HP XP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite Software 7.6.1-00 CLI Reference Guide

1 Overview of the Device Manager CLI
This chapter describes information you need to know before using the Device Manager CLI.
About the Device Manager CLI
The Device Manager CLI provides a command line from which you can use HP StorageWorks P9000
Command View Advanced Edition Software to perform storage system operations and to manage
storage resources. A request is sent to the storage system by submitting an entered command to the
Device Manager server.
The Device Manager CLI enables you to create a script that runs several commands in order, and
perform batch operation for the Device Manager server. Therefore, using the Device Manager CLI
allows efficient operation by the system administrator when setting large volumes of predetermined
content, such as when making initial settings for the storage system.
Note that you can use Device Manager to reference information on mainframe volumes, but not to
configure mainframe volumes.
Terms used in this document
This section explains the terms you need to know when reading this manual.
• host storage domain means host group.
• The terms shown in the following table are used for components related to the Thin Provisioning
functionality when Thin Provisioning (THP) and Smart Tiers are distinguished.
Term
Component
When referring to
Smart Tiers only
When referring to THP
only
When not distinguish-
ing THP and Smart
Tiers
Smart poolTHP poolTHP/Smart poolPool
Smart pool volumeTHP pool volumeTHP/Smart pool volume
Real volume that makes
up a pool
Smart volumeTHP volumeTHP/Smart volume
Virtual volume assigned
to a pool
Device Manager licenses
Device Manager provides two types of license: Full license and Core CLI/SMI-S license.
Full license:
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