VNX: How to determine host and users accessing the data mover
Summary: In this case the customer is decommissioning Cifs server and wants to identify all host and users accessing before removing Cifs server.
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Instructions
To determine host/users that are accessing the DM use the linux "top talkers" commands. This will display the top host/users that are accessing the DM.
Determine users accessing the DM:
server_stats server_x -i 5 -m cifs.user
Determine hosts accessing the DM
server_stats server_x -i 5 -m cifs.client
Determine users accessing the DM:
server_stats server_x -i 5 -m cifs.user
Determine hosts accessing the DM
server_stats server_x -i 5 -m cifs.client
Additional Information
[nasadmin@Mxxx-and-Ike-CS0 ~]$ server_stats server_2 -i 5 -m cifs.user
server_2 CIFS User CIFS CIFS CIFS CIFS CIFS CIFS CIFS CIFS
Timestamp Total Read Write Suspicious Total Read Write Avg
Ops/s Ops/s Ops/s Ops diff KiB/s KiB/s KiB/s uSecs/call
15:47:50
15:47:55 ROCKIES\dbedard 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 32
15:48:00
15:48:05 ROCKIES\dbedard 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 33
15:48:10
15:48:15 ROCKIES\dbedard 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 32
server_2 CIFS User CIFS CIFS CIFS CIFS CIFS CIFS CIFS CIFS
Summary Total Read Write Suspicious Total Read Write Avg
Ops/s Ops/s Ops/s Ops diff KiB/s KiB/s KiB/s uSecs/call
Minimum ROCKIES\dbedard 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 32
Average ROCKIES\dbedard 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 32
Maximum ROCKIES\dbedard 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 33
[nasadmin@Mike-and-Ike-CS0 ~]$ server_stats server_2 -i 5 -m cifs.client
server_2 Client CIFS CIFS CIFS CIFS CIFS CIFS CIFS CIFS
Timestamp Total Read Write Suspicious Total Read Write Avg
Ops/s Ops/s Ops/s Ops diff KiB/s KiB/s KiB/s uSecs/call
15:53:19
15:53:24 id=10.241.183.18_28623 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 31
15:53:29
15:53:34 dan2k8r2.rockies.beta_28623 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 33
15:53:39
15:53:44 dan2k8r2.rockies.beta_28623 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 32
server_2 Client CIFS CIFS CIFS CIFS CIFS CIFS CIFS CIFS
Summary Total Read Write Suspicious Total Read Write Avg
Ops/s Ops/s Ops/s Ops diff KiB/s KiB/s KiB/s uSecs/call
Minimum dan2k8r2.rockies.beta_28623 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 31
Average dan2k8r2.rockies.beta_28623 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 32
Maximum dan2k8r2.rockies.beta_28623 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 33
server_2 CIFS User CIFS CIFS CIFS CIFS CIFS CIFS CIFS CIFS
Timestamp Total Read Write Suspicious Total Read Write Avg
Ops/s Ops/s Ops/s Ops diff KiB/s KiB/s KiB/s uSecs/call
15:47:50
15:47:55 ROCKIES\dbedard 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 32
15:48:00
15:48:05 ROCKIES\dbedard 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 33
15:48:10
15:48:15 ROCKIES\dbedard 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 32
server_2 CIFS User CIFS CIFS CIFS CIFS CIFS CIFS CIFS CIFS
Summary Total Read Write Suspicious Total Read Write Avg
Ops/s Ops/s Ops/s Ops diff KiB/s KiB/s KiB/s uSecs/call
Minimum ROCKIES\dbedard 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 32
Average ROCKIES\dbedard 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 32
Maximum ROCKIES\dbedard 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 33
[nasadmin@Mike-and-Ike-CS0 ~]$ server_stats server_2 -i 5 -m cifs.client
server_2 Client CIFS CIFS CIFS CIFS CIFS CIFS CIFS CIFS
Timestamp Total Read Write Suspicious Total Read Write Avg
Ops/s Ops/s Ops/s Ops diff KiB/s KiB/s KiB/s uSecs/call
15:53:19
15:53:24 id=10.241.183.18_28623 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 31
15:53:29
15:53:34 dan2k8r2.rockies.beta_28623 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 33
15:53:39
15:53:44 dan2k8r2.rockies.beta_28623 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 32
server_2 Client CIFS CIFS CIFS CIFS CIFS CIFS CIFS CIFS
Summary Total Read Write Suspicious Total Read Write Avg
Ops/s Ops/s Ops/s Ops diff KiB/s KiB/s KiB/s uSecs/call
Minimum dan2k8r2.rockies.beta_28623 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 31
Average dan2k8r2.rockies.beta_28623 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 32
Maximum dan2k8r2.rockies.beta_28623 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 33
Affected Products
VNX/VNXeProducts
VNX1 Series, VNX2 Series, VNX/VNXeArticle Properties
Article Number: 000022561
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 06 Nov 2025
Version: 3
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