SAN File System has two sets of commands: administrative and client commands.
The administrative commands run on the storage engines that host the metadata server. Most commands must be run from the master metadata server. There are a few commands that must be run from subordinate metadata server for specific situations.
You run a majority of the administrative commands from the sfscli session to manage SAN File System. There are a few commands that must be run from the operating-system shell prompt.
When you run administrative commands that take a long time to complete, in a system with active applications, those applications that are sensitive to the response time of the system might experience timeout errors. An example of a possible long running command is quiescecluster.
The client commands runs on any client machine on which the client file-system driver has been installed. It provides a set of commands that you can use to manage your clients.
To use the client commands, you must log in directly to the client machine or from another workstation using SSH. You log in using the user ID and password for the client machine. You must have administrative (Windows®) or root (UNIX-based) privileges to use the client commands.
Administrative CLI overview
The SAN File System administrative command-line interface (CLI) provides a method for managing SAN File System.Administrative commands
The following table provides a brief description and administrative role for each command in the administrative command-line interface.Client commands
There is a set of commands for each client operating system that SAN File System supports.SAN File System installation commands
This topic provides an overview of the SAN File System installation commands.Service commands and utilities
Service commands
Parent topic: Reference
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Accessing an engine through SSH