i have done this before in a pinch. 

rdfile/wrfile can be used to update things like /etc/quotas /etc/exports etc.  just rdfile and paste it into a window, modify it then wrfile it back.  not the prettiest thing but it works.

as for software install, the http method is by far the easiest, just drop the DOT files onto some accessible webserver and type

software install http://mywebserver/DOT and it will load it directly to the filer.



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Daniel Leeds
Senior Systems Administrator
Edmunds.com



-----Original Message-----
From: owner-toasters@mathworks.com on behalf of Stephen C. Losen
Sent: Wed 6/6/2007 2:48 PM
To: toasters@mathworks.com
Subject: netapp admin with Unix without NFS


I'm accustomed to administering netapps on a Unix box that
NFS mounts the root volume and has rsh and/or ssh access
to root.  I've always used the command line since we got
our first filer in 1997 before the GUI came out.

We are buying two FAS270s to be placed in two separate locations
for disaster recovery.  Each filer will store FC LUNs that will be
used by a Windows server in each location.  One location is
primary and the other is standby in case we lose the primary.

We will replicate data from the primary filer to the secondary
with snapmirror (and also snapdrive I suppose).

I am in neither of these locations and each location will be
behind its own firewall (oh joy).  Obviously the filers will
need to talk to each other for snapmirror.

Since these filers are FC SAN only, we would prefer to not spring
for NFS licenses just for my convenience.

I would be interested to know if there are any other Unix folks
out there who admin filers without NFS access.  I think that
all filers come with a mini CIFS license (only one CIFS session?)
and I guess I could use smbmount on my Linux box to access the
root volume.  I wish filers also had a mini NFS license for admin.

As for installing DOT, isn't there a way to put the software
distribution file on a httpd server and point the filer at it?
I have always used the install_netapp script and the compressed
tar file.

I don't know what sort of holes I can get punched in the firewall.
I may need to use a VPN client (yuck).

Is anyone else out there in a similar situation?

Steve Losen   scl@virginia.edu    phone: 434-924-0640

University of Virginia               ITC Unix Support