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How to perform a health check in ONTAP 9

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • AFF & FAS Systems

Description

  • This article describes the procedure to conduct a basic system health check for the following scenarios:
    • ONTAP upgrades or Firmware upgrades
    • Hardware replacements
    • Maintenance activities
    • Power related events
  •  For a full list of commands to check system health, see How to perform a cluster health check with a script in ONTAP

Procedure

  1. Verify Cluster health:

::> cluster show

  1. From the command line, confirm the target node is reporting the proper MPHA state(multi-path, quad-path, single-path):

::> system node run -node <node_name> -command sysconfig -a

  1. Ensure SP/BMC is online and healthy:

::> system service-processor show

  1. Ensure storage is healthy and online:
  • Check the status of aggregates
  • Check status of assigned drives and spares

::> system node run -node <node_name> -c sysconfig -r

  1. Confirm all volumes are online:

::> vol show -state !online

  1. Confirm the state of each network port is as it should be:

::> network port show

  1. Confirm all LIFs are home and operational:

::> network interface show

  1. Confirm there are no system faults present:

::> system health alert show

  1. Confirm no storage faults are present:

::> system health subsystem show

  1. Confirm that any CIFS shares that should be connected are so:

::> vserver cifs show
::> vserver cifs session show
::> vserver cifs connection show

 

 

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