IBM DS6000 Series Issuing a DS CLI command and scripting it, Example 10-20 Using script mode

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An example of a command where the password is entered in plain text is shown in

Example 10-17.In this example the lsuser command is issued directly to a DS MC. Note that the password will still be sent using SSL so a network sniffer would not be able to view it easily. Note also that the syntax between the command and the profile is slightly different.

Example 10-17 Example of a DS CLI command that specifies the username and password

C:\Program Files\IBM\dscli>dscli -hmc1 10.0.0.1 -user admin -passwd passw0rd lsuser Name Group

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admin admin

csadmin op_copy_services exit status of dscli = 0

C:\Program Files\IBM\dscli>

Issuing a DS CLI command and scripting it

Having created a userid and preferably a password file, and then having edited the default profile, it is now possible to issue DS CLI commands without logging onto the DS CLI interpreter. An example is shown in Example 10-18.

Example 10-18 Establishing a FlashCopy with a single command

anthony@aixsrv:/opt/ibm/dscli > dscli mkflash -nocp 1004:1005 CMUC00137I mkflash: FlashCopy pair 1004:1005 successfully created. exit status of dscli = 0

anthony@aixsrv:/opt/ibm/dscli >

The command can also be placed into a file and that file made executable. An example is shown in Example 10-19.

Example 10-19 Creating an executable file

anthony@aixsrv:/home >echo “/opt/ibm/dscli/dscli mkflash -nocp 1004:1005” > flash1005

anthony@aixsrv:/home >chmod +x flash1005 anthony@aixsrv:/home >./flash1005

anthony@aixsrv:/home >CMUC00137I mkflash: FlashCopy pair 1004:1005 successfully created. anthony@aixsrv:/home >

Finally, the command could be issued using script mode. An example of creating and using script mode is shown in Example 10-20.

Example 10-20 Using script mode

arielle@aixsrv:/opt/ibm/dscli >echo “mkflash -nocp 1004:1005” > scripts/flash1005

arielle@aixsrv:/opt/ibm/dscli >dscli -script scripts/flash1005 arielle@aixsrv:/opt/ibm/dscli >CMUC00137I mkflash: FlashCopy pair 1004:1005 successfully created.

arielle@aixsrv:/opt/ibm/dscli >

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