topic Re: Cluster-wide files system reports in ONTAP Discussions

Cluster-wide files system reports

Doc_McJust — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 19:35:59 GMT

My boss is requesting a report across all our attached storage for files larger than 4gb. Including the complete path to the files.

I know that ONTAP allows you to see File System information for individual volumes.

Is there a report that I can generate from within Netapp that will allow me to generate cluster-wide file information?

Re: Cluster-wide files system reports

AlexDawson — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 01:27:22 GMT

The supported way is to write a script which uses REST to pull a list of SVMs and then pull a list of files per SVM. If you enable filesystem analytics, you can use the REST API to download a list (see page 22 of this PDF - https://www.netapp.com/media/20707-tr-4867.pdf)

You could also use XCP in scan mode to output a list (https://library.netapp.com/ecm/ecm_download_file/ECMLP2875795)

.. but the easiest way is to unlock the diag user, login to systemshell and then "cd /clus", run "ls -lR" or whatever option you want and redirect it into a text file somewhere inside the heirarchy of /clus/svmname/volumename - Systemshell should not be used except where absolutely necessary. Be sure you understand how to run the commands listed, and redirect output to a text file and the potential consequences if it breaks. If you have any concerns, please use one of the other two methods.

Re: Cluster-wide files system reports

Sanaman — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 02:45:56 GMT

If you have AIQUM installed in your environment, you generate a report, filter the report for volumes >4GiB in size or whatever you wanted. See the attachment.

Good luck.

Re: Cluster-wide files system reports

chenguanghui — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 07:28:31 GMT

hello:

You can try to create a custom report. The File System Utilization data model in the following article might be helpful to you.

https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/data-infrastructure-insights/reporting_creating_custom_reports.html#report-creation-process