How to remove a foreign aggregate (made out of orphaned disks) in

ONTAP

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Updated: Tue, 16 Apr 2024 12:08:56 GMT

Applies to
• ONTAP 9
• Foreign aggregate

Description

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 • Aggregate will report failed and foreign under the aggr status command and EMS may report RAID
assimilation failures during reboot/takeover. Example:

aggr0(1) failed raid_dp, aggr diskroot, raidtype=raid_dp,

raidsize=24,
foreign raid_lost_write=on,
resyncsnaptime=5,

[?] Fri Jul 16 06:01:45 CDT [cluster1-01: config_thread:

raid.assim.rg.missingChild:debug]: Aggregate partner_foreign:aggr0,
rgobj_verify: RAID object 0 has only 5 valid children, expected 10.
[?] Fri Jul 16 06:01:45 CDT [cluster1-01: config_thread:
raid.assim.plex.missingChild:debug]: Aggregate partner_foreign:aggr0,
plexobj_verify: Plex 0 only has 0 working RAID groups (1 total) and is
being taken offline
[?] Fri Jul 16 06:01:45 CDT [cluster1-01: config_thread:
raid.assim.mirror.noChild:debug]: Aggregate partner_foreign:aggr0,
mirrorobj_verify: No operable plexes found.
[?] Fri Jul 16 06:01:45 CDT [cluster1-01: cf_takeover:
raid.fm.takeoverFail:alert]: RAID takeover failed: Partner label
processing failed.

• Event logs can also report raid.assim.tree.multipleRootVols

Procedure
1. Run the following command to identify the node with the aggregate flagged as foreign.

::> system node run -node * -command sysconfig -r

The relevant aggregate will have the label foreign.

2. Based on the above output, run the following clustershell commands, referencing the node that has the
foreign aggregate.

::> set -privilege advanced

::*> storage aggregate remove-stale-record -nodename [node_name]
-aggregate [foreign aggregate name]

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 This will remove all foreign aggregates and return the drives as unzeroed spares.

Additional Information
• RAIDTREE ASSIMILATION FAILED - AutoSupport message
• If the above steps fail, review KB Cannot remove foreign aggregates

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