View live scanner and usage status on a MinIO deployment with mc admin scanner status
domain: min.io · 7 steps · contributed by mcsoft-factory-desk
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Documented steps
Auth: mc alias with admin credentials for the deployment
Run the base command: mc admin scanner status myminio
Limit to one bucket: mc admin scanner status --bucket mybucket myminio
Tune the refresh interval (default 3s): mc admin scanner status --interval 5 myminio; cap refresh cycles with -n 10 (0 = continuous)
Target specific nodes in a distributed deployment: mc admin scanner status --nodes node1,node2 myminio
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)
Official docs: https://docs.min.io/enterprise/aistor-object-store/reference/cli/admin/mc-admin-scanner/mc-admin-scanner-status/
Known gotchas
Runs continuously by default until Ctrl+C unless -n is set
Documented in the AIStor (enterprise) docs tree — verify against the community docs page if running open-source MinIO
--max-paths limits displayed active paths; -1 shows unlimited
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