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List ISILON configuration
Is there any Isilon command that list whole ISILON configuration. We are planning to backup whole configuration and save for future use.
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Is there any Isilon command that list whole ISILON configuration. We are planning to backup whole configuration and save for future use.
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Peter_Sero
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March 1st, 2013 04:00
Not really. Things can get quite sophisticated, like changes via sysctl.
(and while sysctl *can* list all its contents at once with -a, better do not try that here,
as it spills out too much runtime stuff.)
Keeping outside the cluster a copy of a recent isi_gather_info tar-file
might help when recovering many settings after a disaster, but that would
require some reverse engineering of the way isi_gather_info
organizes its stuff.
As a practical advise: make a priority list of the
individual config areas, and then work through the CLI tools
from top to bottom to see how things can be collected.
Usually there exist "list" subcommands which you
might want to decorate with a -v/-l/-w (verbose/long/wide)
option.
It's far from perfect (leave alone the question how to
re-establish settings from those lists), but within an hour
or so you might be able to cover most of the relevant things.
Digging deeper into the last bits will get tedious, though.
Peter
samwyse
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May 10th, 2016 15:00
You may want to look at this:
GitHub - obergt/Isilon_Tools: The script utilizing Isilon Platform API interface to back up shares, exports and quotas f…
It seems to work reasonably well, although I haven't had much opportunity to test it.
jeanlaganiere
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September 21st, 2018 06:00
IsiBackup allows you to make backups of all configuration items available through the GUI of OneFS. IsiBackup does not store the actual data (files and folders) that reside on the file system. IsiBackup focuses on the systems configuration elements, such as: access zones, smb shares, nfs exports, quotas, network configurations etc.
IsiBackup allows you to keep track of all the configuration changes that have taken place on the cluster between calls to IsiBackup. It can be launched automatically at regular intervals and it will send notifications by email when configuration changes are detected.
This software can also restore specific Isilon configuration items, provided that they have been previously saved by IsiBackup. The restoration of configuration can be performed on the same cluster or another cluster. For example, it is possible to duplicate elements from one cluster to another.
Networks shares and quotas can also be restored on a different access zone as needed.
Here's how to restore thousands of quotas with IsiBackup in less than 90 seconds: https://goo.gl/w7Ns7Z
For information, or for a free trial, please contact info@gallium-it.com.