The new UnprotectedVolume check searches for volumes not protected by a SnapMirror. An alarm is generated if one or more unprotected volumes are found. Specific volumes and vservers can be checked by using the standard check_netapp_pro --include= and --exclude= arguments. A simple example follows using the default …

The check_netapp_quotas script returns a list of filers where quotas are in place and where quotas are exceeded. This script has a nifty new feature, which is available from check_netapp_pro version 5 onwards, to list quota limits per user. Enabling the --list_users switch will make the check_netapp_quotas script print …

The new VolumeAge check for check_netapp_pro warns about overly old or exceptionally young volumes, where the age is calculated as the difference between the volume creation-time and now. Thresholds (--warning, --critical) may be set in days (d) or week (w). Various arguments can be used to narrow down the search in …

The very useful --rm_ack=… parameter lets us decide how to deal with the posibility to remove a service acknowledgement in case of a reason-change. The optional arguments supplied until now have included ignore, always, never and reason-change, with the latter being the default. This parameter now has an …

With the upcoming new v5.0.0 release comes an interesting new check for Snap Centers. The new program is check_netapp_snapcenter and is being delivered as the first of several checks which is compiled into a binary. The check itself will query the _NetApp SnapCenter_s database directly and report any errors occurring …