Detecting Inode Shortages

In some rare occasion file systems may run out of free inodes. While rare, this can have catastrophic consequences for the file system's applications and users. Monitor the Free Inode Percentage parameter of the Aggregate and Volume classes.

1.In the Portal, expand the Aggregates and Volumes instances of the File Systems object. The current percentage of free inodes for each instance is automatically displayed.

Free Inode Percentage

2.Click the History icon of the Aggregate and Volume instances to display history charts that shows the data values, for these instances, collected for a selected parameter during the previous six hours.  You can customize the chart and table to show parameter history for different time periods.