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NS0-158 · Question #5

Click the Exhibit button. After logging into an SVM using the vsadmin user account, you are able to see existing volumes, but are unable to create new volumes. Referring to the configuration shown…

The correct answer is B. No aggregates have been assigned to the SVM. The inability to create new volumes within an SVM, despite being able to view existing ones, indicates that no storage aggregates have been assigned to that SVM.

Storage Provisioning and Management

Question

Click the Exhibit button. After logging into an SVM using the vsadmin user account, you are able to see existing volumes, but are unable to create new volumes. Referring to the configuration shown in the exhibit, what is the problem?

Exhibit

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Options

  • AThe vsadmin user is not assigned the correct application access.
  • BNo aggregates have been assigned to the SVM.
  • CAggregate SAS_01 is out of space.
  • DThe vsadmin role does not have the create volumes privilege.

How the community answered

(18 responses)
  • A
    17% (3)
  • B
    72% (13)
  • C
    11% (2)

Why each option

The inability to create new volumes within an SVM, despite being able to view existing ones, indicates that no storage aggregates have been assigned to that SVM.

AThe vsadmin user is not assigned the correct application access.

Incorrect application access usually prevents logging in or using specific tools, not the fundamental inability to provision storage if privileges and resources are present. The ability to see existing volumes suggests basic access is functional.

BNo aggregates have been assigned to the SVM.Correct

An SVM requires aggregates to be assigned to it to provide the underlying storage capacity from which new volumes can be created. Without assigned aggregates, the SVM cannot allocate space for new volumes.

CAggregate SAS_01 is out of space.

While an aggregate being out of space would prevent volume creation on that specific aggregate, the problem states a general inability to create new volumes. If no aggregates are assigned, it's a more fundamental issue than just one aggregate being full.

DThe vsadmin role does not have the create volumes privilege.

Lacking the 'create volumes' privilege would prevent volume creation, but the absence of assigned aggregates is a more fundamental resource constraint that prevents creation even if the user had the privilege; the SVM literally has no space to provision from.

Concept tested: NetApp ONTAP SVM storage provisioning, aggregate assignment.

Source: https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/ontap-9/storage/volumes/create-svm-flexvol-task.html

Topics

#SVM provisioning#Volume creation#Aggregate assignment

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