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Tools
Simulator

8.x version: http://now.netapp.com/NOW/download/tools/simulator/ontap/8.0/

Graphing

MRTG for Netapp: https://now.netapp.com/eservice/toolchest?toolid=392

Performance & Monitoring

Perfstat: https://now.netapp.com/eservice/toolchest?toolid=433 system analyzer for cifs: https://now.netapp.com/eservice/toolchest?toolid=538 nfs top: https://now.netapp.com/eservice/toolchest?toolid=412 nagios network monitoring: http://nagios.org
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netapp plugins: http://exchange.nagios.org/index.php? option=com_mtree&task=search&Itemid=74&searchword=netapp

linux perfmon: http://freshmeat.net/search?q=perfmon&submit=Search

Diagraming

Powershell script to create a viso of your storage systems and luns: here

Audit Logs

Steps
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If audit logging is turned off, enter the following command to turn audit logging on:
options auditlog.enable on

To change the maximum size of the audit log file, enter the following command:
options auditlog.max_file_size value

value is the maximum size in bytes. The default value is 10,000,000 (about 10 MB).

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Performance Tuning
NFS Performance Tuning

http://nfs.sourceforge.net/nfs-howto/ar01s05.html http://cdfcaf.fnal.gov/doc/cdfnote_5962/node16.html Tech Report 3183- NFS, Linux, netapp filers: http://www.netapp.com/library/tr/3183.pdf TR-3481 (kerberos & nfs): http://www.netapp.com/library/tr/3481.pdf

CIFS Performance Tuning

Samba Tuning (lots of overlap): http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/SambaHOWTO-Collection/speed.html Adjust MTU Enable TCP Window Scaling (RFC 1323). http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/generic/0,295582,sid7%5Fgci1329590,00.html Allow ports above 5000. http://technet.microsoft.com/enus/library/cc758002(WS.10).aspx Cifs home directory mappings

ISCSI Performance Tuning

http://sysdoc.doors.ch/NETWORK%20APPLIANCE/3251.pdf

Application Best practice guides

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Oracle VMware/Virtual Infrastructure

General References
Docs

cluster failover cause / effect Dedupe Volume size limitations & Overview

Vfilers vfiler create vfiler_name -i ip_address [ -i ip_address ] path [ path ]

vfiler_name is the name of the vFiler unit. ip_address is an IP address. path is the complete path name to an existing volume or qtree. The first path name is the storage unit that contains the /etc directory. The etc directory contains the configuration information about the vFiler unit. Example The following example creates a vFiler unit using two IP addresses, one volume, and one qtree: vfiler create vfiler1 -i setup [-e ifname:ipv4address|[ipv6 address]:netmask|prefixlen ] [ -d DNS domain name:DNS server ipv4 address|[DNS server ipv6 address] ] [-n NIS domain name:NIS server ipv4 address|[NIS server ipv6 address] ] [-a ipv4 address|[ipv6 address]| name:ipv4 address|[ipv6 address ] [-p root password] The options for this command are: The -e option allows creation of the vFiler unit's IP addresses' bindings. Provide netmask with ipv4 address and prefixlen with ipv6 address. Netmask is of the form a.b.c.d ; where a,b,c and d should be between 0 and 255. Prefixlen is an integer between 0 and 127 The -d option allows the specification of a DNS domain name and the IP addresses of one or more DNS servers. The -n option allows the specification of an NIS domain name and the IP addresses of one or more NIS servers. The-a option allows the administrator host name and IP address to be specified. The-p option allows the password of the root user of the vFiler unit to be set. vfiler run vfiler_name cifs setup This is an example of running a command w/in a vfiler instance