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statistics start is not working on OnTap 9.6p2?

heightsnj — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 11:16:54 GMT

the following command is not working, so the "statistics show-periodic ..."

> statistics start

Error: "start" is not a recognized command

I tried both set d and set adv

Can somebody please advise?

Re: statistics start is not working on OnTap 9.6p2?

kahuna — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 12:16:53 GMT

it should work. Try '::*> statistics s' and hit the 'tab' key. It should show two options: 'start' and 'show'. Then try '::*> statistics st' and the 'tab' key

Re: statistics start is not working on OnTap 9.6p2?

pedro_rocha — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 12:41:12 GMT

Hello!

Be aware of this:

Availability: This command is available to cluster and Vserver administrators at the advanced privilege level.

So first, change to advanced:

cluster1::> set -privilege advanced
Warning: These advanced commands are potentially dangerous; use them only when directed to do so by technical support.
Do you wish to continue? (y or n): y
cluster1::*>

The following example starts statistics collection for sample "smpl_1":

cluster1::*> statistics start -object system -sample-id smpl_1
Statistics collection is being started for Sample-id: smpl_1

Check its documentation for more information: link to 9.6 commands

Regards,

Pedro Rocha.

Re: statistics start is not working on OnTap 9.6p2?

kahuna — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 12:46:38 GMT

"I tried both set d and set adv"

Re: statistics start is not working on OnTap 9.6p2?

paul_stejskal — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 16:41:46 GMT

Are you at the cluster shell? It should look like "Cluster::>" and if you are in diag it should be "Cluster::*>".

Re: statistics start is not working on OnTap 9.6p2?

kahuna — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 17:51:39 GMT

if he was on any shell other than the cluster shell, the error would be that 'statistics not found' and not 'start'

Re: statistics start is not working on OnTap 9.6p2?

paul_stejskal — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 17:55:50 GMT

D'oh! Good point. O/P maybe we need to see a video of this?

Also does your user have rights to run the command (or are you logging in as admin)?