > Darry Cooley
> > Factory Systems Engineer
> > Broadcom Limited - WSD FS/FAST
> > 4380 Ziegler Road, Fort Collins, CO 80525
> > darry.cooley@broadcom.com
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Toasters mailing list
> > Toasters@teaparty.net
> > http://www.teaparty.net/mailman/listinfo/toasters
> >
> >
> _______________________________________________
> Toasters mailing list
> Toasters@teaparty.net
> http://www.teaparty.net/mailman/listinfo/toasters
--
Brian Parent
Information Technology Services Department
IT Infrastructure Operations Group
Workplace, Internal, Research, and Educational Platforms (WIRE) team
UC San Diego
(858) 534-6090
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Toasters mailing list
Toasters@teaparty.net
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