NetApp Most Commonly Used Commands

NetApp Most Commonly Used Commands

man (man pages)
Browses through man(ual) pages of command documentation

sysconfig (-a, -r, -c, -t, -m)
Shows information about filer (hardware, disks, aggregates & RAID groups, ...)

options
Queries or changes values for various “registry” options setup. Walks through initial setup questions: filer name, IP addresses, etc., but does not erase any data

cifs setup
Walks through CIFS setup questions: domain/workgroup membership etc.

sysstat -x -s 1
Prints out all-round performance statistics

license
Adds/removes/prints licenses on filer

version (-b)
Prints out Data ONTAP & Diagnostics/Firmware version numbers

rdfile
Reads a text file and prints contents to console (Unix “cat”)

wrfile
Reads from console and sends output to text file (Unix “Cat >”)

snap (restore)
Performs snapshot operations, eg. restore from snapshot snapvault

snapmirror
Manipulates/controls SnapMirror/SnapVault/OSSV operations from the command-line

cf
Controls clustering, eg. enabling/disabling, forcing takeover & giveback

aggr
Creates/expands/destroys/manipulates aggregates, eg. change options

vol
Create/resizes/destroys/manipulates volumes, eg. change options

df
Shows free disk space (volumes, aggregates, also inodes)

qtree
Creates/manipulates qtrees (=special directories)

vif
Creates/destroys/manipulates virtual network interfaces (eg.team interfaces for failover or load-balancing)

ifconfig
Sets network IP configuration (put in /etc/rc to survive reboots)

ifstat
Shows network interface statistics

netdiag
Performs basic network diagnostic testing

ndmpd
ndmpcopy
Manipulates NDMP settings, or use ndmpcopy to copy files via NDMP

priv set
priv set advanced
priv set diag

Goes into advanced/diagnostics mode