Reference Guide
Command View EVA
hp StorageWorks Storage System Scripting Utility
Command View EVA Storage System Scripting Utility Reference Guide
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Command View EVA Storage System Scripting Utility Reference Guide
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Command View EVA Storage System Scripting Utility Reference Guide
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about this guide
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Command View EVA Storage System Scripting Utility Reference Guide
Intended audience
Configuration of SAN fabrics
Enterprise Virtual Array v2.006, v3.0, v3.010, v3.014, and
This section lists documents that provide additional information
Related documentation
HP StorageWorks Interactive Help for command view eva
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Conventions
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HP storage web site
Getting help
HP technical support
HP authorized reseller
Description, page
Installing the Storage System Scripting Utility, page
Introduction1
Starting the Storage System Scripting Utility, page
Description
Formatting and output of returned data
Installing the Storage System Scripting Utility
Installing the HP-UX kit
Installing the IBM Host Kit
To execute SSSU
LINUX
Novell NetWare
HP-ALPHA-SSSU-V0x00-xx-1.PCSI file indicate the latest build number
OVMS
Note The xx designations in the SSSUVxBLDxx command and extracted
Note The -l is a lowercase L
TRU64
Note Substitute your CD-ROM device for cdrom0c, if necessary
WINDOWS
To execute SSSU
Examples
Starting the Storage System Scripting Utility
Syntax
Introduction
The third example starts SSSU and executes multiple commands
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Understanding paths and naming conventions
Disk Groups Example
SHOW DISKGROUP “\Disk Groups\admin”
Virtual Disk Example
ADD VDISK “\Virtual Disks\newcode” SIZE=10
Note on OSUNITID and CONSOLELUNID
Cross Vraid
EMVERSION, page
SSSU Command Reference
CAPTURE CONFIGURATION, page
Command introduction
SSSU Command Reference
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Syntax
ADD COPY
Switches
Required Switch
Examples
ADD DRGROUP
Required Switches
Example
ADD DISKGROUP
OCCUPANCYALARM=
SPAREPOLICY=
ADD FOLDER
ADD HOST
OPERATINGSYSTEM=CUSTOM=16 hex characters
WINDOWS
ADD LUN
ADD SNAPSHOT
ADD SNAPSHOT snapshotname VDISK=vdisktosnapshot
Examples
Required switch
ADD SNAPSHOT payrollbackup VDISK=\Virtual
Disks\payroll\ACTIVE ALLOCATIONPOLICY=DEMAND
ADD SYSTEM
ADD SYSTEM systemname
Example
ADD SYSTEM payroll DEVICECOUNT=12 SPAREPOLICY=SINGLE
ADD VDISK
ADD VDISK storagename SIZE=n
Allows the I/O to be handled by either controller
Sets the World Wide LUN Name
The following switch is required with the ADD VDISK command SIZE=
Note Remember that this name is the familyname and that
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CAPTURE CONFIGURATION
Step 1A script
Step 3 script
Restoring configurations
Step 2 script
CAPTURE CONFIGURATION c\sales.txt
CAPTURE VALIDATE
CAPTURE VALIDATE c\reconfiguresalesdrstep2.txt
DELETE
DELETE DRGROUP
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DELETE DISKGROUP
SSSU Command Reference
DELETE DISKGROUP groupname
DELETE FOLDER
DELETE FOLDER foldername
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DELETE HOST
SSSU Command Reference
DELETE HOST hostname
DELETE LUN
DELETE LUN LUNname
DELETE SYSTEM
DELETE VDISK
DELETE VDISK storagename
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EMVERSION
EXERCISEDISK
EXIT
FILE snapd1.txt FILE d\scripts\snapshots\d27.txt
FILE
FILE filename
HELP
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REDISCOVER
SSSU Command Reference
REDISCOVER
RESTART
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SELECT
SSSU Command Reference
SELECT MANAGER
SELECT SYSTEM
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SET DRGROUP
This is the new name for the specified DRGROUP
This example suspends replication for the DR Group Transactions
SSSU Command Reference
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SET DRGROUP “\Data Replication\Transactions” SUSPEND
SET DISK
SET DISK name
SET DISKGROUP
SET DISKGROUP name
SET DISKGROUP “\Disk Groups\pool” NAME=”nuclear secrets”
SET FOLDER
SET FOLDER name
SET HOST
SET HOST name
IBMAIX OPENVMS SOLARIS TRU64 WINDOWS
SET MONITOR
SET OPTIONS
Specify that you do not want the scripting utility to retry commands
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SSSU Command Reference
SET OPTION ONERROR=HALTONERROR NORETRIES
VDISKs or presentations
SET SYSTEM
SET SYSTEM name
SET VDISK
SET VDISK storagename
Allows the I/O to be handled by any controller
Does not allow writing to the virtual disk for all presented LUNs
SHOW
SHOW DRGROUP
SHOW DISK
SHOW DISK
SHOW DISKGROUP
SHOW HOST
SHOW HOST
SHOW LUN
SHOW LUN
SHOW MANAGER
SHOW MONITOR
Options NOCOMMANDDELAY DISPLAYWIDTH = ONERROR = CONTINUE
SHOW OPTIONS
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SHOW POWER
SHOW POWER
SHOW SYSTEM
SHOW SYSTEM SHOW SYSTEM payroll
SHOW VDISK
SHOW VDISK
SHOW VDISK virtualdiskname
SHOW WORLDWIDENAME
SHUTDOWN
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Configuration Examples
Creating a simple configuration, page Using the SHOW commands, page
Creating a simple configuration
Creating the storage system
Uninitialized Storage System1 ADD SYSTEM Yekao NoSystemSelected
Creating and presenting a virtual disk
Now LUN 15 is presenting the VDISK to the host
Using the SHOW commands
SHOW SYSTEM
Use the SHOW VDISK command to display information about the virtual disks storage within the selected system
SHOW VDISK
SHOW HOST
ReadCachePolicy On CommProtocol WriteProtect No
Use the SHOW LUN command to display information about specific LUNs
SHOW LUN
Yekao show lun “\Hosts\maui\1” \Hosts\maui\1 information
Configuration Examples
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Name \Hosts\maui\1 StorageName \Virtual Disks\maui1\ACTIVE
See also read cache, write cache, and mirrored cache
glossary
array controller See controller
See console LUN
See also console LUN
See also disk group
Enterprise Virtual Array
See host ports
initialization
parity bit
password
parity
parity check
read caching
preferred path
read ahead caching
redundancy
See also disk failure protection
See also initialization
write caching
Vraid5
World Wide Name See WWN write back caching
index
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SET SHOW
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and the CONSOLELUNID