HP 3PAR InForm OS 3.1.1 Quick Start Guide (QL226-96029, August 2011)

Overview
In this quick start guide:
VV = Virtual Volume
CPG = Common Provisioning Group
TPVV = Thinly Provisioned Virtual Volume
VLUN = Virtual-LUN
SV = Snapshot Volume
For complete information about the following
commonly used terms, refer to the HP 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 HP 3PAR InForm
OS CLI Administrator’s Manual. For complete
information about the CLI commands used in this
guide, refer to the HP 3PAR InForm OS Command
Line Interface Reference.
Creating a Virtual Domain
NOTE: Requires the HP 3PAR Domains license.
• To create a virtual domain, issue
createdomain <domain_name>.
Creating a host
NOTE: Download and review the HP 3PAR
Implementation Guides before adding or modifying
hosts. The guides can be found at:
http://www.hp.com/go/3par/, navigate to your
product page, click HP Support & Drivers, and then
click Manuals.
NOTE: The -domain <domain> option is required
if you are using 3PAR Domains.
• To create a host with a Fiber Channel path, issue
createhost –domain
<domain> <host_name> <WWN>.
• To create a host with an iSCSI path, issue
createhost –iscsi –domain
<domain> <host_name> <iSCSI_name>.
Creating an autonomiC host
group
• To create an autonomic host group, issue
createhostset <set_name>
<host_names>.
Creating a Common
proVisioning group
NOTE: The -domain <domain> option is required
if you are using HP 3PAR Domains.
• To create a CPG, issue createcpg
–domain <domain> –aw <percent>
-sdgl <warning_grow_limit> -sdgw
<warning_LD_threshold>
-t <RAID_type> <CPG_name>.
Creating a thinly proVisioneD
Virtual Volume
NOTE: Requires the HP 3PAR Thin Provisioning
license.
• To create a TPVV, issue createvv -tpvv
-snp_cpg <snp_CPG> -snp_aw <percent>
-snp_al <percent> -usr_aw <percent>
-usr_al <percent> <user_CPG>
<VV_name> <size>.
Creating a Fully proVisioneD
Virtual Volume
• To create a fully provisioned virtual volume, issue
createvv –snp_cpg <snp_CPG>
<usr_CPG> <VV_name> <size>.
Creating an autonomiC Virtual
Volume group
• To create an autonomic virtual volume group,
issue createvvset <set_name>
<VV_names>.
exporting a Virtual Volume
• To create a host sees or host set VLUN template,
issue createvlun <VV_name>|set:<set_
name> <LUN> <host_name>|<host_set>.
• To create a port presents VLUN template, issue
createvlun <VV_name>|set:<set_name>
<LUN> <N:S:P>.
• To create a matched set VLUN template, issue
createvlun <VV_name>|set:<set_name>
<LUN> <N:S:P> <host_name>.
Creating a Virtual Copy
NOTE: Requires the HP 3PAR Virtual Copy license.
• To create a snapshot of a VV or VV set, issue
createsv <SV_name>
<copy_of_VV>|set:<set_name>.
Creating a physiCal Copy
• To create a physical copy of a VV, issue
createvvcopy –p
<parent_VV|parent_VVset>
-s <destination_VV|set:<set_name>.
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 virtual domains.
showhost: displays system host definitions,
including any newly discovered, unassigned, host
WWNs.
showhostset: displays all host sets.
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
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.
showvvset: shows all autonomic virtual volume
groups.