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Both our classic Perl- and ZAPI-based product Check NetApp-ZAPI and the modern Check NetApp-REST have received new stable versions. While CheckNetApp-ZAPI mainly has the documentation and minor bugs fixed, Check NetApp-REST has many new features and checks.
Highlights New Binary RESTful snapshot check New check for …
We have got this request:
Recently we have noticed that some of our fiber optic cables have degraded, this is sadly not reported anywhere else exept with the commands below…
STOR04-A1::*> storage port show -node STOR04-A1-01 Speed Node Port Type (Gb/s) State Status ------------------ ---- ---- ------ -------- …
The plugin check_netapp_aggregate object-store monitors the availability of an object store. In principle, we do the same as a storage admin who enters the command storage aggregate object-store show into Ontap’s CLI and then checks whether available is shown in the field object-store-availability.
Here is an …
This new plugin monitors the space occupied by snapshots on a volume in its first stage of development. It is similar to its ZAPI predecessor check_netapp_pro.pl Snapshots in that it can calculate the space required by snapshots either relative to the volume size or the snapshot reserve. The parameter …
The new check_netapp_volume missing plugin notifies you or your team, when a volume has been removed from the system.
Motivation and Workflow NetApp has a “recovery queue” which is set to 12 hours by default. If the monitoring reports that a volume has been deleted, you have the chance to recover that volume.
Please …
The
check_netapp_volume usage command understands relative thresholds in percent as well now …
One of our customers asked if we could develop a plugin that determines the last access date/creation date/modification dates …
The v1.2.0 release of our Check NetApp-REST product contains a new monitoring plugin called check_netapp_volume usage. It provides the monitoring of:
the used space of each volume (in Bytes) the total used space of several volumes the average used space of several volumes the min/max of used space of several volumes …
Less can be more Some time ago, we received an enquiry in which a customer illustrated a general problem using the LUN check as follows:
If I run ./check_netapp_pro.pl LunState -H fas --alarm_limit 1
This will show you all the LUNs on the Cluster, both online and offline. We have systems that contain over 200 LUNs, so …