IBM V7.2 manual Overview of ESS Command Line Interface CLI

Overview of ESS Command Line Interface (CLI)

The ESS Command Line Interface consists of a number of scripts to communicate with the ESS Copy Services server. The Command Line Interface is Java-based and therefore requires the Java JDK version 1.1.8 to be installed on each host system from which you want to issue the commands. The CLI code level must be at the same release level as the microcode that is installed in the ESS clusters. The CLI can be installed on any host system that is connected to the ESS that is defined as the primary Copy Services server via a local area network. It is not required that the host system is attached to the ESS storage.

In the ESS Copy Services Web Interface you can configure that the execution of Copy Services server commands is password protected. If you enable password protection you have to provide a user ID and password with each command invocation.

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