User's Manual

hp StorageWorks File System Extender User Guide 23
Linux specific
To use FSE commands, you must be logged on to the system as “root”.
Windows specific
To use FSE commands, you need administrative privileges. These privileges are granted only if you are
either locally logged to the system as Administrator (recommended) or using a remote access software that
supports logging in with the real Administrator account. The Windows native Remote Desktop tool, for
example, may be unsuitable for these tasks, since it uses a different Administrator account when logging in
remotely.
FSE command option syntax is based on standard Linux and UNIX command syntax. Typically, on
Windows platform, options start with a ‘/’ character, while FSE command syntax demands a ‘--’ string as
the option prefix.
All FSE commands include brief online help that lists a synopsis of available options. For example, if you
want to see help for the fsepartition command, you would use:
FSE commands have the following characteristics:
• One command per FSE resource
FSE commands are based on a principle of one command per FSE resource, for example
fsepartition, fsepool, fsemedium, fselibrary, fsedrive, and so on.
• Common options
The majority of FSE commands share similar options, for example --help, --add, --modify,
--remove, --list, --show, --status, and so on.
• Short and long option variants
FSE commands accept short (-o) and long (--option) formats of options. For example, the -a and
--add options have the same effect.
NOTE: Some command options do not have short variants.
• Location
Linux specific
On Linux platform, FSE commands are located in the /opt/fse/sbin directory.
Windows specific
On Windows platform, FSE commands are located in the %InstallPath%\bin directory.
The value of %InstallPath% depends on the choice made in the FSE installation process. It defaults
to C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\FSE.
• Documentation
FSE commands are documented in two formats. Both formats have the same contents: a detailed
description of FSE commands, their options, arguments, invocation syntax, operation, and usage
examples. The FSE command documentation formats are the following:
• Printed format: a separate manual called FSE Command-Line Reference
• Online format: an online version of the FSE Command-Line Reference
For details on how to read the online FSE command-line reference, see ”Accessing the online FSE
command-line reference” on page 24
fsepartition --help