PowerShell: NetApp – Gather Volume Information
This is a simple script to gather volume information including dedupe schedule and autogrow settings.
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PowerShell: OnCommand Core – Delete All Information Events
Found a solution on the NetApp communities for deleting the Informational events that plague OnCommand Core.
PowerShell: NetApp – Gather Snapshot Details
Gathering snapshot statistics is a tedious task when looking at autosupports and cli output.
PowerShell: Find Installed NetApp Products
A slightly modified version of a scriptingGuy post to find NetApp software installed from a csv file (export from active directory)
vol maxfiles
I was asked the other day what happens with maxfiles. Maxfiles has to do with inodes on the NetApp.
NetApp: cli vol create – match SM2.2 vols
2 creates as a vol type but via CLI, some of us still batch out our commands in notepad so here yah go: SAN: NAS:
Update Disk Label
Have you ever had a system where you were running 7.3.x and got a new disk shelf intended for an 8.x release, and the disks show as broken?
Unown Disks – Remove Disk Ownership
A quick command that I always forget to remember when you want to unown disks from a NetApp where nether filer owns the disks.
SnapManager for Exchange: Backup Tasks
Notes on SnapManager for Exchange backup tasks, and why the task-creation wizard is so frustrating.
300k IOPS – NetApp Flash Pools
1, Flash Pools. You basically create an aggregate with two different disk types, SSD and SAS or SATA.
NetApp DS4486 Shelf Released in June
NetApp quietly released the DS4486 shelf in June: the first fourth-generation shelf, carrying 48 disks in a 4U chassis.
OnCommand Core – Changing default http port and report images not working
Fixing NetApp OnCommand Core 5.0 after changing its default HTTP port, which broke the report images.
NetApp Disk Shelf Model Breakdown
Just came across some interesting information that I didn’t realize before, but here’s some information on why disk shelves from NetApp are named the way they are.
NetApp OnTap 8.0rc2 Filerview
Note: FilerView is depreciated on 8.0 and 8.1 versions of Data OnTap 7-Mode. OnCommand System Manager 2.x is now required to manage 7-Mode systems.
NetApp DS4243 Disk Shelves
Finally SAS disk shelves from NetApp. Also in a 24 drive configuration.
Data ONTAP 8.0 7-Mode RC released
Exciting. I’m thinking about installing this on a FAS-3070 next week. Hopefully have some screenshots. Since it’s generally available on the NOW site you should be able to find it.
NetApp VFM Email Alerts
I spent a few hours doddling around with how to do email alerting with the provided VFM scripts.
NetApp OnTap 8.0
I’m awaiting the release of OnTap 8.0, but there are several things I’m waiting for that will come after 8.0.
NetApp GX Monitoring and Cacti
Releasing my NetApp OnTap GX monitoring templates for Cacti, long after writing them, with a fuller write-up still to come.
OnTap GX Monitoring: Update
I’ve gotten a little further. I’ve refined my perl script so that it gets data from various more reliable sources within GX.
Cacti – NetApp OnTap GX Monitoring
Here’s a sneak peak at what I’ve been up to. Once I’ve got everything done I’ll post the code and a how-to guide.
Easy OnTap Upgrades (NDU)
How to upgrade a NetApp filer with a non-disruptive upgrade (NDU): the command to issue, and why to run the upgrade advisor first.
NetApp OnTap 7.3 Released
3. This is a major performance release for NetApp as it starts to take advantage of the powerful 64-bit cores that NetApp has in their lineup of products.
Fun at work
I had some fun at work today and created a 100TB volume for a project.