11.0 HP StoreVirtual LeftHand OS Command Line Interface User Guide (AX696-96291, September 2013)

Command availability

When commands are available for both Windows and SSH, a command example is given for

both. If a command is only available for Windows, a command example is given only for Windows.

Command line conventions

DescriptionSymbol

Used to separate input options. For example,

{ userName= passWord= | groupName= }

means that you enter userName with the passWord or the groupName

parameter.

Denotes a required parameter. For example,

{login}

{ }

must be specified.

Denotes an optional parameter. For example, [namePrefix] is an optional

input.

[ ]

Denotes a replaceable parameter. For example, Parameter volumeName is

the name of the volume.

italic

Integrated command shell

The CLI has an integrated shell that is executed by default when connecting directly to a storage

system, or when running cliq.exe without any parameters:

HP StoreVirtual LeftHand OS Command Line Interface, v11.0.00.1252

(type exit to quit)

CLIQ>

The integrated shell supports rich command line editing features specific to the HP StoreVirtual API.

The following editing keys are supported:

MeaningKey

Moves the cursor one space to the left.LEFT

Moves the cursor one space to the right.RIGHT

Deletes the character under the cursor and moves the cursor to the left.BACKSPACE

Deletes the character under the cursor.DELETE

Recalls the previous command entered.UP

Recalls the first command entered.DOWN

Moves the cursor to the beginning of the line.HOME

Moves the cursor to the end of the line.END

Clears the current command line.ESCAPE

Toggles between insert mode (the default) and overwrite mode.INSERT

Completes the command. If the command method is not yet fully resolved,

repeated TAB keys will cycle through the possible command methods

TAB

(SHIFT+TAB will cycle in reverse). If the method is fully resolved, then

parameters associated with that command will be proposed. The parameters

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