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disk assign & disk show command not working in Simulator

SHUBHAM_A — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 05:44:07 GMT

I am a newbie in Netapp , I was trying to run disk assign command & disk show command over the filer Simulator console (simulator version 7.0) .When i run these commands , i get below outputs

netapp> disk assign

disk: Did not recognize option "assign".

usage: disk <options>

Options are:

netapp>

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netapp> disk show

disk: Did not recognize option "show".

usage: disk <options>

Options are:

netapp>

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Please let me know why these commands not running , can it be because this simulator version doesn't support it ?

Re: disk assign & disk show command not working in Simulator

craigbeckman — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 02:51:35 GMT

Does 'sysconfig –v' report any disks configured?

What does the command 'version' report?

If it is version 7.0 the commands may not be supported.

The earliest SIM on the software downloads page appears to be 7.1.2.1.

http://support.netapp.com/NOW/cgi-bin/simulator

Re: disk assign & disk show command not working in Simulator

SHARMAMANISH — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 07:10:58 GMT

Sysconfig -v show hardware configration & version command show DOT version detail.

Re: disk assign & disk show command not working in Simulator

SHARMAMANISH — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 07:14:41 GMT

you have to run complete command like: disk assign + disk id no

disk assign 0a.1

Re: disk assign & disk show command not working in Simulator

SHUBHAM_A — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 10:04:04 GMT

yess Craig , it is of version 7.3.x & sysconfig -v is also working fine . sysconfig -r is also showing disks assigned . how to proceed further ?

Re: disk assign & disk show command not working in Simulator

SHUBHAM_A — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 10:07:15 GMT

Hi Manish

thanks for the reply however , still command is not working . disk v4.17below is the output

netapp> disk assign v4.17

disk: Did not recognize option "assign".

usage: disk <options>

Options are:

netapp>

Re: disk assign & disk show command not working in Simulator

craigbeckman — Thu, 06 Feb 2014 04:23:26 GMT

Disks can be automatically or manually assigned. Can you check the auto assign option and do you get the correct options if you just enter the '>disk' command ?

sim> options disk.auto_assign

disk.auto_assign on

sim> disk ?

usage: disk <options>

Options are:

assign {<disk_name> | all | [-T <storage type> | -shelf <shelf name>] [-n <count>] | auto} [-p <pool>] [-o <ownername>] [-s <sysid>] [-c block|zoned] [-f] - assign a disk to a filer or all unowned disks by specifying "all" or <count> number of unowned disks

CDOT uses the 'storage disk assign' command:

Steps

Display all unowned disks by entering the following command: storage disk show -container-type unassigned
Assign each disk by entering the following command: storage disk assign -disk disk_name -owner owner_name

Perhaps you can try that or consider downloading the SIM again!

Re: disk assign & disk show command not working in Simulator

GUTLESBACHER — Thu, 06 Feb 2014 13:53:32 GMT

I have no filer to test here at the moment, but my gut feeling tells me that you might want to try a

filer> priv set advanced

first to get access to some of these commands. I'm pretty sure disk was one of the advanced ones, but cannot verify it right now.

Re: disk assign & disk show command not working in Simulator

SHUBHAM_A — Thu, 06 Feb 2014 14:04:22 GMT

Yeahh , i did try the following commands & below are the outputs

1. I checked the disk.autoassign option , which was ON

netapp> options disk.auto assign

Setting invalid option disk.auto failed.

disk.auto_assign on

2.I tried to switch off the option as oer below command

netapp> options disk.auto_assign off

netapp> options disk.auto_assign

disk.auto_assign off

3.then I entered disk ? & below is the output

netapp> disk ?

usage: disk <options>

Options are:

fail [-i] [-f] <disk_name> - fail a file system disk

remove [-w] <disk_name> - remove a spare disk

swap - prepare (quiet) bus for swap

unswap - undo disk swap and resume service

scrub { start | stop } - start or stop disk scrubbing

replace {start [-f] [-m] <disk_name> <spare_disk_name>} | {stop <disk_name>} - replace a file system disk with a spare disk or stop replacing

simpull <disk_name1> [<disk_name2> [<disk_name3> ... ]] - simulate one or more disk pulls

simpush [<sim_disk_path_name1> [<sim_disk_path_name2> [<sim_disk_path_name3> ...]] | -l] - simulate one or more disk pushes or list available disks to push

zero spares - Zero all spare disks

checksum {<disk_name> | all} [-c block | zoned]

sanitize { start | abort | status | release } - sanitize one or more disks

maint { start | abort | status | list} - run maintenance tests on one or more disks

I also tried storage disk assign

storage disk assign

storage: unrecognized command "disk"

usage: storage <subcommand>

subcommands are:

alias [ <alias> { <electrical_name> | <wwn> } ]

disable adapter <name>

download shelf {channel | shelf} download shelf -R to revert firmware to the version shipped with the current Data ONTAP version

download acp [<adapter_name>.<shelf_id>.<module_number>] download acp -R to revert firmware to the version shipped with the current Data ONTAP version

enable adapter <name>

help <sub_command>

rename switch <oldname> <newname>

release { mc | tape } <name>

show adapter [ -a ] [ <name> ]

show disk [ -a | -x | -p | -T ] [ <name> ]

show expander [ -a ] [ <expander-name> ]

show fabric

show fault [ -a ] [ -v ] [ <shelf-name> ]

show hub [ -a ] [ -e ] [ <hub-name> ]

show initiators [-a]

show mc [ <name> ]

show port [ <name> ]

show shelf [ -a ] [ <shelf-name> ]

show switch [ <name> ]

show tape [ <name> ]

show tape supported [ -v ]

show acp [ -a ]

stats tape <name>

stats tape zero <name>

unalias { <alias> | -a | -m | -t }

power_cycle shelf -h

power_cycle shelf start [-f] -c <channel_name> [-s <shelf_id>]

power_cycle shelf completed

netapp>

I cannot find the "assign command" here , please let me know what else should i try to get this option working ?

Re: disk assign & disk show command not working in Simulator

SHUBHAM_A — Thu, 06 Feb 2014 14:06:52 GMT

I tried switching to advanced mode , i can find below options

netapp*> disk

usage: disk <options>

Options are:

fail [-i] [-f] <disk_name> - fail a file system disk

remove [-w] <disk_name> - remove a spare disk

swap - prepare (quiet) bus for swap

unswap - undo disk swap and resume service

scrub { start | stop } - start or stop disk scrubbing

unfail [-s] <disk_name> - unfail a disk (-s not valid in maintenance mode)

power_cycle [ -f ] { [-d <disk_list>] | [ -c <channel_name> [ -s <shelf_number> ] ] } - power-cycle one or more disks

replace {start [-f] [-m] <disk_name> <spare_disk_name>} | {stop <disk_name>} - replace a file system disk with a spare disk or stop replacing

upgrade_ownership - upgrade disks to new ownership scheme

simpull <disk_name1> [<disk_name2> [<disk_name3> ... ]] - simulate one or more disk pulls

simpush [<sim_disk_path_name1> [<sim_disk_path_name2> [<sim_disk_path_name3> ...]] | -l] - simulate one or more disk pushes or list available disks to push

zero spares - Zero all spare disks

checksum {<disk_name> | all} [-c block | zoned]

sanitize { start | abort | status | release } - sanitize one or more disks

maint { start | abort | status | list} - run maintenance tests on one or more disks

I have highlighted the upgrade ownership command here , can it be used (in anyway) as disk assign command >

Re: disk assign & disk show command not working in Simulator

prsmith — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 01:17:58 GMT

The simulator uses hardware-based disk ownership by default. The "disk assign" and "disk show" commands are available only if the system is using software-based disk ownership.

You can change to software-based ownership by booting the system in maintenance mode and entering the command "disk upgrade_ownership" then halting and rebooting the system. If you have an active/active configuration you do both nodes at the same time. This is documented in the "Data ONTAP 7.3 Storage Management Guide." This can be found online at: https://library.netapp.com/ecmdocs/ECMM1278323/html/smg/provisioning/task/t_oc_prov_disk-own-change-hw-sw.html.

Once the system(s) are using software-based disk ownership the "disk show" and "disk assign" commands will be available.

Re: disk assign & disk show command not working in Simulator

sameergupta007 — Fri, 16 May 2014 03:01:54 GMT

You are trying to use disk assign in simulator which is not possible. When you add disks,t hey directly get assigned to control and no disk is goes in unowned state. In netapp simulator disk assign comand is not supported.

Re: disk assign & disk show command not working in Simulator

Fambo — Tue, 12 May 2015 14:02:17 GMT

These options are not available is a single node configuration.

@SHUBHAM_A wrote:
HI

I am a newbie in Netapp , I was trying to run disk assign command & disk show command over the filer Simulator console (simulator version 7.0) .When i run these commands , i get below outputs

netapp> disk assign
disk: Did not recognize option "assign".
usage: disk <options>
Options are:
netapp>

---------------------------------------------------------------------

netapp> disk show
disk: Did not recognize option "show".
usage: disk <options>
Options are:
netapp>

---------------------------------------------------------------------
Please let me know why these commands not running , can it be because this simulator version doesn't support it ?

Re: disk assign & disk show command not working in Simulator

shatfield — Tue, 26 May 2015 15:43:25 GMT