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Dell PowerVault Manual (396 pages)

Modular Disk Storage Arrays

Brand: Dell | Category: Storage | Size: 5.79 MB

Table of Contents
3
1 About the Command Line Interface

15
- How to Use the Command Line Interface
  16
  - Usage Notes
    16
  - CLI Commands
    16
  - Command Line Parameters
    18
- Formatting Considerations
  22
- Detailed Error Reporting
  22
- Exit Status
  23
- Usage Examples
  24
2 About the Script Commands

27
- Script Command Structure
  28
- Script Command Synopsis
  29
- Recurring Syntax Elements
  30
- Usage Guidelines
  35
- Adding Comments to a Script File
  35
3 Configuring a Storage Array

37
4 Using the Snapshot Feature

51
5 Using the Snapshot (Legacy) Feature

65
6 Using the Virtual Disk Copy Feature

77
7 Using the Remote Replication Premium Feature

87
8 Using the Remote Replication (Legacy) Premium Feature

97
9 Maintaining a Storage Array

111
- Routine Maintenance
  111
- Performance Tuning
  114
  - Monitoring Performance
    114
  - Changing RAID Levels
    115
  - Changing Segment Size
    115
  - Defragmenting a Disk Group
    116
- Using SSD Cache
  116
- Troubleshooting and Diagnostics
  118
  - Collecting Physical Disk Data
    118
  - Diagnosing a RAID Controller Module
    118
- Recovery Operations
  119
10 Script Commands

123
- Command Formatting Rules
  123
- Firmware Compatibility Levels
  125
- Commands Listed by Function
  125
  - Disk Group Commands
    125
  - Enclosure Commands
    125
  - Host Topology Commands
    126
  - Iscsi Commands
    126
  - Physical Disk Commands
    126
  - RAID Controller Module Commands
    127
  - Remote Replication Commands
    127
  - Session Command
    128
  - Show String Command
    128
  - Snapshot Commands
    128
  - SSD Cache Commands
    129
  - Storage Array Commands
    129
  - Virtual Disk Commands
    130
  - Virtual Disk Copy Commands
    131
11 Commands Listed Alphabetically

133
- Activate Remote Replication Feature
  133
- Activate Storage Array Firmware
  135
- Add Member to Consistency Group
  136
- Add Physical Disks to SSD Cache
  138
- Add Virtual Disk to Remote Replication Group
  139
- Autoconfigure Storage Array
  140
- Autoconfigure Storage Array Hot Spares
  142
- Blink SSD Cache
  142
- Cancel Remote Replication Group Role Reversal
  143
- Change SSD Cache Application Type
  143
- Check Remote Replication Status
  144
- Check Remote Replication Group Consistency
  144
- Check Repository Consistency
  145
- Check Storage Array Connectivity
  146
- Check Virtual Disk Consistency
  147
- Clear Physical Disk Port Statistics
  148
- Clear Remote Replication Fault
  149
- Clear Storage Array Configuration
  150
- Clear Storage Array Core Dump
  151
- Clear Storage Array Event Log
  151
- Clear Storage Array Firmware Pending Area
  152
- Clear Storage Array Recovery Mode
  152
- Clear Virtual Disk Reservations
  152
- Clear Virtual Disk Unreadable Sectors
  153
- Configure Automatic Support Bundle Collection
  154
- Convert Snapshot (Legacy) Virtual Disk to Snapshot Group
  154
- Create Consistency Group
  155
- Create Consistency Group Snapshot Image
  157
- Create Consistency Group Snapshot Virtual Disk
  158
- Create Consistency Group Snapshot Virtual Disk Mapping
  160
- Create Disk Group
  161
- Create Disk Pool
  164
- Create Host
  166
- Create Host Group
  167
- Create Host Port
  167
- Create Iscsi Initiator
  168
- Create RAID Virtual Disk (Automatic Physical Disk Select)
  169
- Create RAID Virtual Disk (Free Capacity Base Select)
  171
- Create RAID Virtual Disk (Manual Physical Disk Select)
  173
- Create RAID Virtual Disk on a Disk Pool
  176
- Create Read-Only Snapshot Virtual Disk
  178
- Create Remote Replication
  179
- Create Remote Replication Group
  181
- Create Snapshot Group
  183
- Create Snapshot Image
  186
- Create Snapshot (Legacy) Virtual Disk
  187
- Enclosure Loss Protection
  191
- Create Snapshot Virtual Disk
  192
- Create SSD Cache
  194
- Create Storage Array Security Key
  195
- Create Virtual Disk Copy
  197
- Deactivate Remote Replication (Legacy)
  199
- Delete Consistency Group
  199
- Delete Consistency Group Snapshot Image
  200
- Delete Consistency Group Snapshot Virtual Disk
  201
- Delete Disk Group
  201
- Delete Disk Pool
  202
- Delete Host
  202
- Delete Host Group
  203
- Delete Host Port
  203
- Delete Iscsi Initiator
  204
- Delete Snapshot Group
  205
- Delete Snapshot Image
  205
- Delete Snapshot (Legacy) Virtual Disk
  207
- Delete Snapshot Virtual Disk
  208
- Delete Snapshot Virtual Disk or Delete Snapshot Virtual Disk Schedule
  208
- Delete SSD Cache
  209
- Delete Virtual Disk
  209
- Delete Virtual Disk on a Disk Pool
  210
- Diagnose RAID Controller Module
  211
- Diagnose RAID Controller Module Iscsi Host Cable
  213
- Diagnose Remote Replication
  214
- Disable Storage Array Feature
  215
- Display Automatic Support Bundle Collection Configuration
  215
- Display Support Bundle Collection Schedule
  216
- Download Enclosure Management Module Firmware
  216
- Download Physical Disk Firmware
  217
- Download Storage Array Firmware/Nvsram
  218
- Download Storage Array Physical Disk Firmware
  219
- Download Storage Array NVSRAM
  220
- Enable Disk Group Security
  220
- Enable Disk Pool Security
  221
- Enable or Disable SSD Cache for a Virtual Disk
  222
- Enable RAID Controller Module Data Transfer
  222
- Enable Storage Array Feature
  223
- Establish Remote Replicated Pair
  224
- Increase Virtual Disk Capacity on a Disk Pool
  225
- Load Storage Array DBM Database
  225
- Modify Disk Pool
  227
- Recopy Virtual Disk Copy
  228
- Re-Create Remote Replication Repository Virtual Disk
  229
- Re-Create Snapshot
  231
- Reinitialize Thin Virtual Disk
  233
- Remove Incomplete Remote Replicated Pair from Remote Replication Group
  234
- Remove Member Virtual Disk from Consistency Group
  235
- Remove Physical Disks from SSD Cache
  235
- Remove Remote Replication
  236
- Remove Virtual Disk Copy
  237
- Remove Virtual Disk from Remote Replication Group
  237
- Remove Virtual Disk LUN Mapping
  238
- Rename a Snapshot Virtual Disk
  239
- Rename SSD Cache
  240
- Repair Virtual Disk Consistency
  240
- Replace Physical Disk
  241
- Reset Iscsi IP Address
  242
- Reset RAID Controller Module
  242
- Reset Remote Replication Group Statistics
  243
- Reset Storage Array Battery Install Date
  245
- Reset Storage Array Iscsi Baseline
  245
- Reset Storage Array SAS PHY Baseline
  246
- Reset Storage Array Virtual Disk Distribution
  246
- Resume Consistency Group Snapshot Virtual Disk
  246
- Resume Remote Replication
  248
- Resume Remote Replication Group
  248
- Resume Snapshot Image Rollback
  249
- Resume Snapshot (Legacy) Rollback
  250
- Resume Snapshot Virtual Disk
  251
- Resume SSD Cache
  252
- Revive Disk Group
  252
- Revive Disk Pool
  253
- Revive Physical Disk
  253
- Revive Snapshot Group
  254
- Revive Snapshot Virtual Disk
  254
- Save Enclosure Log Data
  255
- Save Physical Disk Channel Fault Isolation Diagnostic Status
  255
- Save Physical Disk Log
  256
- Save RAID Controller Module NVSRAM
  256
- Save Remote Replication Group Statistics
  257
- Save Storage Array Configuration
  259
- Save Storage Array Core Dump
  260
- Save Storage Array DBM Database
  260
- Save Storage Array DBM Validator Information File
  262
- Save Storage Array Events
  263
- Save Storage Array Iscsi Statistics
  264
- Save Storage Array Performance Statistics
  265
- Save Storage Array SAS PHY Counts
  265
- Save Storage Array State Capture
  266
- Save Storage Array Support Data
  266
- Schedule Support Bundle Collection Configuration
  267
- Scheduling Snapshots
  268
- Set Consistency Group Attributes
  269
- Set Consistency Group Snapshot Virtual Disk
  270
- Set Disk Group
  271
- Set Disk Group Forced State
  272
- Set Disk Pool
  273
- Set Disk Pool Complete
  274
- Set Enclosure Attribute
  274
- Set Enclosure Identification
  275
- Set Foreign Physical Disk to Native
  276
- Set Host
  276
- Set Host Channel
  278
- Set Host Group
  278
- Set Host Port
  279
- Set Iscsi Initiator
  279
- Set Iscsi Target Properties
  280
- Set Physical Disk Channel Status
  281
- Set Physical Disk Hot Spare
  281
- Set Physical Disk State
  282
- Set RAID Controller Module
  282
- Set Read-Only Snapshot Virtual Disk to a Read/Write Virtual Disk
  285
- Set Remote Replication
  286
- Set Remote Replication Group
  288
- Set Session
  292
- Set Snapshot Group Attributes
  293
- Set Snapshot Group Media Scan
  294
- Set Snapshot Group Repository Virtual Disk Capacity
  295
- Set Snapshot Group Schedule
  295
- Set Snapshot (Legacy) Virtual Disk
  296
- Set Snapshot Virtual Disk Media Scan
  300
- Set Snapshot Virtual Disk Repository Virtual Disk Capacity
  301
- Set Storage Array
  301
- Set Storage Array Enclosure Positions
  304
- Set Storage Array ICMP Response
  305
- Set Storage Array Isns Server Ipv4 Address
  305
- Set Storage Array Isns Server Ipv6 Address
  306
- Set Storage Array Isns Server Listening Port
  306
- Set Storage Array Learn Cycle
  307
- Set Storage Array Redundancy Mode
  307
- Set Storage Array Security Key
  308
- Set Storage Array Time
  308
- Set Storage Array Unnamed Discovery Session
  309
- Set Thin Virtual Disk Attributes
  309
- Set Virtual Disk
  311
- Set Virtual Disk Attributes for a Disk Pool
  314
- Modification Priority
  318
- Set Virtual Disk Copy
  319
- Set Virtual Disk Mapping
  320
- Show Consistency Group Snapshot Image
  321
- Show Current Iscsi Sessions
  323
- Show Disk Group
  324
- Show Disk Group Export Dependencies
  324
- Show Disk Group Import Dependencies
  325
- Show Disk Pool
  325
- Show Host Ports
  326
- Show Physical Disk
  326
- Show Physical Disk Channel Statistics
  328
- Show Physical Disk Download Progress
  329
- Show RAID Controller Module
  329
- Show RAID Controller Module NVSRAM
  330
- Show Remote Replication Group
  331
- Show Remote Replication Group Synchronization Progress
  332
- Show Remote Replication Virtual Disk Candidates
  332
- Show Remote Replication Virtual Disk Synchronization Progress
  333
- Show Snapshot Group
  334
- Show Snapshot Image
  335
- Show Snapshot Virtual Disks
  336
- Show SSD Cache
  337
- Show SSD Cache Statistics
  339
- Show Storage Array
  342
- Show Storage Array Auto Configure
  344
- Show Storage Array Core Dump
  345
- Show Storage Array DBM Database
  345
- Show Storage Array Host Topology
  346
- Show Storage Array LUN Mappings
  346
- Show Storage Array Negotiation Defaults
  347
- Show Storage Array Unconfigured Iscsi Initiators
  347
- Show Storage Array Unreadable Sectors
  347
- Show String
  348
- Show Thin Virtual Disk
  348
- Show Virtual Disk
  349
- Show Virtual Disk Action Progress
  351
- Show Virtual Disk Copy
  351
- Show Virtual Disk Copy Source Candidates
  352
- Show Virtual Disk Copy Target Candidates
  353
- Show Virtual Disk Performance Statistics
  353
- Show Virtual Disk Reservations
  353
- Start Configuration Database Diagnostic
  354
- Start Consistency Group Snapshot Rollback
  355
- Start Disk Group Blink
  356
- Start Disk Group Defragment
  356
- Start Disk Group Export
  357
- Start Disk Group Import
  357
- Start Disk Pool Locate
  358
- Start Enclosure Blink
  358
- Start Iscsi DHCP Refresh
  359
- Start Physical Disk Blink
  359
- Start Physical Disk Channel Blink
  360
- Start Physical Disk Channel Fault Isolation Diagnostics
  360
- Start Physical Disk Initialize
  361
- Start Physical Disk Reconstruction
  362
- Start Remote Replication Synchronization
  362
- Start Remote Replication (Legacy) Synchronization
  363
- Start Secure Physical Disk Erase
  363
- Start Snapshot Rollback
  364
- Start Snapshot Image Rollback
  364
- Start SSD Cache Performance Modeling
  365
- Start Storage Array Blink
  366
- Start Storage Array Configuration Database Diagnostic
  366
- Start Storage Array Iscsi Refresh
  368
- Start Virtual Disk Initialization
  369
- Stop Configuration Database Diagnostic
  369
- Stop Consistency Group Snapshot Rollback
  370
- Stop Consistency Group Snapshot Virtual Disk
  371
- Stop Disk Group Blink
  371
- Stop Disk Pool Locate
  372
- Stop Enclosure Blink
  372
- Stop Pending Snapshot Images on Consistency Group
  372
  - Stop Physical Disk Blink
    373
  - Stop Physical Disk Channel Blink
    373
  - Stop Physical Disk Channel Fault Isolation Diagnostics
    373
  - Stop Snapshot Group Image
    374
  - Stop Snapshot Group Pending Snapshot Images
    374
  - Stop Snapshot (Legacy)
    375
  - Stop Snapshot (Legacy) Rollback
    376
  - Stop Snapshot Rollback
    377
  - Stop Snapshot Image Rollback
    377
  - Stop Snapshot Virtual Disk
    378
  - Stop SSD Cache Performance Modeling
    379
  - Stop Storage Array Blink
    381
  - Stop Storage Array Configuration Database Diagnostic
    381
  - Stop Storage Array Iscsi Session
    382
  - Stop Storage Array Physical Disk Firmware Download
    382
  - Stop Virtual Disk Copy
    382
  - Suspend Remote Replication
    383
  - Suspend Remote Replication Group
    384
  - Suspend SSD Cache
    384
  - Test Remote Replication Group Connectivity
    385
  - Validate Storage Array Security Key
    386
12 Sample Script Files

389
- Configuration Script Example 1
  389
- Configuration Script Example 2
  390
151 CLI Command Updates

393
- New Commands
  393
- Updated Commands
  395

Dell PowerVault Troubleshooting Manual (16 pages)

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1 About the Command Line Interface

2 About the Script Commands

3 Configuring a Storage Array

4 Using the Snapshot Feature

5 Using the Snapshot (Legacy) Feature

6 Using the Virtual Disk Copy Feature

7 Using the Remote Replication Premium Feature

8 Using the Remote Replication (Legacy) Premium Feature

9 Maintaining a Storage Array

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