Useful Celerra / VNX File Commands

36 Comments Posted by thesanguy on June 3, 2011

Here is a list of Celerra commands I keep at my desk for reference. I have anot
her post that references some undocumented commands here: https://emcsan.wordpr
ess.com/2012/01/11/undocumented-celerra-commands/
NAS Specific Commands:
nas_disk -list
Lists the disk table
nas_checkup
Runs a system health check.
nas_pool -size -all
Lists available space on each defined storage pool
nas_replicate -info all | grep <fs> Info about each filesystem s replication stat
us, grep to view just one.
nas_replicate -list
A list of all current replications
nas_server -list
Lists all datamovers. 1=primary,4=standby,6=rdf (remote da
ta facility)
<watch> /nas/sbin/getreason Shows current status of each datamover. 5=up, 0=do
wn or rebooting
nas_fs
Creates, deletes, extends, modifies, and lists filesystems.
nas_config
Control station configuration (requires root login)
nas_version
View current nas revision
nas_ckpt_schedule
Manage checkpoint schedule
nas_storage -list List the attached backend storage systems (with ID s)
nas_storage -failback id=<x>
Fail back failed over SP s or disks
nas_server -vdm <vdm_name> -setstate loaded
Loads a VDM
nas_server -vdm <vdm_name> -setstate mounted
Unloads a VDM
/nas/sbin/t2reset pwron -s This command will power on a data mover that has be
en shut down. This was user submitted in the comments on this post.
Several nas_<x> commands can be run with a database query for reporting purposes
. View my blog post about it here: https://emcsan.wordpress.com/2013/07/01/usin
g-the-database-query-option-on-celerra-vnx-file-commands/
Server specific commands:
server_cpu server_<x> -r now Reboots a datamover
server_ping <IP>
ping any IP from the control station
server_ifconfig server_2 all View all configured interfaces
server_route server_2 {-list,flush,add,delete} Routing table commands
server_mount
Mount a filesystem
server_export
Export a filesystem
server_stats
Provides realtime stats for a datamover, many different options
.
server_sysconfig
Modifies hardware config of the data movers.
server_devconfig
Configures devices on the data movers.
server_sysstat
Shows current Memory, CPU, and thread utilization
server_log server_2
Shows current log
vi /nas/jserver/logs/system_log Java System log
vi /var/log/messages
System Messages
server_ifconfig server_2 <interface_name> up Bring up a specific interface
server_ifconfig server_2 <interface_name> down Take a specific interface down
server_date
Sets system time and NTP server settings
server_date <server_X> timesvc start ntp <time_server_IP_address> Starts NTP on
a data mover
server_date <server_X> timesvc stats ntp
To view the status of NTP.
server_date <server_X> timesvc update ntp
Forces an update of NTP
server_file
FTP equivalent command
server_dns
Configure DNS
server_cifssupport
Support services for CIFS users

To create a single checkpoint:

nas_ckpt_schedule -create <ckpt_fs_name> -filesystem <fs_name> -recurrence once
To create a Read/Write copy of a single checkpoint:
fs_ckpt <ckpt_fs_name> -name <r/w_ckpt_fs_name> -Create -readonly n
To export a Read/Write checkpoint copy to a CIFS Share:
server_export [vdm] -P cifs -name [filesystem]_ckpt1 -option netbios=[cifserver]
[filesystem]_ckpt1_writeable1
To view HBA Statistics:
.server_config server_2 -v printstats fcp reset
Toggles the service on/off
.server_config server_2 -v printstats fcp full
View the stats table (must wait
a while for some stats to collect before viewing)
To Join/Unjoin a CIFS Server from the domain:
server_cifs server_2 -Join compname=SERVERNAME,domain=DOMAIN.COM,admin=ADMINID
server_cifs server_2 -Unjoin compname=SERVERNAME,domain=DOMAIN.COM,admin=ADMINID
To view the current domain controllers visible on the data mover:
.server_config server_2 -v pdc dump
To enable or disable a domain controller on the data mover:
.server_config server_2 -v pdc enable=<ip_address>
Enable a domain controller
.server_config server_2 -v pdc disable=<ip_address>
Disable a domain controller
To stop and start the CIFS service:
server_setup server_2 -P cifs -o stop Stop CIFS Service
server_setup server_2 -P cifs -o start Start CIFS Service
To stop, start or check the status of the iSCSI service:
server_iscsi server_2 -service -start
Start iSCSI service
server_iscsi server_2 -service -stop
Stop iSCSI service
server_iscsi server_2 -service -status Check the status of the iSCSI service
To enable/disable NDMP Logging:
Turn it on:
.server_config server_x logsys
.server_config server_x
logsys
Turn it off:
.server_config server_x
logsys
.server_config server_x
logsys

set severity NDMP=LOG_DBG2

set severity PAX=LOG_DBG2
set severity NDMP=LOG_ERR
set severity PAX=LOG_ERR

For gathering performance statistics:

server_netstat server_x -i
Interface statistics
server_sysconfig server_x -v
Lists virtual devices
server_sysconfig server_x -v -i vdevice_name Informational stats on the virtual
device
server_netstat server_x -s -a tcp Retransmissions
server_nfsstat server_x
NFS SRTs
server_nfsstat server_x -zero
Reset NFS stats
Filesystem specific commands:
fs_ckpt
fs_dhsm
fs_group

Manage Checkpoints
Manage File Mover
Manage filesystem groups

Complete List of

nas_

Commands:

This is just for reference, you can easily pull up this list from a Celerra by t
yping nas_ and hitting the tab key.
nas_acl
nas_ckpt_schedule
nas_dbtable
nas_emailuser
nas_inventory
nas_pool
nas_slice
nas_task
nas_automountmap
nas_cmd
nas_devicegroup
nas_event
nas_license
nas_quotas
nas_stats
nas_version nas_cel
nas_copy
nas_disk
nas_fs
nas_logviewer
nas_replicate
nas_storage
nas_volume
nas_checkup
nas_cs
nas_diskmark
nas_fsck
nas_message
nas_server
nas_symm
nas_xml
Complete list of

server_

Commands:

This is just for reference, you can easily pull up this list from a Celerra by t
yping server_ and hitting the tab key.
server_archive
server_cifssupport
server_file
server_log
server_name
server_ping6
server_sysconfig
server_vtlu
server_arp
server_cpu
server_ftp
server_mgr
server_netstat
server_rip
server_sysstat
server_cdms
server_date
server_http
server_mount
server_nfs

server_route
server_tftp
server_cepp
server_dbms
server_ifconfig
server_mountpoint
server_nfsstat
server_security
server_umount
server_certificate
server_devconfig
server_ip
server_mpfs
server_nis
server_setup
server_uptime
server_checkup
server_df
server_iscsi
server_mpfsstat
server_param
server_snmpd
server_usermapper
server_cifs
server_dns
server_kerberos
server_mt
server_pax
server_standby
server_version
server_cifsstat
server_export
server_ldap
server_muxconfig
server_ping
server_stats
server_viruschk
Complete list of

fs_

Commands:

This is just for reference, you can easily pull up this list from a Celerra by t
yping fs_ and hitting the tab key.
fs_ckpt
fs_dedupe
fs_dhsm
fs_group
fs_rdf
fs_timefinder
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