Administrator Guide

Download of file(s) from MFT portal completed
SHA256 checksum verification of downloaded file(s) in progress...
File 'softwareWeekly.tar.gz' downloaded successfully from node '10.226.81.189' with
checksum=47a08c12d4dddc30039fd0a86642b64c435e14f1d6a0c9ccfd83eff03ee7dfbd
File 'log.txt' downloaded successfully from node '10.226.81.189' with
checksum=0a9ee4b41f72f67c2abff8dce7a087e9ff270bd0ef0b1bb79b7c5e4855b6d8a3
File 'MFT_API_TEST/DummyFIle_test.docx' downloaded
successfully from node '10.226.81.189' with
checksum=8605cdc9caff613128c26d5500374089da63953b353efcf8a6aa66c11135c949
Invoking ansible command to perform sync operation to all other nodes
['10.226.81.190']
Download operation completed successfully on node 10.226.81.189
2. Run the following command to copy all the files from another node in the system using --source option:
service@director-1-1-b:~> /opt/dell/vplex/bin/supportassist_mft --source 10.226.81.189
Process to copy MFT file(s) from node [10.226.81.189] to node [10.226.81.190]
initiated...
File softwareWeekly.tar.gz copied to /home/service/mft/ directory
File log.txt copied to /home/service/mft/ directory
File MFT_API_TEST/DummyFIle_test.docx copied to /home/service/mft/ directory
Copy operation completed successfully on node 10.226.81.190
3. Run the following command to copy specific files from another node in the system using --source and --files option:
service@director-1-1-b:~> /opt/dell/vplex/bin/supportassist_mft --source 10.226.81.189 --files
8KC5Z23_MFT/voyager_local.yaml 8KC5Z23_MFT/scif.yaml log.txt DummyFIle.docx
Process to copy MFT file(s) from node [10.226.81.189] to node [10.226.81.190]
initiated...
File 8KC5Z23_MFT/scif.yml copied to /home/service/mft/ directory
File 8KC5Z23_MFT/voyager_local.yaml copied to /home/service/mft/ directory
File DummyFIle.docx copied to /home/service/mft/ directory
File log.txt copied to /home/service/mft/ directory
Copy operation completed successfully on node 10.226.81.190
Synchronize command
Synchronize all nodes to the set of files that is now present on the node where the command is issued. Location to metadata file
is mandatory for running the sync command. The download use case generates the metadata file. If download command is not
performed on the node where the sync command is issued, then metadata file is not available.
1. Run the following command to push the files present on local node to all other nodes using metadata file information:
service@director-1-1-a:~> /opt/dell/vplex/bin/supportassist_mft sync --metadata-file /home/
service/mft/metadata.json
File 'softwareWeekly.tar.gz' with checksum
47a08c12d4dddc30039fd0a86642b64c435e14f1d6a0c9ccfd83eff03ee7dfbd copied to /home/
service/mft/ directory
File 'log.txt' with checksum
0a9ee4b41f72f67c2abff8dce7a087e9ff270bd0ef0b1bb79b7c5e4855b6d8a3 copied to /home/
service/mft/ directory
File 'MFT_API_TEST/DummyFIle_test.docx' with checksum
8605cdc9caff613128c26d5500374089da63953b353efcf8a6aa66c11135c949 copied to /home/
service/mft/ directory
Copying all the MFT file(s) present under the directory /data/mft/ from the node
[10.226.81.189] to node(s) ['10.226.81.190']
SCP command invoked to copy all the files from node [10.226.81.189] to node
[10.226.81.190]
Sync operation completed successfully on node 10.226.81.190
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