3PAR InForm® OS 2.2.4 Quick Start Guide

Overview
In this quick start guide:
VV = Virtual Volume
CPG = Common Provisioning Group
TPVV = Thinly Provisioned Virtual Volume
CPVV = Commonly Provisioned Virtual Volume
VLUN = Virtual-LUN
SV = Snapshot Volume
For complete information about the following
commonly used terms, refer to the 3PAR InForm OS
Concepts Guide.
Virtual Copy - a copy (snapshot) of a virtual volume
created using copy-on-write techniques.
Physical Copy - a copy (snapshot) of all data from
a base volume onto another base volume. The
performance of the volumes are identical.
Host - a set of WWNs of the physical ports on a
server.
Getting Started with the
InForm CLI
For complete information about the procedures
described in this guide, refer to the 3PAR InForm
OS CLI Administrator’s Manual. For complete
information about the CLI commands used in
this guide, refer to the InForm OS Command Line
Interface Reference.
Creating a domain
NOTE: Requires the 3PAR Domains license.
To create a domain, issue •
createdomain <domain_name>.
Creating a host
NOTE: Download and review 3PAR Implementation
Guides before adding or modifying hosts. The guides
can be found at http://www.3pardata.com/support.
NOTE: The -domain <domain_name> option is
required if you are using 3PAR Domains.
To create a host with a Fiber Channel path, issue •
createhost –domain <domain_name>
<host_name> <WWN>.
To create a host with an iSCSI path, issue •
createhost –domain <domain_name>
–iscsi <host_name> <iSCSI_name>.
Creating a Common
Provisioning grouP
NOTE: The -domain <domain_name> option is
required if you are using 3PAR Domains.
To create a CPG, issue • createcpg
–domain <domain_name> –aw
<percent> -sdgs <size> -sdgl
<size> -sdgw <size> -t
<RAID_type> <CPG_name>.
Creating a virtual volume
To create a VV, issue • createvv
<user_CPG> <VV_name> <size>.
Creating a thinly Provisioned
virtual volume
NOTE: Requires the 3PAR Thin Provisioning license.
To create a TPVV, issue • createvv -tpvv
-usr_aw <percent> -usr_al <percent>
<user_CPG> <VV_name> <VV_size>.
Creating a Commonly
Provisioned virtual volume
To create a CPVV, issue • createvv –snp_cpg
<CPG_name> <usr_CPG> <VV_name>
<size>.
exPorting a virtual volume
To create a host sees VLUN template, issue •
createvlun <VV_name> <LUN>
<host_name>.
To create a port presents VLUN template, issue •
createvlun <VV_name> <LUN> <N:S:P>.
To create a matched set VLUN template, issue •
createvlun <VV_name> <LUN> <N:S:P>
<host_name>.
Creating a virtual CoPy
NOTE: Requires the 3PAR Virtual Copy license.
To create a snapshot of a VV, issue •
createsv <SV_name> <copyofVV>.
Creating a PhysiCal CoPy
To create a physical copy of a VV, issue •
createvvcopy –p <parent_VV>
-s <destination_VV>.
other useful Cli Commands
help: lists CLI command categories.
help –search <regex>: allows you to search
help text with the supplied regular expression
(<regex>).
showcpg: displays the system’s common
provisioning groups.
showdomain: displays all system domains.
showhost: displays system host definitions,
including any newly discovered, unassigned, host
WWNs.
showlicense: shows license information.
showpd: shows drive information including failed
drives and their locations.
showspace -t <RAID_type>: displays the
amount of space available to build a volume.
showsys: displays system information.
showversion: displays information about the
InServ Storage Server’s software.
showvlun -a: shows all active VLUNs.
showvv: shows all virtual volumes.
showvv –cpg <CPG_name|pattern>: displays
all virtual volumes belonging to the common
provisioning group that matches the specified name
or pattern.
showvv –tpvv: displays all thinly provisioned
virtual volumes.
tunevv: changes VV properties.
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