subtle nest
Hi all,
One of our customers would like to start using volume tags as described in https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/ontap/assign-tags-volumes-task.html to identify certain volumes to a particular project.
However, the functionality of these tags seems quite limited at the moment. We cannot retrieve these tags from CLI, and it doesn't seem like you can filter volumes by tag in System Manager? Does anyone know if there is any roadmap for more functionality in future releases?
Thanks in advance!
runic wolf
I would also like to know this. I was excited when I learned about volume tags until I started investigating. In the current state, what is the purpose? Only useful when you view the volume in System Manager.
cyan nebula
I personally haven't used them in the slightest but I do get aggressive with naming conventions
runic wolf
We are currently using volume comments, for example - "contact - contact_name :: department - department_name :: description - vol_description :: ticket - ticket_num". It works, but you have to parse the comment string. I was hoping tags would be the replacement for this.
south bolt
also using the comments field to imitate key:value pairs,
one of the downsides is that the comments field is not available in AIQUM to create reports
twilit plover
Hi all, can you provide more information about your use cases for the tags and how you want view them/why?
frozen pond
Feel free to +1 Harvest's issue about adding support for ONTAP tags if this is a feature you're interested in seeing added to Harvest https://github.com/NetApp/harvest/issues/3242
runic wolf
Hi all, can you provide more information about your use cases for the tags and h...
I still heavily use CLI and tags would be useful for filtering.
For example, if I want to find all volumes belonging to the IT department:
vol show * -field tags:department:IT
Also, reporting in System Manager would be useful. Currently tags can only be viewed in System Manager when focued on the volume. I'd like to filter all volumes by key:value pair tags.
silent plover
I would like to know the same on how to filter volumes based on the tags.
jade garden
@twilit plover It's handy to service map your data and searching
edgy rampart
According to the ONTAP documentation, the tags field is available in cluster versions 9.13 and onwards via the public and private REST CLI calls for volume. You can try the following curl command on 9.13+ clusters to retrieve the tags field:
**Note: **Please replace USER, PASSWORD and IP_ADDRESS with the appropriate value from your cluster.
curl -sk -u{USER}:{PASSWORD} "https://{IP_ADDRESS}/api/private/cli/volume?fields=tags"
On the Harvest side, we are currently working on implementing the necessary changes to support the tags field in the Volume and Cluster.
frozen pond
The Harvest team has added tags to the Volume and Cluster dashboards in the latest nightly build of Harvest https://github.com/NetApp/harvest/releases/tag/nightly if you want to try it out.
Both dashboards includes tag filters, at the top, which allow you to filter the resources by tags.
half linden
This is great Chris. Thank you for adding the functionality to Harvest.
crude edge
The Harvest team has added tags to the Volume and Cluster dashboards in the late...
Hi Chris, im trying to get this to work on latest NAbox build and it doesnt seem to be inserting the TagMapper code into the file. can you confirm this feature is still available?
stark wasp
@crude edge Tags filters are available by default in the Volume and Cluster dashboards. When you mention TagMapper, are you referring to the plugin documented in this GitHub discussion? You don't need that plugin if your use case is simply to use the Tags filter in the dashboard.
crude edge
@stark wasp yes thats the plugin im referring too. I would like to be able to configure tags within ONTAP using GUI/API and then use those tags in reports for the purposes of showback/chargeback. I have the latest NABox and i dont see any Tags filters in the vol and aggr dashboards.
but if anyone has a better way to do showback/chargeback id love to hear about it.
frozen pond
Hi @crude edge can you let us know which version of Harvest and Nabox you are using?
crude edge
stark wasp
@crude edge TagMapper plugin is only added in Harvest version 25.08.1. UI support for tags was added in 24.11.
Could you upgrade to latest version (https://github.com/NetApp/harvest/releases/tag/v25.08.1) and check?
frozen pond
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