Service 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 |
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Administrative server | |||
startCimom | Starts the administrative agent. | root | shell |
stopCimom | Stops the administrative agent. | root | shell |
Cluster | |||
mktruststore | Obtains a public certificate from LDAP and creates a truststore that is shared by the administrative infrastructure to certify secure connections. This command replaces any existing truststore on the local engine. | n/a | shell |
tank extractbootrecord | Extracts the product (disk) label information contained in the master volume and creates a local copy of the Tank.Bootstrap file. | 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 SAN File System product (disk) 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, without reinitializing the metadata, which in affect drops all metadata servers from the cluster at one time. | 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 either a client machine or the storage engine. | Operator, 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 |
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®) |
sanfstrace | Enables and disables tracing. | root or Administrator |
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 |
mktruststore
Obtains a public certificate from LDAP and creates a truststore that is shared by the administrative infrastructure to certify secure connections. This command replaces any existing truststore on the local engine.obdc
Collects information for the first-failure data capture of SAN File System problems, from either a client machine or the storage engine.sanfstrace
Enables and disables tracing.stfsstat
Displays statistics for the local client. Note that the sanfs_ctl stats command is the equivalent command on the Solaris operating system.tank extractbootrecord
Extracts the product (disk) label information contained in the master volume and creates a local copy of the Tank.Bootstrap file.tank lscluster
Displays the cluster definition from a system master volume when the metadata servers are not running.tank resetcluster
Erases the static cluster definition contained on the system master volume, without reinitializing the metadata, which in affect drops all metadata servers from the cluster at one time.tankpasswd
Generates a password file that enables you to log in to the administrative command-line interface, also known as sfscli.
Parent topic: Commands