storage aggregate auto-provision
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Recommend and create new aggregates in the cluster
Availability: This command is available to cluster administrators at the admin privilege level.
Description
This command analyzes available spare disks in the cluster, and it provides a recommendation how spare disks should be used to create aggregates according to best practices. The command prints the summary of recommended aggregates including their names and usable size. It then prompts the user whether or not the aggregates should be created as recommended. On positive response, ONTAP creates the aggregates as described in the recommendation.
The command parameters allow to restrict the command to some nodes in the cluster, print more details about recommended aggregates, and to skip the prompt.
Parameters
[-nodes {<nodename>|local}]- List of Nodes-
Comma separated list of node names to which the command applies. If this parameter is not used, the command applies to all nodes in the cluster.
[-verbose <true>]- Report More Details-
Report additional details about recommended aggregates and spare disks. Per node summary shows number and total size of aggregates to create, discovered spares, and also remaining spare disks and partitions after aggregate creation. RAID group layout shows how spare disks and partitions will be used in new data aggregates to be created. The last table shows spare disks and partitions remaining unused after aggregate creation.
[-skip-confirmation <true>]- Skip the Confirmation and Create Recommended Aggregates-
When this parameter is used, the command automatically creates the recommended aggregates. When this parameter is not used, the command checks to proceed with aggregate creation or not.
The command is not affected by the CLI session setting: set`-confirmations `on/off.
Examples
cluster1::storage aggregate> auto-provision
Node New Data Aggregate Usable Size
------------------ ---------------------------- ------------
node1 node1_SSD_1 3.66TB
node2 node2_SSD_1 3.66TB
------------------ ---------------------------- ------------
Total: 2 new data aggregates 7.32TB
Do you want to create recommended aggregates? {y|n}: n
cluster1::storage aggregate> auto-provision -verbose
Per node summary of new aggregates to create, discovered spares, and also
remaining spare disks and partitions after aggregate creation:
New Total New -Discovered Spare- -Remaining Spare-
Node Aggrs Usable Size Disks Partitions Disks Partitions
------------------ ----- ------------ ------ ----------- ------ ----------
node1 1 3.66TB 6 48 1 0
node2 1 3.66TB 6 48 1 0
------------------ ----- ------------ ------ ----------- ------ ----------
Total: 2 7.32TB 12 96 2 0
New data aggregates to create with counts of
disks and partitions to be used:
Is Usable -Devices To Use-
Node New Data Aggregate Mirrored Size Disks Partitions
---------------- ------------------------- -------- -------- ----- ----------
node1 node1_SSD_1 false 3.66TB 5 48
node2 node2_SSD_1 false 3.66TB 5 48
RAID group layout showing how spare disks and partitions will be used
in new data aggregates to be created:
RAID Group In New Disk Usable Disk Or ---Count---
Data Aggregate To Be Created Type Size Partition Data Parity
-------------------------------------- ------ ---------- --------- ---- ------
/node1_SSD_1/plex0/rg0 SSD 81.97GB partition 22 2
/node1_SSD_1/plex0/rg1 SSD 81.97GB partition 22 2
/node1_SSD_1/plex0/rg2 SSD 185.5GB disk 3 2
/node2_SSD_1/plex0/rg0 SSD 81.97GB partition 22 2
/node2_SSD_1/plex0/rg1 SSD 81.97GB partition 22 2
/node2_SSD_1/plex0/rg2 SSD 185.5GB disk 3 2
Details about spare disks and partitions remaining after aggregate creation:
Disk Device Disk Or Pool Remaining
Node Type Usable Size Partition Number Spares
------------------ ------ ------------ --------- ------ ---------
node1 SSD 185.5GB disk Pool0 1
node2 SSD 185.5GB disk Pool0 1
Do you want to create recommended aggregates? {y|n}: y
Info: Aggregate auto provision has started. Use the "storage aggregate
show-auto-provision-progress" command to track the progress.