Specifications

The
help command will display a list of all MDR shell commands. Detailed information
on each command may be displayed by typing:
help <CommandName>
Note that abbreviations are allowed as long as they are unique.
For instance: res-r 50 for resize-recording 50
MDR Shell Command Description
add-disks-to-disk-group
Syntax:
add-disks-to-disk-group [<DiskGroupName>] <DiskIdList>
Description: Add a list of disks to an existing disk group.
The name of the disk group is specified by the optional argument
<DiskGroupName>. If
this argument is not specified then the current disk group name.
The disks to be added to the disk group are specified using a list (using commas ‘,’ or
dashes ‘-‘) containing their number (or identifier). The identifier of a disk can be
retrieved using the
list-fc-devices command: it corresponds to the number written in
the first column.
Example:
add-disks-to-disk-group MyDiskGroup 1,2-4,7
add-disks-to-disk-group 4-8
clear-recording-table
Syntax:
clear-recording-table
Description: Clear the MDR recording table.
The clear-recording-table command will ‘format’ the recording table to an initial
known state. Therefore, all the recordings will be lost.
Example:
clear
connect-disk-group
Syntax:
connect-disk-group [<DiskGroupId>]
Description: Connect the MDR Shell to an existing disk group. If the MDR Shell is
connected to an MDR Server then this command connects also the MDR Server to the
same disk group.
The identifier of the disk group to connect to is specified by the optional argument
<DiskGroupId>. If this argument is not specified then the name of the disk group
specified in the configuration file mdr.ini (Section StorageInfo, item Disks) is used.
In the special case that the MDR Shell is connected to an MDR Server but is NOT
configured to access the MDR disk subsystem directly then it is possible to connect the
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