Personally, I use the restricted CIFS-server that comes with an iSCSI license for this purpose, or rdfile/wrfile.
You can upload software into /etc/software and update some key files in /etc just by using the C$ or ETC$ default shares.
HTH,
Nils
On 6/7/07, Leeds, Daniel dleeds@edmunds.com wrote:
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.
-- 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