CLI Guide

Chapter 1: Introduction................................................................................................................. 9
Preface...................................................................................................................................................................................9
Chapter 2: Using the VPlexcli.......................................................................................................12
Logging into the CLI.......................................................................................................................................................... 12
Password Policies.............................................................................................................................................................. 13
Valid Password Characters........................................................................................................................................ 13
Logging out from the CLI.................................................................................................................................................14
CLI context tree................................................................................................................................................................. 14
Context tree searching.....................................................................................................................................................14
Navigate the CLI context tree........................................................................................................................................ 15
pushd and popd commands....................................................................................................................................... 16
Where am I in the context tree?.............................................................................................................................. 16
Using CLI commands.........................................................................................................................................................18
Page output................................................................................................................................................................... 18
Tab completion............................................................................................................................................................. 19
Wildcards........................................................................................................................................................................19
Names............................................................................................................................................................................. 21
Specifying addresses...................................................................................................................................................21
Command globbing......................................................................................................................................................22
Positional command arguments............................................................................................................................... 22
Search command history........................................................................................................................................... 23
View command history............................................................................................................................................... 23
Get help......................................................................................................................................................................... 23
Chapter 3: Commands................................................................................................................. 24
advadm dismantle..............................................................................................................................................................28
alias....................................................................................................................................................................................... 29
array claim............................................................................................................................................................................31
array forget.........................................................................................................................................................................32
array re-discover............................................................................................................................................................... 33
array used-by..................................................................................................................................................................... 35
back-end degraded list.....................................................................................................................................................37
back-end degraded recover............................................................................................................................................38
batch-migrate cancel....................................................................................................................................................... 39
batch-migrate check-plan...............................................................................................................................................40
batch-migrate clean.......................................................................................................................................................... 41
batch-migrate commit......................................................................................................................................................43
batch-migrate create-plan.............................................................................................................................................. 44
batch-migrate pause........................................................................................................................................................ 46
batch-migrate remove......................................................................................................................................................47
batch-migrate resume......................................................................................................................................................48
batch-migrate start.......................................................................................................................................................... 49
batch-migrate summary................................................................................................................................................... 51
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