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Is there an ONTAP SDK interface to change a qtree's security style?

sbriatnetapp — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:34:29 GMT

Am I missing something, or is there no means to change a qtree's security style in the Manageability SDK version 4.1 ONTAP APIs? I'm looking for an API equivalent to "qtree security" on the CLI.

Thanks,

Andy

Re: Is there an ONTAP SDK interface to change a qtree's security style?

rle — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:01:19 GMT

There is no 7-mode API to change qtree security. You will have to use the system-cli API. See https://communities.netapp.com/message/3072#3072 for an example.

Regards,

- Rick -

Re: Is there an ONTAP SDK interface to change a qtree's security style?

sbriatnetapp — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:10:15 GMT

Does system-cli still exist in version 4.1? I'm not seeing it in the Docs...

Thanks,

Andy

Re: Is there an ONTAP SDK interface to change a qtree's security style?

rle — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:45:56 GMT

Andy -

It is undocumented. That is why I pointed you to the example. There is also a code example in the SDK. I suggest writing a small standalone Perl script or C or Java program and call "qtree security".

Here is some documentation:

system-cli

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An interface to the CLI.

Input Name Range Type Description
args
arg[]
The arguments of the command line.
priv
string
optional
Priviledge level, e.g. "admin" or "advanced".

Output Name Range Type Description
cli-output
string
All output (including error messages) from the command.
cli-result-value
integer
The result value of the command execution (as in CLI 'result'). Possible Values: 0 (command could not be executed), 1 (command executed, but may have errors). Data ONTAP 6.4 and earlier returned 255 if the command executed.

Vfiler-enabled

Yes

Element definition: arg

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The individual arguments of a command

[none]

Regards,

- Rick -

Re: Is there an ONTAP SDK interface to change a qtree's security style?

sbriatnetapp — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 18:12:03 GMT

For the benefit of anyone who comes across this discussion later, here's the way I did this in Python, possibly useful as an example:

def invoke_cli(self, *cli_args):

"""

Call the unsupported/undocumented system-cli API.

cli_args, joined with spaces, would represent the command line

if executing in the CLI.

Return the NaElement result of executing the command.

"""

args = NaElement('args')

for arg in cli_args:

args.child_add(NaElement('arg', arg))

cli = NaElement('system-cli')

cli.child_add(args)

out = self.api.invoke_elem(cli)

if out.results_status() == 'failed':

raise OntapApiException(out.results_errno(), out.results_reason())

return out

"self.api" is simply an NaServer instance; OntapApiException is an exception I use to handle errors that would be shown in out.results_status().

-Andy

Input Name	Range	Type	Description
args		arg[]	The arguments of the command line.
priv		string optional	Priviledge level, e.g. "admin" or "advanced".

Output Name	Range	Type	Description
cli-output		string	All output (including error messages) from the command.
cli-result-value		integer	The result value of the command execution (as in CLI 'result'). Possible Values: 0 (command could not be executed), 1 (command executed, but may have errors). Data ONTAP 6.4 and earlier returned 255 if the command executed.