3PAR InForm® OS 2.3.1 CLI Administrator's Manual (320-200180 Rev B, February 2010)

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3PAR InForm CLI Administrator’s Manual InForm OS Version 2.3.1
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This guide is organized as follows:
■ Chapter 1, Introduction (this chapter), provides an overview of this guide, including
information on audience, related documentation, and typographical conventions.
■ Chapter 2, Installing the InForm Command Line Interface, gives instructions for installing
the InForm CLI and connecting to storage servers.
■ Chapter 3, Running the InForm Command Line Interface, describes how to set up and get
started using the InForm CLI and provides information about global settings and
instructions on accessing the InForm CLI using an SSH client.
■ Chapter 4, Managing User Accounts and Connections, describes how to create user
accounts and how to set up LDAP on an InServ Storage Server.
■ Chapter 6, Managing Ports and Hosts, describes how to add and remove storage system
hosts and how to add, assign, and unassign WWNs and port personas using the InForm CLI.
■ Chapter 5, Managing Virtual Domains, provides instructions on creating and managing
storage servers using 3PAR Virtual Domains.
■ Chapter 7, Managing CPGs and Virtual Volumes, explains how to create, use, modify, and
remove virtual volumes (VVs), common provisioning groups (CPGs), Thinly-Provisioned
Virtual Volumes (TPVVs), and fully-provisioned virtual volumes.
■ Chapter 8, Managing Virtual Volume Copies, discusses copy (snapshot) types, and how to
create and use them.
■ Chapter 9, Creating and Applying Templates, shows you how to create and apply LD, VV,
and CPG templates using the InForm CLI.
■ Chapter 10, Monitoring System and Physical Disk Capacity, explains how to determine
system and system resource capacity.
■ Chapter 11, Managing Events and Alerts, describes the differences between events and
alerts and explains how to monitor and manage each.
■ Chapter 12, Viewing Statistics and Histograms, provides information on how to monitor
InServ system performance using statistics and histograms.