PowerScale Support Tools Patch

Summary: This is a Powerscale (Isilon) Tools Patch that deploys troubleshooting tools for Dell Support within a cluster. Please see the included README file for additional details.

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Instructions

Tools patch is available for download on Dell support website:

https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-ie/product-support/product/isilon-onefs/drivers
Use Keyword "Support Tool".

Direct download link for ​​​​​​GA-TOOL-2021-06
For 9.x releases
https://dl.dell.com/downloads/DL104382_OneFS-9.x-Support-Tools-2021-06-Patch-PSP-1306.tgz

For 8.x releases
https://dl.dell.com/downloads/DL102777_OneFS-8.x-Support-Tools-2021-05-Patch-PSP-1034.tgz

Additional Information

Latest Tools patch is (GA-TOOL-2021-06 ) which can be installed on clusters running the following OneFS version:

* 8.x (8.X_GA-TOOLS_2021-05)
* 9.x (9.X_GA-TOOLS_2021-06)

Only tools will be installed/removed per node. Installation causes no impact to the system.

It is advised to remove the patch before performing a node add to avoid a known issue with the node joining the cluster.  

Tools List:

HDFS Utilities:
* ranger_policy_complexity_score.py
  This tool can calculate the complexity score by given Ranger Policy 
  configuration.
  
  File:
* isi_varhogs.perl
  This tool can find large open files under the /var partition

File System:
* isi_cpr_wrapper.sh
  This tool can use the isi_cpr tool to collect information for troubleshooting

Locking:
* lk_stk.py
  This tool can detect the deadlock(s) from the cluster. 

Network:
* internal_ping.py
  This tool can detect the backend networking connectivity.

Performance:
* isiperf.sh
  This tool can collect performance statistics from the cluster.

* live_perf_check.sh
  This tool can monitor live performance statistics in live.

* perf_view.sh
  This tool can collect performance statistics from the cluster for further analyzing.
  
  * unfz.sh
  This tool can expose some of the internal performance variables 
  (throttling, scheduling, etc.) in the NFS server and log the current values 
  in log file

Snapshots:
* get_snaps
  This tool can list the snapshots of a given LIN.

Affected Products

PowerScale OneFS
Article Properties
Article Number: 000183663
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 07 Nov 2025
Version:  10
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