topic How to Check Efficiency and Snapshot Status in OnTAP 9.8 in ONTAP Discussions

How to Check Efficiency and Snapshot Status in OnTAP 9.8

TMADOCTHOMAS — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 10:03:05 GMT

Unfortunately I had to upgrade to the dreaded 9.8 this past week. Thankfully I am only on it for a couple of weeks before upgrading to 9.9.1, but in the meantime I need to do some ... basic things that are now not straightforward. Specifically, I needed to browse through a group of volumes one by one in System Manager to check the most recent efficiency job status / sizing results and verify that there weren't any older snapshots. Previously I would have just expanded them and clicked "More Details" on each one ... but 9.8 doesn't have a "More Details" button 😕 .... how would I do this in System Manager in 9.8?

Re: How to Check Efficiency and Snapshot Status in OnTAP 9.8

Ontapforrum — Mon, 21 Mar 2022 19:30:47 GMT

Looks like some known issues in system manager 9.8, this thread had a similar query.

Solved: Re: Volume efficiency information on System Manager 9.8 - NetApp Community

I also noticed bug related to system manager in 9.8 for other stuff.

Bug 1386704 - a new system manager doesn't show default snapshot policy.

https://kb.netapp.com/Advice_and_Troubleshooting/Data_Infrastructure_Management/ONTAP_System_Manager/ONTAP_System_Manager_9.8_is_not_showing_Snapshot_Policies

How to check snapshot policies in ONTAP System Manager 9.8

https://kb.netapp.com/Advice_and_Troubleshooting/Data_Infrastructure_Management/System_Manager/How_to_check_snapshot_policies_in_ONTAP_System_Manager_9.8

Re: How to Check Efficiency and Snapshot Status in OnTAP 9.8

TMADOCTHOMAS — Mon, 21 Mar 2022 19:46:23 GMT

Thanks @Ontapforrum ! I should have clarified the snapshot issue is just being able to view the snapshots associated with a volume. I know I can do that from the command line, I was just curious if there was a buried way to do it in the GUI. Thanks for the tip / reminder on the command line for efficiency data!

Re: How to Check Efficiency and Snapshot Status in OnTAP 9.8

paul_stejskal — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 14:13:53 GMT

sis status (yes I know it's 7-mode syntax, but it works!)

snapshot show -volume <volume>

Re: How to Check Efficiency and Snapshot Status in OnTAP 9.8

TMADOCTHOMAS — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 14:20:38 GMT

Thanks @paul_stejskal !