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Enabling File System Analytics

To collect and display usage data, you have to enable file system analytics. You can do so using the ONTAP CLI, ThinkSystem Storage Manager for DM Series, or REST APIs.

You can enable file system analytics when you create a new FlexGroup or FlexVol volume, or when you upgrade a system to ONTAP 9.8 or later. After upgrading, be sure that all upgrade processes have completed before enabling analytics.

Depending on the size and contents of the volume, enabling analytics might take some time while ONTAP processes existing data in the volume.

Enable file system analytics: volume analytics on -vserver svm_name - volume volume_name [-foreground {true|false}]
By default, the command runs in the foreground; ONTAP displays progress and presents analytics data when complete. If you need more precise information, you can run the command in the background by using the -foreground false option and then use the volume analytics show command to display initialization progress.
Use ThinkSystem Storage Manager for DM Series or REST APIs to display the analytic data.