lib/NetApp/Filer.pod

=head1 NAME

NetApp::Filer -- OO Class for managing NetApp Filer devices

=head1 SYNOPSIS

    use NetApp::Filer;

    my $filer 		= NetApp::Filer->new({
        hostname	=> $hostname_of_nasfiler,
        ssh_identity	=> "/path/to/ssh/identify/file",
    });

    my $filer 		= NetApp::Filer->new({
        hostname	=> $hostname_of_nasfiler,
	protocol	=> 'telnet',
	telnet_password => $telnet_password,
    });

=head1 DESCRIPTION

This class implements methods for communication with a NetApp Filer
device.  Both ssh and telnet are supported, but only ssh is really
recommended.  NetApp doesn't support concurrent access via telnet, and
the error checking using ssh is far more robust.  Not to mention, you
can configure secure access via ssh without using passwords, but
telnet access will always require a password.

=head1 METHODS

=head2 Filer Specific Methods

=head3 new( $args_ref )

This method takes a hash reference of arguments, and returns a
NetApp::Filer object to be used to communicate with the specified
filer.

The arguments are as follows:

    NetApp::Filer->new({
	# Required arguments
	hostname	=> $hostname,
	# Optional arguments
	username	=> $username,
	ssh_identify	=> $ssh_identity,
	ssh_command	=> [ @ssh_command ],
        protocol	=> 'ssh' | 'telnet',
        telnet_password => $telnet_password,
        telnet_timeout  => $telnet_timeout,
        cache_enabled	=> 0 || 1,
	cache_expiration => $cache_expiration,
    });

=over

=item (required) hostname

The value of this argument is a string, which is the hostname of the
filer to connect to.

=item (optional) username

The username to use for communication.  Defaults to 'root'.

=item (optional) ssh_identify

The ssh identify file to use for ssh communication.  If not specified
then ssh will be invoked without the -i argument, and will use
whatever default identify file is setup for the current user.

In practice, this argument will almost always be required, but the
code allows it to be optional.

If the specified file doesn't exist, then a fatal exception is raised.

=item (optional) ssh_command

An array reference representing the ssh command to be used to
communication.  Defaults to just ['ssh'].

Don't use this argument to specify the identity via -i.  Instead, use
the ssh_identify argument.  If you need to specify certain ssh
options, for example StrictHostKeyChecking, then use this argument.
For example:

    my $filer 		= NetApp::Filer->new({
        hostname	=> $somenasfiler,
	ssh_command	=> [qw( ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no )],
    });

=item (optional) protocol

This option is a string, either 'ssh' or 'telnet'.  The default, and
recommended, protocol is ssh.  While telnet is supported, only one
concurrent root telnet session per filer is allowed, and the error
checking over telnet is far less robust than ssh.

=item (optional) telnet_password

This option is a string, and specified the root password to use when
connecting via telnet.  Note that password based ssh connectivity is
not supported, and telnet access, while supported, is not recommended.
The author uses the telnet support for only one thing: installing the
ssh keys, and configuring ssh access.

=item (optional) cache_enabled

NOTE: The caching mechanism is considered experimental.  For one
thing, it depends on using a patched version of Memoize::Expire, which
is still not yet available on CPAN.  Use with caution.

This option has a boolean value, and is used to disable the internal
caching of the results of several API calls.  By default, the cache is
disabled.  If enabled, then the result of any of the following
NetApp::Filer methods will be cached, using Memoize:

    get_aggregate
    get_volume
    get_qtree

To enable caching of these API calls, set cache_enabled to a true
value.  The cached values will expire (see the next option), unless
the expiration value is set to 0.

=item (optional) cache_expiration

This option is an integer, and is the number of seconds to cache
results of the above API calls.  The default value is 10 seconds.
Setting this value to 0 will prevent the cached values from expiring
at all.

=back

=head3 get_version

Returns a NetApp::Filer::Version object.

=head3 get_licenses

Returns a list of NetApp::Filer::License objects, each of which
represents a single licensed service on the filer.  Note that if the
service is "not licensed", it is ignored.  Only services with active
of expired licensed are returned.

=head3 get_license( $service )

Returns a single NetApp::Filer::License object for the specified service.

=head3 add_license( $code )

Adds a license using the specified code.  Returns a boolean value only.

=head3 delete_license( $service )

Deleted the license for the specified service.  Returns a boolean value only.

=head2 Aggregate Specific Methods

=head3 get_aggregate_names

Returns a list of strings, each of which is the name of an aggregate
on the filer.

=head3 get_aggregates

Returns a list of NetApp::Aggregate objects, each of which represents
an aggregate on the filer.

=head3 get_aggregate( $name )

Returns a single NetApp::Aggregate object for the specified aggregate
name.

=head3 create_aggregate( %args )

Create an aggregate using the specified arguments, and returns the
NetApp::Aggregate object that represents it.  The arguments are as
follows:

    my $aggregate = $filer->create_aggregate(
	# Required arguments
	name		=> $name,
	# Optional arguments
	raidtype	=> 'raid0' | 'raid4' | 'raid_dp',
	raidsize	=> $raidsize,
	disktype	=> 'ATA' | 'FCAL' | 'LUN' | 'SAS' | 'SATA' | 'SCSI',
	diskcount	=> $diskcount,
	disksize	=> $disksize,
	rpm		=> $rpm,
	language	=> $language,
	snaplock	=> 'Compliance' | 'Enterprise',
	mirrored	=> 1,		# -m
	traditional	=> 1,		# -v
	force		=> 1,		# -f
	disks		=> [
	    # To specify a single set of disks:
	    'disk1', 'disk2', ....
	    # To specify two sets of disks:
	    [ 'disk1', 'disk2', .... ],
	    [ 'diskn', 'disktn+1', .... ],
	],
    );

=head3 destroy_aggregate( %args )

Destroy an aggregate using the specified arguments.  The arguments are
as follows:

    $filer->destroy_aggregate(
	# Required arguments
	name		=> $name,
    );

=head2 Volume Specific Methods

=head3 get_volume_names

Returns a list of strings, each of which is the name of a volume on
the filer.

=head3 get_volumes

Returns a list of NetApp::Volume objects, each of which represents a
volume on the filer.

=head3 get_volume( $name )

Returns a single NetApp::Volume object for the specified volume name.

=head2 Qtree Specific Methods

=head3 get_qtree_names

Returns a list of strings, each of which is the name of a qtree on the
filer.

=head3 get_qtrees

Returns a list of NetApp::Qtree objects, each of which represents a
single qtree on the filer.

=head3 get_qtree( $name )

Returns a single NetApp::Qtree object for the specified qtree
name. The name must in the form of a pathname, for example:

    /vol/volume_name/qtree_name

The qtree_name is optional if querying the object for a volume's qtree.

=head3 create_qtree( %args )

Creates a qtree on the filer.  The arguments are as follows:

    $filer->create_qtree(
	# Required arguments
	name		=> $name,
	# Optional arguments
	mode	      	=> $mode,
	security	=> 'unix' | 'ntfs' | 'mixed',
	oplocks		=> 0 | 1,
    );

=over

=item (required) name

The name of the qtree to create.

=item (optional) mode

The UNIX mode bits to use when creating the qtree.

=item (optional) security

The security of the qtree.  This must be one of: unix, ntfs, or mixed.

=item (optional) oplocks

This option specified whether or not oplocks are to be enabled on the
qtree.  The value is interpreted in a boolean context, true meaning
"enabled" and false meaning "disabled".

=back

=head2 Snapmirror Specific Methods

=head3 set_snapmirror_state( $state )

Sets the snapmirror state on the filer to the specified value, which
must be either of the strings "off" or "on".

=head3 get_snapmirror_state

Returns a string, either "off" or "on", indicating whether or not
snapmirror is turned off or on for this filer.

=head3 get_snapmirrors

Returns a list of NetApp::Snapmirror objecte, each of which represents
a single snapmirror relationship on the filer.

=head2 Export Specific Methods

There is one general purpose method to retrieve all of the NFS exports
on a filer, and 4 special purpose ones that make it easy to see the
difference between the contents of /etc/exports, and the live exports
reported by "exportfs".

=head3 get_exports

Returns a list of NetApp::Filer::Export objects, each of which
represents an NFS export on the filer.

=head3 get_permanent_exports

Returns a list of NetApp::Filer::Export objects, each of which
represents a permanent export, which is one found in the /etc/exports
file.

=head3 get_temporary_exports

Returns a list of NetApp::Filer::Export objects, each of which
represents a temporary export, which is one NOT found in the
/etc/exports file.  Temporary exports are ones created manually, using
"exportfs -io", or by using the "exportfs -b" option to fence clients,
or any other command which creates a live NFS export that has not yet
been written to /etc/exports, and which will not survive a reboot of
the filer.

=head3 get_active_exports

Returns a list of NetApp::Filer::Export objects, each of which
represents a active export.  Active exports are those reported by the
"exportfs" command.  They can be permanent, if they are found in
/etc/exports, or temporary, if created by hand.

=head3 get_inactive_exports

Returns a list of NetApp::Filer::Export objects, each of which
represents a inactive export.  An inactive export is a permanent
export found in /etc/exports, but which is NOT found in the list of
active exports reported by "exportfs".  If the options of a permanent
export are changed, but not saved to /etc/exports (eg. re-export
something with "exportfs -io"), then the active, temporary export for
that same path, and the inactive, permanent export in /etc/exports can
both exist concurrently.

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