Saturday, July 21, 2012

Useful Netapp commands


Here are some useful Netapp Storage Administation commands. Some commands are for experience netapp administrators. For learning purpose try these commands on Netapp simulator.


  • license add xxxx
    • add license to a filer
  • df -h
    • displays volume usage in human readable format
  • df -i
    • displays inode utilization per volume
  • df -A -h
    • displays aggregate usage in human readable format
  • maxfiles
    • to increase the number of inodes in a volume
  • sysstat -us 1
    • begins a 1 second sample of the filer's current utilization (crtl - c to end)
  • statit -b/-e
    • beings/ends a performance workload sampling [-b starts / -e ends]
  • nfsstat -d [-z]
    • prints nfs statistics since reboot (-z zeros out the counters)
  • nfs_hist [-z]
    • displays a histogram of nfs response latencies since reboot (-z zeros the counters)
  • aggr status -i
    • displays aggregate and volumes contained in each aggregate
  • date -u
    • displays date in universal time (UTC)
  • storage show disk -p
    • shows each disks primary and secondary paths if dual-looped
  • fcadmin device_map
    • shows where each disk is in the shelfs.
  • nfsstat -l [-z]
    • shows statistics per nfs client.
  • lun stats -o
    • shows lun workload statistics
  • lun show -m
    • shows lun mapping information
  • qtree stats
    • shows statistics per qtree
  • sysconfig [-a]
    • shows hardware configuration (-a is more verbose listing)
  • environment
    • display environment status on shelves and chassis of the filer
  • led_on 4a.17
    • illuminates disk led's
  • disk_fw_update
    • update disk firmware (may require an downtime)
  • iscsi show initiator
    • shows connected iscsi initiators
  • rm /vol/vol0/some_file
    • The filer's own rm command (only for files, not for directories)
  • version [-v]
    • check what OnTap version you are on. -v shows whether the kernel is optimized or not.
  • ndmpcopy /vol/vol0/qtree1 /vol/vol1/qtree1
    • use ndmpcopy to copy data from one volume to another
  • rdfile /etc/resolv.conf
    • shows the contents of text file

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