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Data ONTAP PowerShell Toolkit Documentation

dlmaldonado — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 07:01:04 GMT

Is there any way to get the Data Ontap Powershell Toolkit html docs (''Show-NaHelp") in a single pdf doc?

I'd like to be able to print out and reference as a pdf book and as yet, I don't see that anywhere.

If it exists as a download, can someone point the link out to me?

Thanks.

Re: Data ONTAP PowerShell Toolkit Documentation

cknight — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 21:54:39 GMT

Not at present. The online help docs are autogenerated during the Toolkit build. I've captured this request for consideration in a future release.

Re: Data ONTAP PowerShell Toolkit Documentation

marco_shaw — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 01:24:23 GMT

I saw this on Twitter... I don't know if I agree that this can't be done presently. It might need a bit of scripting magic though.

Give me a few days (not that it will take that long, I just might not feel like trying it right now).

Re: Data ONTAP PowerShell Toolkit Documentation

marco_shaw — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 02:20:39 GMT

Now, I can likely create a single document with all of the 445-ish cmdlets in it. Is that all you're looking for?

Re: Data ONTAP PowerShell Toolkit Documentation

dlmaldonado — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 15:31:14 GMT

Yes. That would be perfect. I have an e-reader I keep all my technical documentation. Over 700 pdfs at last count. And I'd like to be able to carry this with me in pdf form and read it like a book.

Re: Data ONTAP PowerShell Toolkit Documentation

FrostByte — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 17:06:16 GMT

Did you ever manage to get the PDF created with all of the cmdlets? I wouldn't mind having a copy for refrence and to read through.

Re: Data ONTAP PowerShell Toolkit Documentation

cknight — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 20:14:01 GMT

Still on the wish list. Just a matter of priorities and resources!

Re: Data ONTAP PowerShell Toolkit Documentation

beam — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 14:39:51 GMT

I happen to run into a possible workaround through sheer luck. It turns out you can pipe the output of Get-NaHelp to Get-Help, which will give you help information for every cmdlet included in the toolkit. You can then pipe this into Out-File to create a text file of all the help information (and with the -full switch, you get all the examples too!):

PS> Get-NaHelp | Get-Help -full | Out-File "DataONTAP Powershell Toolkit Online Help.txt"

This will create a ~3.5MB text file of all the help information.

Hope that helps!

-Steven

Re: Data ONTAP PowerShell Toolkit Documentation

FrostByte — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 14:45:06 GMT

That's awsome! Thanks