'The request failed because the management server is overloaded.'

[Paul Hutchings]

Event: EID_SCHED_STATUS_FAILED_MSG E00070100
Severity: Warning
Date and Time: 19/02/11 00:00:00 o'clock GMT
Component: SAN/iQ
User: System
Object Type: Snapshot Schedule
Object Name: server-volume5_Sch_SS_1
Management Group:
Cluster: mdl-cluster1
IP/Hostname: mdl-cluster1-node1
Message: The snapshot schedule 'mira01-volume5_Sch_SS_1' status in cluster 'mdl-cluster1' is 'Failed': 'The request failed because the management server is overloaded.'.

I'm assuming it's a good idea to stagger snapshots so that you don't have everything snapping on the hour?

[Jitun · Accepted solution]

The Overloaded status indicates that
operations to the storage system
are completing too slowly. During the overloaded state, volume availability is maintained while the storage system is quarantined in the cluster.
While the storage system is quarantined it does not participate in I/O, which should relieve the performance degradation.

Yes, I would suggest staggering snapshots.

[Paul Hutchings]

Thanks Jitun, do you know if there are any plans to bring in a way of scheduling snapping groups of disks or setting up tiered retention a bit more easily than now i.e. you have to setup multiple scheduled for each volume?

Thanks,
Paul