You can use the Data ONTAP PowerShell Toolkit to automate many administrative tasks. In this example, I provision an ONTAP simulator:
Import-module DataONTAP
$SIM1=Connect-NaController SIM1
Add-nalicense -Codes GWNTKCL,BCJEAZL,ELNRLTG,MTVVGAF,NAZOMKC,NQBYFJJ,DFVXFJJ,PVOIVFK,PDXMQMI
set-naoption wafl.optimize_write_once off
New-NaAggr aggr1 -DiskCount 8
do { $aggr; $aggr=get-naaggr aggr1} until ($aggr.State -eq "online")
Set-NaSnapshotReserve aggr1 0 -Aggregate
foreach ($VOL in @("vol1", "vol2", "vol3", "vol4"))
{
New-NaVol $VOL aggr1 1g
set-navoloption $VOL nosnap on
set-navoloption $VOL no_atime_update yes
set-navoloption $VOL fractional_reserve 0
set-nasnapshotreserve $VOL 0
set-nasnapshotschedule $VOL -Weeks 0 -Days 0 -Hours 0
get-nasnapshot $VOL | remove-nasnapshot
}
Enable-NaIscsi
First, I connect to the filer. Connections in the toolkit are transitive, so I don't need to specify the filer again unless I want to start woking with a different one (you can work with more than one at the same time in your scripts). Next, I add some licenses. I then set a WAFL option. After that I create an aggregate. I then loop waiting for the newly created aggregate to come online.
At that point I remove the aggregate snapshot reserve and proceed to my foreach statement. In the foreach statement, I create four volumes and set various options and schedules. Last but not least, I enable iSCSI. It take about a minute for the script to complete.
John