video on demandMost (if not all) management on ONTAP can be done from the CLI or SystemManager.
If you want to run some scripts of your own, there is a way to do that.
If you are not familiar with UNIX/Linux, don't go there.
You need access to the systemshell.
cl1::> security login unlock -username diag
cl1::> security login password -username diag
(enter the password twice)
Go to diag mode and access the systemshell
cl1::> set d
Warning: These diagnostic commands are for use by NetApp personnel only.
Do you want to continue? {y|n}: y
cl1::*> systemshell -node cl1-01
(system node systemshell)
diag@127.0.0.1's password: ******
Warning: The system shell provides access to low-level
diagnostic tools that can cause irreparable damage to
the system if not used properly. Use this environment
only when directed to do so by support personnel.
cl1-01%
Note: (As stated above, this is not something you should do if not
really necessary)
Now that you are in the systemshell you can manage the UNIX environment
to a certain extent.
First, you become root.
cl1-01% sudo bash
bash-3.2#
Example case:
I am bothered by all these logfiles taking up space in vol0 of my simulator.
I create a script that gets rid of the log retention and make it executable.
bash-3.2# echo "rm -f /mroot/etc/log/*000*" > /mroot/etc/get_rid
bash-3.2# echo "rm -f /mroot/etc/log/mlog/*000*" >> /mroot/etc/get_rid
bash-3.2# chmod +x /mroot/etc/get_rid
This script will remove all archived logfiles.
Now I decide to do that every day at midnight.
bash-3.2# crontab -e
(now you are in vi)
i
0 0 * * * /mroot/etc/get_rid
~
~
:
:wq!
(now you are no longer in vi and you have created a crontab entry for root)
This crontab entry will remove all files that contain *000* in the name from
/mroot/etc/log and from /mroot/etc/log/mlog. And it will do that at 0 minutes
at 0 hours every day of the month every month of the year every day of the week.
To check whether your entry in cron is ok.
bash-3.2# crontab -l
0 0 * * * /mroot/etc/get_rid
bash-3.2# exit
cl1-01% exit
logout
cl1::*>