Unable to modify -tags attribute | NetApp | Page 1

obsidian cave Mar 23, 2025, 6:27 AM

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Hi, I need to use -tags attribute while creating volume in netapp ontap and need to modify also for the existing volumes.

I need to mention some values about the volumes etc. to that -tags but it does not work. can someone pls help how it works.

pulsar kestrel Mar 23, 2025, 3:58 PM

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Did you try it like this? https://pubs.lenovo.com/managing_storage_tiers_by_using_fabricpool/3E88C9B7-D12E-45AF-9132-DF9FCD05D5D7_
What exactly does not work, and what ontap version do you use?

Lenovo Documentation

Assigning a new tag during volume creation | ONTAP | Lenovo Docs

You can create a new object tag when you want to assign one or more tags to new objects that are tiered from a new volume you create.

silk lagoon Mar 23, 2025, 6:37 PM

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These are different tags, for tagging tiered objects with FabricPool.
I think he means this: https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/ontap/assign-tags-volumes-task.html

Assign tags to volumes

Beginning with ONTAP 9.14.1, you can use System Manager to assign tags to volumes to identify objects that belong to a category, for example, a project or a ...

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Unfortunately this has only been implemented in System Manager... Don't know why they have not implemented tags yet for CLI.

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Oh and of course you can set them via REST: https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/ontap-restapi/ontap/patch-storage-volumes-.html

Update volume attributes

indigo helm Mar 23, 2025, 8:40 PM

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pulsar kestrel Did you try it like this? https://pubs.lenovo.com/managing_storage_tiers_by_usin...

why not post the link to the NetApp documentation ? 😂

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but yeah, these are not the tags he's looking for, I think.

There is no (supported) way of setting the volume tags on the CLI (other than editing the smdb tables directly)

pulsar kestrel Mar 23, 2025, 9:30 PM

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indigo helm why not post the link to the NetApp documentation ? 😂

First link that popped up on Google

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