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Nfs Stat Command

The nfsstat command can be used to collect NFS protocol statistics similarly to the cifs top command for CIFS. When used with the nfs.per_client_stats.enable option, it shows usage by individual NFS clients. The Premium AutoSupport tool and Operations Manager can also display these nfsstat statistics. Analyzing per-client NFS statistics helps troubleshoot performance issues and determine which clients use the most traffic.

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Nfs Stat Command

The nfsstat command can be used to collect NFS protocol statistics similarly to the cifs top command for CIFS. When used with the nfs.per_client_stats.enable option, it shows usage by individual NFS clients. The Premium AutoSupport tool and Operations Manager can also display these nfsstat statistics. Analyzing per-client NFS statistics helps troubleshoot performance issues and determine which clients use the most traffic.

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PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TECH NOTE #050

nfsstat command The Concept


Tech Note 049 explained how to use the cifs top command to collect CIFS user and client statistics. The nfsstat command can perform a similar function for the NFS protocol. Normally, nfsstat displays overall statistics for NFS and RPC traffic and is useful for spotting retransmit errors and tuning the NFS access cache. When paired with the nfs.per_client_stats.enable option, you can view usage by client. (NFS connections are to a host system and not a specific user so per-user statistics are not available.)

Examples
fas1> options nfs.per_client_stats.enable on

This option must be enabled and given time to collect statistics. Turning it off discards all collected statistics.
fas1> nfsstat h [ip | hostname] show statistics for a specific client fas1> nfsstat l

Show statistics for up to 256 clients, sorted by decreasing NFS activity. Also useful for simply determining which NFS clients are connected to a system. Note: You must specify the vFiler instance on systems running MultiStore.

What It Means To You The Premium AutoSupport tool on the NOW site can display protocol usage trends. You can also use Operations Manager to display nfsstat statistics collected through a SNMP trap. Use the nfsstat and cifs top commands to drill down to individual clients to determine which are responsible for the majority of traffic. Analyze this information to plan an end-to-end approach to solving NFS performance issues.
Note: When using nfsstat while in a cluster failover situation, statistics for the live and failed system are combined. After a giveback, the failed systems statistics are not subtracted so zeroing statistics for both systems may be recommended.

More Information
The following Knowledge Base articles provide additional information and examples: https://now.netapp.com/Knowledgebase/solutionarea.asp?id=3.0.2319922.2757218 https://now.netapp.com/Knowledgebase/solutionarea.asp?id=ntapcs2684 Data ONTAP Manual page for the nfsstat command: http://now.netapp.com/NOW/knowledge/docs/ontap/rel732_vs/html/ontap/cmdref/man1/na_nfsstat.1.htm

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