HP StorageWorks P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite Software 7.1.1 CLI Reference Guide (TB581-96066, September 2011)

FunctionVariable
Parameters that are passed to the server as part of a request. The required and optional
parameters depend on the command requested. Each parameter is represented as a
combination of a parameter name and a parameter value, such as parameter-name
= parameter-value. The parameter name is not case sensitive. If you want to specify
a value that includes spaces, enclose the value in double quotation marks ("), as in
hostmode="Windows Extension, Solaris Extension".
Unless otherwise noted in parameter descriptions, parameter values are case sensitive.
There are required parameters and optional parameters. If you omit a required
parameter, you cannot execute the command.
When the same parameter is specified multiple times, the value specified last is used.
Some parameters cannot be used for some commands. For usable parameters, see
Chapter 4 on page 39.
parameters
Table 3 hdvmcli options
DescriptionStatus
Argument for the
option
Option
A valid Device Manager server login user ID.
You must have your user ID registered in Device
Manager before using the Device Manager CLI.
Required
user-ID
#1
-u or
--user
The Device Manager server login password or the path
to the password file that contains the login password.
#1, #2, #3
A password can either be specified directly, or a file
containing a password can be specified. The
application user needs to have access permissions for
the password file. Do not grant access permissions to
common users for the password file.
When specifying the password file, include an @ sign
at the beginning of the path. The text on the first line of
the specified file is read and used as the password.
HP recommends that you set an encoded character
string rather than plain text for the password file. For
details about how to encode a password, see
“Encoding the password in the properties file or
password file” on page 358.
Required
password or
password-file
-p or
--password
Use a secure connection (https) to communicate with
the Device Manager server.
OptionalNo argument
-s or
--secure
An XML API request file.
Takes input from the specified file, which must contain
the Device Manager server request as a complete XML
document. When this option is selected, the output of
the server's response is an XML-formatted document.
If you specify this option, the specification in the file
overrides the equivalent specification from the command
line.
You cannot specify this option together with either the
-f (or --format) option or the -b (or --batch)
option.
Optional
file-name
#2
-i or
--input
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