HP StorageWorks SAN Virtualization Services Platform Manager command line interface user guide (AG781-96016, March 2009)

• To remove permissions to a bootable virtual disk, the host must be in an absent status in the VSM.
NOTE:
If a failure occurs for any host on the list, the command stops executing (it does not process the
remainder of the list).
CreateVirtualDisk command
Syntax
CreateVirtualDisk -VirtualDisk VirtualDiskName, ~
-StoragePool PoolName1 MBfromPool1, ~
[-StoragePool PoolName2 MBfromPool2,] ~
[-StoragePool PoolName3 MBfromPool3,] ~
[-host HostName1 R|RW|OFF,] [-host HostName2 R|RW|OFF,] ~
-bootable 0|1, -cluster 0|1, [-thin 0|1] ~
[-granularity SizeInKB,] -timeout 900, -Thin MBVirtualCapacity
Description
Creates a virtual disk. There are limitations on bootable virtual disks:
• A bootable virtual disk cannot be clustered.
• A bootable virtual disk can have permissions to only one host.
NOTE:
Granularity is fixed at 1024 KB and is the default.
CreateVirtualDiskWithLun command
Syntax
CreateVirtualDiskWithLun -VirtualDisk VirtualDiskName, ~
-StoragePool PoolName1 MBfromPool1, ~
[-StoragePool PoolName2 MBfromPool2,] ~
[-StoragePool PoolName3 MBfromPool3,] ~
-host HostName1 R|RW|OFF, LunNumber, ~
[-host HostName2 R|RW|OFF,], LunNumber] ~
-bootable 0|1, -cluster 0|1, [-thin 0|1] ~
[-granularity SizeInKB,] -timeout 900
Description
Creates a virtual disk with a LUN. There are limitations on bootable virtual disks:
• A bootable virtual disk cannot be clustered.
• A bootable virtual disk can have permissions to only one host.
Using the VSM command line interface28