NetApp OnTap 8.0
I'm awaiting the release of OnTap 8.0, but there are several things I'm waiting for that will come after 8.0.
Jeff O'Neal, NetApp's senior director of Data Center Solutions, said Data OnTap 8.0 — which will merge Data OnTap 7G with the Data OnTap GX cluster platform — will be released later this year. "NetApp remains on track to release our first converged operating system in calendar '09," O'Neal told Enterprise Storage Forum.
This is exciting if they can get 8.0 released this year. That means we might be able to look forward to 8.1 coming out sometime 2010. 8.1 should be an even more exciting release from what I've heard through the grape vine. I'm hoping still that 8.0 might have some of the advancements that GX had in the core OS. I'm hoping for tab-complete, a more GX light na-admin, and quite a few other GX like enhancements.
What do you guys think? What have you heard about 8.0?
backup and restore dfs structure
DFSUTIL Backup
dfsutil /root:\\yourroot.local\DFS /export:c:\DFSbackup.txt
DFSUTIL Restore
dfsutil /root:\\yourroot.local\DFS /import:c:\DFSBackup.txt /set
http://metalsushi.blogspot.com/2008/07/dfs-backup-and-restore-using-dfsutil.html
NetApp GX Monitoring and Cacti
well, quite a long time after I wrote this I'm finally releasing it. Let me know if you have any problems with it, I wanted to do a more detailed write-up but for now, at least I'll get it out there 
. Click read-more if you're interested in the link to the download.
OnTap GX Monitoring: Update
I've gotten a little further. I've refined my perl script so that it gets data from various more reliable sources within GX. It's been crazy busy at work but I should have the solution posted this week. 
Read on for some screenshots.
Photos – yea, not storage related, but still cool
I've created a new site where I'm posting my various photos that I've taken. Most are city scenes and the like but for your viewing pleasure:
Cacti – NetApp OnTap GX Monitoring
Here's a sneak peak at what I've been up to. Once I've got everything done I'll post the code and a how-to guide.
New Camera – CANON EOS 50D
Man this camera is cool. I've got to get used to it, this is my first SLR. I was going to buy the 40D and saw that the 50D was right around the corner. I called up my local store today and they had some in stock!! Walking away set back about $2600 i started taking random pictures in the office. Here are a few that i've taken just for fun.
My first Cacti Template – UptimeDevices SH2/Pro Templates
I've made my first attempt at creating a cacti template. Next is to get a little more advanced and actually script information from OnTap GX to try to get some functional performance statistics since as you know there's no SNMP on GX.
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