Service commands and utilities

Service commands

Administrative commands

The following table provides a brief description and role for each command in the Administrative CLI that is intended for use only by trained service personnel.

Command Description Role Environment
Administrative server
startCimom Starts the administrative agent. root shell
stopCimom Stops the administrative agent. root shell
Cluster
mktruststore Creates a truststore that is shared by the administrative infrastructure to certify secure connections. n/a shell
tank extractbootrecord Extracts a local Tank.Bootstrap file from a valid master volume. Administrator shell
tank lscluster Displays the cluster definition from a system master volume when the metadata servers are not running. Administrator shell
tank lsdisklabel Displays the a SAN File System product label for a specified device. Administrator shell
tank lsversion Displays the version control information from a system master disk. Administrator shell
tank resetcluster Erases the static cluster definition contained on the system master volume. Administrator shell
tank resetversion Resets the version-control information on a system master disk. Administrator shell
Engine  
obdc Collects information for the first-failure data capture of SAN File System problems from the engine on which the metadata server resides. Operator, Administrator shell
Legacy CLI
legacy Runs commands in the legacy CLI. Administrator shell
SAN File System console
disableConsoleTrace Disables tracing and logging for the SAN File System console. root shell
enableConsoleTrace Enables tracing and logging for the SAN File System console. root shell
startConsole Starts the SAN File System console Web server. root shell
stopConsole Stops the SAN File System console Web server. root shell

Client commands

The following table provides a brief description and role for each client command that is intended for use only by trained service personnel.

Command Description Role
Diagnostics
obdc Collects information for the first-failure data capture of SAN File System problems from the client machine. root (AIX®) or Administrator (Windows®)
stfsdebug (AIX only) Enables or disables the logging of file-system-driver debug messages in the syslog for the specified virtual AIX client. root
stfsdriver (AIX only) Loads the file-system driver as a kernel extension.
Note: This command may be used by administrative users. Only specific options in this command are intended for use only by trained service technicians.
root
stfsstat (AIX only) Display statistics about the client. root

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