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 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

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®)
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

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