ONTAP: Limits on Automatic Giveback After Repeated Panics
Scope
The source covers ONTAP 9 FAS/AFF systems using auto-giveback and auto-giveback-after-panic.
How repeated cycles are limited
The default described by the source is two automatic-giveback attempts within 60 minutes, with the period beginning at takeover. Giveback is attempted only when the partner reaches waiting-for-giveback. These controls limit repeated takeover/giveback cycles; they do not repair the cause of a panic or guarantee that a node can never enter a boot loop.
Inspect the settings
Cluster::> set advanced
Cluster::*> storage failover show -node <node_name> -fields attempts,attempts-time
node attempts attempts-time
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Node-01 2 60The source’s attemptstime field spelling is corrected to the documented attempts-time. attempts is the attempt limit; attempts-time is the time window in minutes. Inspect values for the installed release rather than assuming every cluster retains defaults.