OneFS 7.1.1.x - displaying all smb shares

There's no built-in way to do this.  Have a look at this script to see how it does it: /usr/bin/isi_gather_smb_info

You basically have to invoke the command for every zone in a loop, something like this:

isi zone zones list --no-header --no-footer | awk '{print $1}' | while read zone ; do

echo "(Zone: ${zone})" && isi smb shares list --zone=${zone}

done > out.txt

> There's no built-in way to do this.

The suggested workarounds are great, but only as a stopgap.  It shouldn't be this hard to do; there really needs to be an "all" modifier to the --zone option.

I'll do a little digging to make sure there's not some valid reason why there isn't, then file a bug.

It's also a good idea, as suggested, to have your SE file an RFE as well.

thanks you folks but as Kip mentioned i should not be needing to loop for basic listing like that. Kip let me know if you find anything.

dynamox,

It is documented that there is no --all-zone or similar options in the 7.1.1 CLI Admin guide.

See bottom of page 362 and top of 363, for viable flags when using "isi smb share list"

https://support.emc.com/docu54199_OneFS-7.1.1-CLI-Administration-Guide.pdf?language=en_US

At this current time the for loop is needed. A feature request through the sale team in tandem with an escalation should be opened to work on adding in a new flag to list shares in all zones.

> do you need me to file anything through my local team to get more visibility ?

Yes, if you could have them file an RFE with Product Management, that would help immensely as it alerts the product managers to the issue.  I can then tie any engineering bugs to the feature requests and get both sides on the same page.  You can then follow the feature request progress through your local team.

In the output the actual zone name would deserve to be added with each share name, for all format types. That will make it easier to read/parse/search, e.g. when doing a grep for a share name or pattern.

Thank you

-- Peter

Kip,

do you need me to file anything through my local team to get more visibility ?

Thank you Shane, hopefully it's an easy change to one of your python scripts.

I would think the best recommendation would be to add a whole new flag all together something like --all-zones.

As using --zones=all, would not be the best idea.

Because a user could then create a zone called "all" and run into issues displaying shares for just that zone.

Same goes for any other specifier using --zone= to display all zones shares.

All good suggestions everyone, thanks.  I'll add these opinions to the bug.

There was already an engineering bug open for this issue, but I've added additional comments to it. 

> are you saying my local team needs to file two requests ? I thought RFE was a feature request/request for enhancement ?

No, just have your SE file a single RFE (yes, those are feature requests).  The RFE's go to Marketing.  Bugs are an engineering thing.  People like me see both, and can ensure that both sides know about each filing.

kipcranford wrote: > do you need me to file anything through my local team to get more visibility ? Yes, if you could have them file an RFE with Product Management, that would help immensely as it alerts the product managers to the issue.  I can then tie any engineering bugs to the feature requests and get both sides on the same page.  You can then follow the feature request progress through your local team.

are you saying my local team needs to file two requests ? I thought RFE was a feature request/request for enhancement ?

I would also like to see this feature added to the product.  The ability to easily list all smb shares for all access zones. 

Does the same type of issue  exist with NFS exports at 7.2.X.X ?

T_Koopman

NFS exports in 7.2.x and up will be treated the same way, the same "for" loop can be used, by simply changing the isi smb shares list to isi nfs exports list, or as follows:

isi720x-1# for i in `isi zone zones list --no-footer --no-header |awk '{print $1}'`;do echo "***$i Zone***" && isi nfs exports list --zone=$i && echo "\n";done

Please follow what kipcranford had said about opening an RFE with your SE, for both the smb and nfs to add a flag for all zones.