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NetApp Storage – Basic Commands
- sysconfig -a : shows hardware
configuration with more verbose information
- sysconfig -d :
shows information of the disk attached to the filer
- version : shows the
netapp Ontap OS version.
- uptime : shows the
filer uptime
- dns info : this
shows the dns resolvers, the no of hits and misses and other info
- nis info : this
shows the nis domain name, yp servers etc.
- rdfile : Like
“cat” in Linux, used to read contents of text files/
- wrfile :
Creates/Overwrites a file. Similar to “cat > filename” in Linux
- aggr status : Shows
the aggregate status
- aggr status -r :
Shows the raid configuration, reconstruction information of the disks in filer
- aggr show_space :
Shows the disk usage of the aggreate, WAFL reserve, overheads etc.
- vol status : Shows
the volume information
- vol status -s :
Displays the spare disks on the filer
- vol status -f :
Displays the failed disks on the filer
- vol status -r :
Shows the raid configuration, reconstruction information of the disks
- df -h : Displays
volume disk usage
- df -i : Shows the inode
counts of all the volumes
- df -Ah : Shows
“df” information of the aggregate
- license :
Displays/add/removes license on a netapp filer
- maxfiles : Displays
and adds more inodes to a volume
- aggr create :
Creates aggregate
- vol create
<volname> <aggrname> <size> : Creates volume in an aggregate
- vol offline
<volname> : Offlines a volume
- vol online
<volname> : Onlines a volume
- vol destroy
<volname> : Destroys and removes an volume
- vol size
<volname> [+|-]<size> : Resize a volume in netapp filer
- vol options : Displays/Changes
volume options in a netapp filer
- qtree create
<qtree-path> : Creates qtree
- qtree status :
Displays the status of qtrees
- quota on : Enables
quota on a netapp filer
- quota off :
Disables quota
- quota resize :
Resizes quota
- quota report :
Reports the quota and usage
- snap list :
Displays all snapshots on a volume
- snap create
<volname> <snapname> : Create snapshot
- snap sched
<volname> <schedule> : Schedule snapshot creation
- snap reserve
<volname> <percentage> : Display/set snapshot reserve space in volume
- /etc/exports : File
that manages the NFS exports
- rdfile /etc/exports
: Read the NFS exports file
- wrfile /etc/exports
: Write to NFS exports file
- exportfs -a :
Exports all the filesystems listed in /etc/exports
- cifs setup : Setup
cifs
- cifs shares : Create/displays
cifs shares
- cifs access :
Changes access of cifs shares
- lun create :
Creates iscsi or fcp luns on a netapp filer
- lun map : Maps lun
to an igroup
- lun show : Show all
the luns on a filer
- igroup create :
Creates netapp igroup
- lun stats : Show lun
I/O statistics
- disk show : Shows
all the disk on the filer
- disk zero spares :
Zeros the spare disks
- disk_fw_update :
Upgrades the disk firmware on all disks
- options :
Display/Set options on netapp filer
- options nfs :
Display/Set NFS options
- options timed :
Display/Set NTP options on netapp.
- options autosupport
: Display/Set autosupport options
- options cifs :
Display/Set cifs options
- options tcp :
Display/Set TCP options
- options net :
Display/Set network options
- ndmpcopy
<src-path> <dst-path> : Initiates ndmpcopy
- ndmpd status :
Displays status of ndmpd
- ndmpd killall :
Terminates all the ndmpd processes.
- ifconfig :
Displays/Sets IP address on a network/vif interface
- vif create :
Creates a VIF (bonding/trunking/teaming)
- vif status :
Displays status of a vif
- netstat : Displays
network statistics
- sysstat -us 1 : begins a 1
second sample of the filer’s current utilization (crtl – c to end)
- nfsstat : Shows nfs
statistics
- nfsstat -l :
Displays nfs stats per client
- nfs_hist : Displays
nfs historgram
- statit : beings/ends a
performance workload sampling [-b starts / -e ends]
- stats : Displays
stats for every counter on netapp. Read stats man page for more info
- ifstat : Displays
Network interface stats
- qtree stats :
displays I/O stats of qtree
- environment : display
environment status on shelves and chassis of the filer
- storage show
<disk|shelf|adapter> : Shows storage component details
- snapmirror
intialize : Initialize a snapmirror relation
- snapmirror update :
Manually Update snapmirror relation
- snapmirror resync :
Resyns a broken snapmirror
- snapmirror quiesce
: Quiesces a snapmirror bond
- snapmirror break :
Breakes a snapmirror relation
- snapmirror abort :
Abort a running snapmirror
- snapmirror status :
Shows snapmirror status
- lock status -h :
Displays locks held by filer
- sm_mon : Manage the
locks
- storage download
shelf : Installs the shelf firmware
- software get :
Download the Netapp OS software
- software install :
Installs OS
- download : Updates
the installed OS
- cf status :
Displays cluster status
- cf takeover : Takes
over the cluster partner
- cf giveback : Gives
back control to the cluster partner
- reboot : Reboots a
filer