Short 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