topic Creating multiple qtrees in ONTAP Discussions

Creating multiple qtrees

Limor — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 10:25:18 GMT

Hello,

I'd like to create multiple qtrees on a cifs volume. I found the article about creating a file that consists of multiple commands for qtree creation, saving it to the root dir on the said volume and then, from the console, running the command 'source <filename>'.

I receive the error "source is not supported". I have Data Ontap 9.7.

Is there another way of doing this?

Help will be much appreciated.

Limor

Re: Creating multiple qtrees

pedro_rocha — Tue, 11 May 2021 10:45:28 GMT

I am not sure if source command exists in ontap 9.7

if you are doing this only once, just copy and paste the qtree creation commands to an ssh session

if this a repetitive task, you could take a look at the ontap powershell tool kit

Re: Creating multiple qtrees

Limor — Tue, 11 May 2021 10:54:32 GMT

Thank you for answering.

I'll need to create dozens if not hundreds of qtrees. No copy/paste for me.

I'll check the powershell option you suggested.

Re: Creating multiple qtrees

parisi — Tue, 11 May 2021 13:48:35 GMT

PowerShell and REST APIs would be the way to go.

We also have Ansible playbooks:

https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/netapp/ontap/na_ontap_qtree_module.html

We don't do source for files anymore, as we don't use flat files in cDOT.

Re: Creating multiple qtrees

Limor — Tue, 11 May 2021 19:12:00 GMT

I looked through the powershell toolkit. Couldn't find a command that'll create qtrees.

Can anyone point it out for me please?

Thanks in advance.

Re: Creating multiple qtrees

parisi — Tue, 11 May 2021 19:18:31 GMT

PS C:\> help New-NcQtree

NAME
New-NcQtree

SYNOPSIS
Create a new qtree.

SYNTAX
New-NcQtree [-Volume] <String> [[-Qtree] <String>] [-Mode <String>] [-SecurityStyle <String>] [-Oplocks <String>] [-ExportPolicy
<String>] [-VserverContext <String>] [-Controller <NcController[]>] [-InformationAction <ActionPreference>] [-InformationVariable
<String>] [-PipelineVariable <String>] [-ZapiRetryCount <Int32>] [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION
Create a new qtree.