Pocket Guide For Netapp Commands

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Pocket guide for netapp commands

This post contains the list of commands that will be most used and will come handy when
managing or monitoring or troubleshooting a Netapp filer.

· 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

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