How to Fix Timeout While Mounting LUN in NetApp SnapDrive

When you are trying to mount a LUN (by using Connect Disk) in SnapDrive, you may get an error saying “A timeout of 120 secs elapsed while waiting for volume arrival notification from the operating system”. Figure - SnapDrive timeout when connecting to a LUN This generally occurs when you have created a LUN using the NetApp System Manager first, and then tried to connect to it in SnapDrive. The reason for this error message is that when SnapDrive is connecting to a disk, it expects to see a formatted partition being connected – and when this doesn’t occur, it doesn’t know what...