topic Re: File count on CIFS share in ONTAP Discussions

File count on CIFS share

sairajeev — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 10:35:14 GMT

Can anyone let me know how to get file count on a single CIFS share

Re: File count on CIFS share

jcolonfzenpr — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 02:53:32 GMT

You can check if netapp xcp file analytics provides the feature you need. Its free!!!

References

https://whyistheinternetbroken.wordpress.com/2018/07/02/how-to-find-average-file-size-and-largest-file-size-using-xcp/

https://xcp.netapp.com/

NetApp XCP file analytics is host-based software to scan the file shares, collect and analyzes the data and provide insights into the file system. XCP file analytics works for both NetApp and non-NetApp systems and runs on Linux or Windows host

Re: File count on CIFS share

jcolonfzenpr — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 03:05:57 GMT

Also look for page 177-179 of TR-4571 for good xcp scan examples.

https://www.netapp.com/us/media/tr-4571.pdf

Good luck 👍

Re: File count on CIFS share

tahmad — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 03:14:25 GMT

You can run this command:

::> volume show -vserver Vserver_Name -volume Volume_Name -fields files-used

It will list the number of files including snapshots.

Re: File count on CIFS share

parisi — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 14:28:31 GMT

That works if the share is at the volume level.

But you can set shares at qtree or folder level.

XCP is one way to get the count. Or, in 9.8, you can enable Filesystem Analytics.

https://blog.netapp.com/ontap-file-system-analytics

https://tv.netapp.com/detail/video/6208348752001/ontap-file-system-analytics

https://www.netapp.com/media/20707-tr-4867.pdf

Re: File count on CIFS share

sairajeev — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 16:14:24 GMT

Looks like XCP file analytics works with Ontap 9.8.
I am still at Ontap 9.4P3.

Re: File count on CIFS share

sairajeev — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 16:17:58 GMT

Can inode utilization -> iused -> can be taken as no.of files under the shares of that volume ?

iused ifree %iused
198913653 47741537 80%

Re: File count on CIFS share

parisi — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 16:57:01 GMT

Not entirely. Inodes used includes:

- files

- directories

- symlinks

If you want actual file count, you can use XCP, which is offbox and doesn't require ONTAP 9.8.

https://whyistheinternetbroken.wordpress.com/tag/xcp/

Re: File count on CIFS share

darraghos — Fri, 19 Nov 2021 19:38:41 GMT

FSA looks awesome! Thanks for the info here.