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Figure 3-2 cli help – HP XP Command View Advanced Edition Software User Manual

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FOR COMMAND-SPECIFIC HELP, TYPE: "hdvmcli help {server-command}"

FOR BATCH HELP, TYPE: "hdvmcli help batch"

AVAILABLE OPTIONS:

-u {userid} or --user {userid} login user ID for Device Manager

Server

-p {password} or --password {password} login password for Device Manager

Server

-s or --secure presence indicates secure

connection (https)

-i {filename} or --input {filename} take input from the specified file,

which must contain the complete xml

request

-o {filename} or --output {filename} send output to the specified file,

instead of the console

-b {filename} or --batch {filename} specify the batch file, and execute

the batch.

-t or --messagetrace record raw XML request and response

in MessageTrace.log file

-f {format} or --format {format} The execution result of the command

is output in the specified format.

The available arguments for the

option are csv and xml.

SPECIFYING PARAMETERS:

Specify parameters for a command using name/value pairs,

like: serialnum=30051. Use the command-specific help to see

the parameters for a given command.

Figure 3-2

CLI help

3-3-2 Command help information for Device Manager CLI

The Device Manager CLI includes help files. The following example displays the parameters related
with a particular command. In this example, the Device Manager CLI is installed in the C:\CVXPAE
folder in Windows.

C:\CVXPAE > hdvmcli help command-name

For example, to display the output shown in the following example, enter:

C:\CVXPAE> hdvmcli help AddLun

The following is an example of CLI Help for the AddLun command.

COMMAND: AddLun

DESCRIPTION: Defines a path from a host to a volume

PARAMETERS:

serialnum (required) Serial Number of the Storage Array of the new Path

model (required) Model of the Storage Array of the new Path

name (optional) Name of the new Path

port (optional) Port Number of the new Path (This cannot be specified

with parameter portname together.)

portname (optional) Port name of the new Path (This cannot be specified

with parameter port together.)

domain (required) For USP_V, USP, 9900V, 9500V (with LUNManagement),

AMS, WMS, XP24K/20K, XP12K/10K/SVS200 and XP1024/128,