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ONTAP 9 – How to review logs

In Clustered Data ONTAP 8.x and ONTAP 9 there are multiple log files. If you plan to review logs, the good place to start is EMS log file. The Event Management System (EMS) collects events that are noticed by ONTAP. It also provides filtering mechanism for easy review. EMS events can be viewed from the clustershell – You can review node’s log by executing command

cluster1::> event log show 

This command will print all events from the newest ones to the oldest from the current period (last 4000 events). You can also specify a date range or time for the events, for example to print all events from last 10 minutes:

cluster1::> event log show -time >10m

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ONTAP 9 – Introduction to CLI (screencast)

Few days ago I’ve recorded a short screencast – Introduction to Command Line Interface for ONTAP 9 (or clustered Data ONTAP 8.x since on this level there is no difference). It’s just over 6-minute video designed rather for beginners.

If you liked the content and you wish to learn a little bit more, you can check out those posts:

All comments, questions, suggestions are as always very welcome.

NetApp cDOT – Restore SVM root volume

In my previous entry I have briefly describe how you can protect SVM root volume by using load-sharing mirrors. (The post can be found here: NetApp cDOT – SVM root volume protection). If you haven’t read it, and you are not sure what are the consequences of root volume not being accessible, I would encourage to give the article a try. Long story short, each SVM (Storage Virtual Machine, a.k.a vserver), has it’s own namespace. Root volume is a root (/) path of SVM. If SVM root volume becomes unavailable all NAS (CIFS/NFS) clients will lose access to all shares from that particular SVM. If you want to read a little bit more into namespace concept, check out my other entry: NetApp cDOT – Namespace, junction path.

Remember: when a SVM root volume became unavailable, it will be disruptive for all NAS clients! Never “experiment” on production environment.

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