Customer question

[harrya]

Customer is asking the following question. Any thoughts are appreciated. REST has already been suggested, but the customer is focused on PS.

Is there a PS cmdlet equiv to the following cli cmds:

volume flexcache create -vserver eu-vfilerc-01 -volume amc_cifs_prd_apps01 -origin-volume cifs_prd_apps01 -size 50GB -origin-vserver am-vfilerc-01 -aggr-list aggr1_sata_19

#

flexcache prepopulate start -cache-vserver eu-vfilerc-01 -cache-volume amc_cifs_prd_apps01 -path-list <path>

We can’t see anything obvious in the PS toolkit help.

[mbeattie]

Hi,

You can use Invoke-NcSystemApi if there is no CmdLet. Here's an example:

Param(
   [Parameter(Mandatory = $True, HelpMessage = "The ONTAP Cluster Hostname, FQDN or IP Address")]
   [String]$Cluster,
   [Parameter(Mandatory = $True, HelpMessage = "The Aggregate Name")]
   [String]$Aggregate,
   [Parameter(Mandatory = $True, HelpMessage = "The Vserver Name")]
   [String]$Vserver,
   [Parameter(Mandatory = $True, HelpMessage = "The Volume Name")]
   [String]$Volume,
   [Parameter(Mandatory = $True, HelpMessage = "The Volume Size in GigaBytes")]
   [String]$SizeGB,
   [Parameter(Mandatory = $True, HelpMessage = "The Origin Vserver Name")]
   [String]$OriginVserver,
   [Parameter(Mandatory = $True, HelpMessage = "The Origin Volume Name")]
   [String]$OriginVolume,
   [Parameter(Mandatory = $True, HelpMessage = "The Credential to authenticate to the ONTAP cluster")]
   [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
   [System.Management.Automation.PSCredential]$Credential
)
#'------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#'Connect to the cluster.
#'------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Try{
   Connect-NcController -Name $Cluster -ZapiCall -Credential $Credential -ErrorAction Stop
}Catch{
   Write-Warning -Message $("Failed connecting to cluster ""$Cluster"". Error " + $_.Exception.Message)
   Exit -1
}
#'------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#'Create a flexcache volume.
#'------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Array]$command = $("set advanced;volume flexcache create -vserver $Vserver -volume $Volume -origin-volume $OriginVolume -size " + $($SizeGB + 'GB') + " -origin-vserver $OriginVserver -aggr-list $Aggregate")
Try{
   $api = $("<system-cli><args><arg>" + ($command -join "</arg><arg>") + "</arg></args></system-cli>")
   Write-Host $("Executed Command`: " + $([String]::Join(" ", $command)))
   $response = Invoke-NcSystemApi -Request $api -ErrorAction Stop
}Catch{
   Write-Warning -Message $("Failed Executing Command`: " + $([String]::Join(" ", $command)))
   Break;
}
#'------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Hope that helps

/Matt