Is it recommended to shut down hosts

[Brandon12345678901]

Page URL

https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/ontap-metrocluster/manage/concept_monitoring_and_protecting_database_validity_by_using_nvfail.html

Page title

Monitoring and protecting the file system consistency using NVFAIL

Summary

Hi I have seen a KB recommending to add a step to shut down hosts when enabling nvfail again ..is this needed ?

ref: https://kb.netapp.com/onprem/ontap/hardware/lun_online_fails_with_Error_%22_The_volume_is_in_nvfailed_state%22

Recovering LUNs in NVFAIL states after switchover

Steps

Clear the NVFAIL state on the affect volume that hosts the LUNs by resetting the -in-nvfailed-state parameter of the volume modify command.

Bring the affected LUNs online.

Examine the LUNs for any data inconsistencies and resolve them.

This might involve host-based recovery or recovery done on the storage controller using SnapRestore.

Bring the database application online after recovering the LUNs.

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[Brandon12345678901]

Its also not mentioned here int he events recovery steps

https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/ontap-ems-9111/lun-nvfail-events.html#lun-nvfail-option-on

[netapp-pcarriga]

Hi @Brandon12345678901, thanks for highlighting this. We'll look into it and update the documentation accordingly.