IBM DS8000 manual Example 11-19 Creating an executable file, Example 11-20 Using script mode

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 11-19.

Example 11-19 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 11-20.

Example 11-20 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 >

11.11 Summary

This chapter has provided some important information about the DS CLI. This new CLI allows considerable flexibility in how DS6000 and DS8000 series storage servers are configured and managed. It also detailed how an existing ESS 800 customer can benefit from the new flexibility provided by the DS CLI.

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