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NetApp GX Monitoring and Cacti

Tom Lasswell — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 06:00:30 +0000

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.

Useage Instructions:

Please note when setting up this script you should setup the account cacti runs under as a user on your NetApp GX system with a SSH key. Follow these instructions from the NOW site: https://now.netapp.com/Knowledgebase/solutionarea.asp?id=kb43878

Release v1.0.16:
http://www.techcolumnist.com/ontapGX_cacti-v.1.0.16.rar

Initial public release

Release v1.0.17:
http://www.techcolumnist.com/ontapGX_cacti-v.1.0.17.rar

Please note this version has been updated with a change to the code for the aggr function that was not previously working.

OnTap GX Monitoring: Update

Tom Lasswell — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 06:21:23 +0000

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.

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CIFS Commands

NFS Success Commands

Volume Read Write

Net Adapter Traffic

Cacti – NetApp OnTap GX Monitoring

Tom Lasswell — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:55:07 +0000

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.

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Fun at work

Tom Lasswell — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 07:57:20 +0000

I had some fun at work today and created a 100TB volume for a project. NetApp's OnTap GX operating system is quite nice and I can't wait for the release that combines 7G and GX together. Here's some fun screenshots.