View live scanner and usage status on a MinIO deployment with mc admin scanner status

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Documented steps

  1. Auth: mc alias with admin credentials for the deployment
  2. Run the base command: mc admin scanner status myminio
  3. Limit to one bucket: mc admin scanner status --bucket mybucket myminio
  4. Tune the refresh interval (default 3s): mc admin scanner status --interval 5 myminio; cap refresh cycles with -n 10 (0 = continuous)
  5. Target specific nodes in a distributed deployment: mc admin scanner status --nodes node1,node2 myminio
  6. Read both output sections: Overall Statistics (last full scan duration, est. monthly scan frequency, active drives) and Last Minute Statistics (objects/versions scanned, metadata reads, ILM checks, replication verification)
  7. Official docs: https://docs.min.io/enterprise/aistor-object-store/reference/cli/admin/mc-admin-scanner/mc-admin-scanner-status/

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