Notes

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 : Creates volume in an aggregate
vol offline : Offlines a volume
vol online : Onlines a volume
vol destroy : Destroys and removes an volume
vol size [+|-] : Resize a volume in netapp filer
vol options : Displays/Changes volume options in a netapp filer
qtree create : 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 : Create snapshot
snap sched : Schedule snapshot creation
snap reserve : 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 : 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 : 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