Dell PowerVault Modular Disk Storage Arrays CLI Guide

Dell? PowerVault? Modular Disk

Storage Manager CLI Guide

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About the Command Line Interface

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How to Use the Command Line Interface

Usage Notes

CLI Commands

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Command Line Parameters

Formatting Considerations

Detailed Error Reporting

Exit Status

Usage Examples .

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About the Script Commands

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Script Command Structure

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Script Command Synopsis

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Recurring Syntax Elements

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Usage Guidelines

Adding Comments to a Script File

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Configuring a Storage Array

Configuring a Storage Array .

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Determining What is on Your Storage Array

Saving a Configuration to a File

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Using the Create Virtual Disk Command

Using the Auto Configure Command

Modifying Your Configuration

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Setting the Storage Array Password .

Setting Up SMTP and SNMP Alerts

Setting the RAID Controller Module Clocks

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Setting Modification Priority

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Assigning Global Hot Spares

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Setting the Storage Array Host Type

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Using the Snapshot Feature

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Using Host Servers to Create an Initial Snapshot

Virtual Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Creating a Snapshot Virtual Disk

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Enabling the Snapshot Virtual Disk Feature

Creating a Snapshot Virtual Disk with

User-Assigned Physical Disks . . . .

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Preparing Host Servers to Create an Initial

Snapshot Virtual Disk . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Creating the Initial Snapshot Virtual Disk

Creating a Snapshot Virtual Disk with

Software-Assigned Physical Disks . .

Creating a Snapshot Virtual Disk by Specifying

a Number of Physical Disks . . . . . . . . . .

User-Defined Parameters

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Names of Snapshot Virtual Disks and Repository

Virtual Disks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Changing Snapshot Virtual Disk Settings

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Stopping and Deleting a Snapshot Virtual Disk

Re-creating the Snapshot Virtual Disk

Preparing Host Servers to Re-create a Snapshot

Virtual Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Re-creating a Snapshot Virtual Disk

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Using the Virtual Disk Copy Feature

Creating a Virtual Disk Copy

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Enabling the Virtual Disk Copy Feature

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Creating a Virtual Disk Copy

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Preparing Host Servers to Create a Virtual

Disk Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Viewing Virtual Disk Copy Properties

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Changing Virtual Disk Copy Settings

Recopying a Virtual Disk

Preparing Host Servers to Recopy a

Virtual Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Recopying the Virtual Disk

Stopping a Virtual Disk Copy

Removing Copy Pairs

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Determining Virtual Disk Copy Candidates

Copying the Virtual Disk

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Interaction with Other Features .

Storage Partitioning

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Snapshot Virtual Disks

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