Practices Guide

LC Integration Best Practices Specification
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11 Persistent Storage Profile Use Cases
11.1 Discovery of Persistent Storage profile support
Use the following procedure below to confirm the existence of Persistent Storage profile support.
Applies to: LC1.4.0+
Prerequisites for script: none
Script: GetPersistentStorageProfile.win
A) The Lifecycle Controller remote service must be in a “ready” state before executing any
other WSMAN commands. The GetRSStatus() method or the GetRemoteServicesAPIStatus()
method may be used depending on the version of the LC Management registered profile.
B) GetLCRegisteredProfiles(): ENUMERATE the DCIM_LCRegisteredProfile class to view all
registered profiles. See section 2.2 for a definition of ENUMERATE .
C) Search for “RegisteredName=Persistent Storage” and note its instanceID to use in step D)
D) GetLCRegisteredProfile(): GET the DCIM_LCRegisteredProfile instance using the
InstanceID from C). See Section 2.3 for a definition of GET.
Results for the InstanceID of DCIM:PersistentStorage:1.0.0 shown below. If no instance is
returned, the profile is not supported.
DCIM_LCRegisteredProfile
AdvertiseTypeDescriptions = WS-Identify
AdvertiseTypeDescriptions = Interop Namespace
AdvertiseTypes = 1
AdvertiseTypes = 1
InstanceID = DCIM:PersistentStorage:1.0.0
OtherRegisteredOrganization = DCIM
ProfileRequireLicense = Virtual Flash Partitions
ProfileRequireLicense = Remote Inventory
ProfileRequireLicenseStatus = LICENSED
ProfileRequireLicenseStatus = LICENSED
RegisteredName = Persistent Storage
RegisteredOrganization = 1
RegisteredVersion = 1.0.0
11.2 Inventory of virtual flash (vFlash) media
Use the following procedure below to list the inventory of all vFlash in the system.
Applies to: LC1.5.0+
Prerequisites for script: none
Script: GetvFlashViews.win
A) The Lifecycle Controller remote service must be in a “ready” state before executing any
other WSMAN commands. The GetRSStatus() method or the GetRemoteServicesAPIStatus()
method may be used depending on the version of the LC Management registered profile.