Hidden commands in the special boot menu of the filer

Hidden commands in the special boot menu of the filer


There are some hidden command in the special boot menu of a filer. Below is one of these commands. This command (WAFL_Check aggrname) checks the filesystem of the filer for any inconsistencies and corrects them when necessary.



Example:

Special boot options menu will be available.

NetApp Release 7.0.4P1: Mon Feb 27 14:36:15 PST 2006

Copyright (c) 1992-2006 Network Appliance, Inc.

Starting boot on Sat Mar 24 15:36:18 GMT 2007


(1) Normal boot.

(2) Boot without /etc/rc.

(3) Change password.

(4) Initialize all disks.

(4a) Same as option 4, but create a flexible root volume.

(5) Maintenance mode boot.

Selection (1-5)? WAFL_check aggr01


Sat Mar 24 15:38:15 GMT [wafl.vol.inconsistent:ALERT]: Aggregate aggr01 is inconsistent. Please contact NetApp Customer Support.

Sat Mar 24 15:38:15 GMT [raid.vol.replay.nvram:info]: Performing raid replay on volume(s)

Sat Mar 24 15:38:15 GMT [raid.cksum.replay.summary:info]: Replayed 0 checksum blocks.

Sat Mar 24 15:38:15 GMT [raid.stripe.replay.summary:info]: Replayed 0 stripes.

Checking aggr01...

WAFL_check NetApp Release 7.0.4P1

Starting at Sat Mar 24 15:38:17 GMT 2007

Phase 1: Verify fsinfo blocks.

Phase 2: Verify metadata indirect blocks.

Phase 3: Scan inode file.

Phase 3a: Scan inode file special files.

Phase 3a time in seconds: 9

Phase 3b: Scan inode file normal files.

(inodes 5%)

(inodes 10%)

(inodes 15%)

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(inodes 25%)

(inodes 30%)

(inodes 35%)

(inodes 41%)

(inodes 46%)

(inodes 51%)

(inodes 56%)

(inodes 61%)

(inodes 66%)

(inodes 71%)

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(inodes 92%)

(inodes 97%)

(inodes 99%)


So instead of making a selection of 1 to 5, type the command and the aggregate check takes off.