CLI Guide

disks
Parameters
disk-group disk-group
Optional. The name or serial number of a linear disk group to assign the disks to as dedicated spares. A name
that includes a space must be enclosed in double quotes. If this parameter is omitted, the disks will be global
spares.
vdisk vdisk
Optional. The name or serial number of the linear disk group to assign the disks to as dedicated spares. A name
that includes a space must be enclosed in double quotes. If this parameter is omitted, the disks will be global
spares.
disks
The IDs of the disks to designate as spares. For disk syntax, see Command syntax on page 17.
Examples Designate disk 1.2 as a global spare.
# add spares 1.2
Designate disk 1.3 as a dedicated spare for vdisk VD1.
# add spares vdisk VD1 1.3
Designate disk 1.3 as a dedicated spare for linear disk group dg1
# add spares disk-group dg1 1.3
See also
remove spares on page 89
show disk-groups on page 173
show disks on page 179
show vdisks on page 252
add storage
Description
Provisions disks into disk groups, according to rules defined by the storage-system manufacturer. In a new
system, this command quickly provisions disks in enclosures so that you can proceed with creating and
mapping volumes. In an existing system, this command quickly provisions unused disks in new and existing
enclosures.
If you specify the preview parameter, the command shows some or all of the following reference information,
and not provision storage:
• Suggestions to consider before provisioning, if any
• A table of disk groups that can be added, if any
• A table of ADAPT disk groups that can be expanded, if any
• A table of unused disks, if any
Minimum role manage
Syntax
add storage
[enclosure enclosure-IDs]
[preview]
Parameters
enclosure enclosure-IDs
Optional. Limits provisioning to a specified enclosure. If this parameter is omitted, the command uses disks
from all enclosures.
preview
Optional. Toggles between adding storage and displaying a possible storage configuration.
Examples
Add storage to the system.
Alphabetical list of commands 35