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Release notes for Data ONTAP PowerShell Toolkit 2.0

Major features

• Data ONTAP 8.1 (Cluster-Mode) support

  Coincident with the GA release of Data ONTAP 8.1 (Cluster-Mode), we consider our PowerShell architecture for Cluster-Mode stable and complete. Toolkit 2.0 extends our Cluster-Mode support with 86 new cmdlets, for a Cluster-Mode total of 461.

• Dynamic VHD to fixed VHD conversion

  In Toolkit 2.0, ConvertTo-NaVhd can convert a dynamic VHD to a thin, fixed VHD using Data ONTAP's rapid copy-offload feature. Use this capability to resolve alignment issues without consuming additional space. This feature supports both LUNs and CIFS shares, so it is ready for Windows Server 2012.

• LUN to VHD file conversion

  In Toolkit 2.0, ConvertTo-NaVhd can convert an entire LUN to a VHD file in another LUN. This capability is great for physical-to-virtual migrations.

• VHD file to LUN conversion

  A new cmdlet, ConvertTo-NaLun, can convert a VHD file to a LUN. Use this cmdlet with virtual-to-physical migrations.

• NDMP copy client

  Toolkit 2.0 adds four cmdlets to start and monitor NDMP copy operations between different NDMP endpoints. This feature is useful for copying data between aggregates or controllers (7-Mode or Cluster-Mode). The cmdlets are Invoke-NaNdmpCopy, Start-NaNdmpCopy, Stop-NaNdmpCopy, and Get-NaNdmpCopy.

• More complete support for CIFS shares

  Toolkit 2.0 continues building in support for Windows Server 2012, which will support Hyper-V over SMB. New-NaVirtualDisk now supports rapid, thin VHD file creation in CIFS shares, and Remove-NaHostFile now seamlessly removes files in CIFS shares.

New cmdlets, not including the Cluster-Mode set

• Invoke-NaEmsAutosupportLog

• Rename-NaFile

• Get-NaLunAttribute

• Set-NaLunAttribute

• ConvertTo-NaLun

• Disable-NaNdmp

• Enable-NaNdmp

• Invoke-NaNdmpCopy

• Start-NaNdmpCopy

• Stop-NaNdmpCopy

• Get-NaNdmpCopy

New Cluster-Mode cmdlets

• Audit (2 cmdlets)

• Autosupport (11 cmdlets)

• Cf (6 cmdlets)

• Clock (1 cmdlet)

• Ems (19 cmdlets)

• Host (1 cmdlet)

• Name mapping (10 cmdlets)

• Ndmp (2 cmdlets)

• Perf (4 cmdlets)

• Qos (18 cmdlets)

• Ses (3 cmdlets)

• System (7 cmdlets)

• Wafl (2 cmdlets)

Enhancements

• A new cmdlet, Add-NcHostIscsiTargetPortal, handles iSCSI initiator target portal configuration for Cluster-mode.

• A timeout parameter is available on Invoke-NaSsh and Invoke-NcSsh.

• The Install.ps1 and Uninstall.ps1 scripts have been improved for simpler operation.

• Get-NaEfficiency now reports overprovisioning levels for aggregates.

• Improved reporting of RPC error messages.

• Added -Use32Bit switch to New-NaAggr.

• Set default igroup type in New-NaIgroup and New-NcIgroup to "windows".

• Improved Get-NaClone parameter sets.

Fixes

• Some fields could be missing from the output of Get-NaHostDisk.

• Some cloning operations (Repair-NaVirtualDiskAlignment, Copy-NaHostFile) could fail due to an arithmetic overflow in a Data ONTAP API.

• Get-NaVol could return EONTAPI_ENOMEM in some cases.

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