topic Re: Volume Efficiency auto-state setting with PowerShell? in ONTAP Rest API Discussions

Volume Efficiency auto-state setting with PowerShell?

JimRobertson — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 09:39:41 GMT

There is a field in the volume efficiencies called "auto-state" that does not seem to be accessible using standard PowerShell commands (Get-NcSis or Get-NcVolume). From the CLI, it is only visable in diag mode. Does anyone know any way to pull this information using PowerShell, other than using Invoke-NcSSH?

This is the command to view it in the CLI (while in diag):

vol efficiency show -volume vol1 -fields auto-state

I'm asking because we have workflows in WFA that are failing when we try to set the efficiencies on volumes that have been "deprioritized".

Re: Volume Efficiency auto-state setting with PowerShell?

darr613 — Sat, 06 Apr 2024 04:37:41 GMT

Hello Jim,

There is a Netapp efficiency check script that is supported by this community
https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/NetAppEfficiencyCheck/1.4

I am not sure if the "auto-state" attribute is listed among the outputs in the latest version 1.4.

I hope this leads you in the right direction
https://kb.netapp.com/onprem/ontap/dm/Efficiency/How_to_check_AFF_storage_efficiency_with_the_NetApp_PowerShell_Toolkit

Re: Volume Efficiency auto-state setting with PowerShell?

darr613 — Sat, 06 Apr 2024 04:52:18 GMT

auto-state will show if a volume is deprioritized, only available in diagnostic mode so have to get it through SSH

Please check the below lib for "auto-state"
https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/NetAppEfficiencyCheck/1.2/Content/NetAppEfficiencyCheck.ps1

Re: Volume Efficiency auto-state setting with PowerShell?

mbeattie — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 02:48:52 GMT

Hi Jim,

Here's an example of using the ONTAP REST CLI. You can either use ZAPI or REST API to invoke a CLI command. The following link has examples of both (you would just have to change the command in the example)

https://community.netapp.com/t5/Microsoft-Virtualization-Discussions/PowerShell-equivalent-of-discovery-mode/m-p/451567#M6862

Hope that helps

/Matt

Re: Volume Efficiency auto-state setting with PowerShell?

JimRobertson — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 20:58:33 GMT

Thank you, @mbeattie , this is exactly what I was looking for, it works great!